Adults whose providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
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All races | White | Black | |||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 15.3 | 0.4 | 14.6 | 0.4 | 14.0 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 1.1 | 21.6 | 1.3 | |
Age | 18-44 | 19.2 | 0.6 | 18.4 | 0.6 | 17.7 | 0.7 | 18.8 | 1.4 | 25.1 | 1.7 |
45-64 | 13.1 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 0.5 | 12.1 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 18.1 | 1.7 | |
65 and over | 9.8 | 0.7 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 10.3 | 2.2 | |
Gender | Male | 14.9 | 0.6 | 14.2 | 0.6 | 13.3 | 0.6 | 17.2 | 2.0 | 22.3 | 1.8 |
Female | 15.5 | 0.5 | 15.0 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 0.5 | 15.2 | 1.0 | 21.1 | 1.5 | |
Family incomea | Negative or poor | 20.5 | 1.1 | 19.9 | 1.2 | 20.4 | 1.5 | 19.5 | 2.5 | 23.3 | 2.2 |
Near poor/low | 16.4 | 0.8 | 15.3 | 0.9 | 14.5 | 1.2 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 22.8 | 2.2 | |
Middle | 15.9 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 0.7 | 14.8 | 0.8 | 14.1 | 1.6 | 22.3 | 2.1 | |
High | 13.3 | 0.5 | 13.1 | 0.5 | 12.4 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 2.1 | 18.2 | 2.4 | |
Educationb | Less than high school graduate | 17.3 | 0.9 | 15.9 | 0.9 | 15.1 | 1.1 | 16.6 | 1.9 | 22.9 | 1.8 |
High school graduate | 14.7 | 0.6 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 13.4 | 0.7 | 16.1 | 1.6 | 22.3 | 2.2 | |
At least some college | 14.9 | 0.5 | 14.6 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 15.3 | 1.6 | 19.7 | 2.0 | |
Health insurance, age 18-64 | Any private | 15.3 | 0.5 | 14.9 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 0.6 | 15.3 | 1.3 | 20.4 | 1.6 |
Public only | 19.7 | 1.3 | 19.7 | 1.4 | 20.1 | 1.7 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 19.7 | 2.7 | |
Uninsured | 24.7 | 1.4 | 22.1 | 1.6 | 21.1 | 2.0 | 28.5 | 3.7 | 32.7 | 2.7 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 11.2 | 1.6 | 11.5 | 1.7 | 12.2 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 9.0 | 0.9 | 8.9 | 0.9 | 8.8 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 11.4 | 1.7 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 17.4 | 3.8 | 11.3 | 3.0 | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan-large | 16.7 | 0.5 | 15.8 | 0.6 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 16.3 | 1.3 | 22.6 | 1.4 |
Metropolitan-small | 14.0 | 0.8 | 13.7 | 0.8 | 13.2 | 0.9 | 14.3 | 2.2 | 19.3 | 2.9 | |
Micropolitan | 12.7 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 0.8 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 14.9 | 2.9 | 19.7 | 4.6 | |
Noncore-adjacent | 13.8 | 1.2 | 13.6 | 1.3 | 11.9 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore-not adjacent | 13.0 | 2.4 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 12.7 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Preferred language | English | 14.7 | 0.4 | 14.4 | 0.4 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 16.0 | 1.0 | 21.1 | 1.7 |
Other | 21.9 | 1.5 | 21.6 | 2.3 | 21.1 | 3.7 | * | * | 22.1 | 1.9 | |
Born in U.S. | Yes | 14.7 | 0.4 | 14.5 | 0.4 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 16.3 | 1.1 | 19.0 | 1.6 |
No | 19.3 | 1.2 | 16.2 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 1.6 | * | * | 24.1 | 1.8 |
a 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.
b 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.
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: SE: Standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.