Adults whose providers usually listened carefully to them, by educationa, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 34.4 | 0.5 | 29.6 | 1.1 | 32.4 | 0.9 | 37.5 | 0.7 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 36.2 | 0.8 | 32.2 | 1.4 | 32.7 | 1.1 | 39.3 | 1.0 |
| 45-64 | 34.3 | 0.8 | 27.4 | 1.9 | 33.7 | 1.3 | 36.3 | 1.1 | |
| 65 and over | 30.4 | 1.0 | 27.9 | 1.8 | 29.3 | 1.8 | 33.8 | 1.7 | |
| Gender | Male | 33.7 | 0.8 | 30.2 | 1.5 | 32.5 | 1.3 | 35.7 | 1.1 |
| Female | 34.9 | 0.6 | 29.2 | 1.2 | 32.2 | 1.0 | 38.8 | 0.9 | |
| Race | White, single race | 35.2 | 0.6 | 30.6 | 1.2 | 33.3 | 0.9 | 38.0 | 0.7 |
| Black, single race | 25.4 | 1.3 | 19.7 | 2.0 | 25.1 | 2.0 | 29.4 | 1.9 | |
| Asian, single race | 38.7 | 3.1 | * | * | 30.1 | 5.0 | 39.0 | 3.6 | |
| NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN, single race | 28.0 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Multiple races | 43.5 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 35.1 | 0.6 | 31.1 | 1.2 | 32.9 | 0.9 | 37.8 | 0.7 |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 36.1 | 0.6 | 33.0 | 1.4 | 33.9 | 1.0 | 38.5 | 0.7 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 25.5 | 1.3 | 19.6 | 2.0 | 25.3 | 2.0 | 29.6 | 1.9 | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 27.0 | 1.1 | 23.9 | 1.5 | 26.4 | 2.1 | 31.6 | 2.5 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 28.0 | 1.2 | 22.5 | 1.6 | 28.4 | 2.2 | 36.4 | 2.8 |
| Near poor/low | 30.0 | 1.1 | 26.1 | 1.7 | 29.4 | 1.7 | 35.6 | 2.2 | |
| Middle | 35.5 | 1.0 | 35.3 | 1.9 | 32.5 | 1.5 | 38.2 | 1.3 | |
| High | 36.5 | 0.8 | 33.9 | 2.2 | 34.8 | 1.4 | 37.5 | 0.9 | |
| Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 36.9 | 0.7 | 35.4 | 1.7 | 34.3 | 1.1 | 38.5 | 0.8 |
| Public only | 25.4 | 1.3 | 23.5 | 2.0 | 25.4 | 2.3 | 29.9 | 3.0 | |
| Uninsured | 31.0 | 1.5 | 25.0 | 2.4 | 32.7 | 2.7 | 35.0 | 2.7 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 26.9 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 2.7 | 26.9 | 3.3 | 27.4 | 3.2 |
| Medicare and private | 32.3 | 1.4 | 29.3 | 2.7 | 30.3 | 2.1 | 36.0 | 2.3 | |
| Medicare and other public | 28.6 | 2.8 | 27.3 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 35.5 | 0.8 | 28.7 | 1.5 | 34.1 | 1.3 | 38.4 | 1.0 |
| Metropolitan-small | 32.9 | 1.0 | 31.7 | 2.2 | 30.2 | 1.5 | 35.3 | 1.1 | |
| Micropolitan | 34.0 | 1.4 | 27.3 | 2.4 | 33.2 | 1.9 | 38.3 | 2.3 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 33.3 | 2.0 | 31.1 | 3.7 | 30.8 | 2.8 | 38.6 | 3.4 | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 28.9 | 3.5 | * | * | 23.1 | 3.0 | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 34.8 | 0.6 | 30.7 | 1.2 | 32.6 | 0.9 | 37.6 | 0.7 |
| Other | 29.2 | 1.4 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 27.4 | 2.9 | 35.7 | 2.9 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 34.5 | 0.5 | 30.2 | 1.2 | 32.4 | 0.9 | 37.3 | 0.7 |
| No | 33.5 | 1.4 | 27.0 | 1.8 | 31.5 | 2.8 | 38.5 | 2.1 | |
a Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school graduate refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.
b Negative or poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
c See MEPS entry in the Data Sources Appendix (Appendix A) for more information.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.