Table 174C_b
Adults whose providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them, by ethnicity, United States, 2002
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic (all races)
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.

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