Adults whose providers always showed respect for what they had to say, 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 | 59.0 | 0.5 | 61.0 | 1.0 | 59.5 | 0.9 | 58.0 | 0.8 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 55.7 | 0.7 | 55.4 | 1.5 | 56.5 | 1.3 | 55.3 | 1.0 |
| 45-64 | 59.7 | 0.8 | 62.0 | 1.7 | 58.4 | 1.3 | 60.0 | 1.1 | |
| 65 and over | 65.8 | 1.1 | 67.5 | 1.8 | 67.7 | 1.9 | 62.2 | 1.6 | |
| Gender | Male | 59.6 | 0.8 | 60.6 | 1.5 | 58.3 | 1.4 | 60.1 | 1.0 |
| Female | 58.6 | 0.6 | 61.3 | 1.2 | 60.4 | 1.1 | 56.3 | 1.0 | |
| Race | White, single race | 58.5 | 0.6 | 60.1 | 1.1 | 58.6 | 1.0 | 57.8 | 0.8 |
| Black, single race | 68.0 | 1.4 | 70.1 | 2.3 | 69.5 | 2.1 | 65.3 | 1.9 | |
| Asian, single race | 50.7 | 2.9 | * | * | 53.3 | 5.6 | 51.5 | 3.7 | |
| NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN, single race | 55.0 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Multiple races | 51.4 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 58.6 | 0.6 | 59.8 | 1.1 | 59.1 | 0.9 | 57.9 | 0.8 |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 57.9 | 0.6 | 58.2 | 1.4 | 58.0 | 1.0 | 57.7 | 0.8 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 67.9 | 1.4 | 70.2 | 2.3 | 69.4 | 2.2 | 65.1 | 1.9 | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 63.4 | 1.2 | 65.8 | 1.8 | 63.9 | 2.3 | 59.7 | 2.6 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative or poor | 59.5 | 1.4 | 63.0 | 2.0 | 58.4 | 2.2 | 54.9 | 3.1 |
| Near poor/low | 59.9 | 1.3 | 62.3 | 1.8 | 60.9 | 2.0 | 55.7 | 2.3 | |
| Middle | 58.1 | 0.9 | 58.6 | 1.9 | 60.1 | 1.3 | 56.1 | 1.2 | |
| High | 59.3 | 0.8 | 60.7 | 2.3 | 58.6 | 1.6 | 59.4 | 1.0 | |
| Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 57.5 | 0.6 | 57.2 | 1.6 | 57.2 | 1.0 | 57.7 | 0.9 |
| Public only | 60.3 | 1.6 | 63.4 | 1.9 | 60.6 | 2.7 | 53.1 | 3.6 | |
| Uninsured | 53.9 | 1.7 | 52.4 | 2.7 | 55.2 | 2.7 | 54.1 | 2.8 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 63.8 | 2.2 | 66.2 | 3.0 | 65.2 | 3.4 | 59.0 | 4.0 |
| Medicare and private | 66.2 | 1.4 | 67.8 | 3.2 | 68.7 | 2.1 | 62.8 | 2.0 | |
| Medicare and other public | 68.5 | 2.7 | 69.1 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 58.1 | 0.7 | 62.0 | 1.5 | 57.9 | 1.3 | 57.0 | 1.0 |
| Metropolitan-small | 60.6 | 1.1 | 60.5 | 1.9 | 61.1 | 1.5 | 60.3 | 1.3 | |
| Micropolitan | 59.9 | 1.3 | 62.1 | 2.3 | 61.1 | 2.0 | 57.7 | 2.0 | |
| Noncore-adjacent | 58.2 | 2.2 | 55.6 | 2.6 | 63.1 | 3.5 | 54.4 | 3.7 | |
| Noncore-not adjacent | 56.9 | 4.4 | * | * | 56.1 | 5.0 | * | * | |
| Preferred language | English | 58.8 | 0.6 | 60.1 | 1.1 | 59.2 | 0.9 | 58.1 | 0.8 |
| Other | 61.3 | 1.7 | 64.7 | 2.2 | 64.4 | 3.3 | 54.9 | 3.1 | |
| Born in U.S. | Yes | 58.9 | 0.6 | 60.1 | 1.1 | 59.4 | 0.9 | 58.1 | 0.8 |
| No | 60.3 | 1.4 | 64.8 | 2.1 | 60.9 | 3.0 | 57.0 | 1.9 | |
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.