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Table 191A_d
Adults whose providers always listened carefully to them, by education,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   58.1 0.6 60.2 1.1 59.3 0.9 56.7 0.8
Age 18-44 55.4 0.8 53.7 1.8 57.3 1.4 54.9 1.1
45-64 58.1 0.9 59.2 2.2 58.9 1.4 57.3 1.2
65 and over 64.1 1.2 69.7 1.8 63.7 1.9 60.8 1.8
Gender Male 59.5 0.8 60.1 1.7 59.7 1.3 59.1 1.1
Female 57.1 0.7 60.3 1.4 59.1 1.2 54.9 0.9
Race White, single race 57.4 0.6 59.5 1.2 58.3 1.0 56.2 0.8
Black, single race 66.3 1.8 66.3 2.6 67.8 2.9 65.2 2.4
Asian, single race 54.4 2.7 * * 58.6 6.0 51.9 3.2
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 50.2 4.2 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 58.5 0.6 61.6 1.3 59.6 1.0 57.0 0.8
Non-Hispanic, White 57.8 0.7 61.0 1.5 58.5 1.1 56.6 0.9
Non-Hispanic, Black 66.6 1.8 66.9 2.6 67.9 2.8 65.5 2.3
Hispanic 54.2 1.5 55.2 1.9 56.5 2.4 51.2 2.6
Family incomeb Negative/poor 56.4 1.7 58.2 2.0 59.4 2.9 48.7 2.9
Near poor/low 59.0 1.3 62.0 2.0 57.7 2.1 57.6 2.1
Middle 57.0 1.0 57.6 2.4 59.4 1.5 55.0 1.3
High 58.8 0.9 64.3 2.9 60.1 1.6 57.9 1.0
Health insurance, ages 18-64 Any private 57.5 0.7 60.1 2.1 59.2 1.1 56.3 0.9
Public only 55.6 1.6 54.0 2.2 59.6 2.8 51.4 3.3
Uninsured 49.9 2.1 46.9 3.1 48.3 3.1 53.8 3.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 65.1 2.0 72.2 3.0 65.5 3.1 57.9 4.3
Medicare and private 63.1 1.5 68.9 3.0 62.4 2.3 61.5 2.1
Medicare and other public 67.0 3.1 68.8 3.4 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 57.0 0.7 56.8 1.7 59.3 1.2 55.8 1.0
Metropolitan-small 60.1 1.2 63.9 1.9 60.2 2.1 58.8 1.4
Micropolitan 57.7 1.9 61.2 3.4 58.3 2.2 55.8 2.7
Noncore-adjacent 57.2 2.9 61.9 3.8 55.8 4.2 55.2 5.2
Noncore-not adjacent 62.6 2.5 * * 62.8 4.7 57.6 4.9
Language spoken most often at home English 58.4 0.6 61.7 1.3 59.5 0.9 56.9 0.8
Other 54.1 1.7 53.5 2.3 56.9 3.4 52.8 2.7
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 55.0 1.1 62.2 2.1 52.6 1.8 52.1 2.0
Complex activities 53.0 1.4 58.2 2.4 52.0 2.4 49.8 2.5
Neither basic nor complex activities 58.7 0.7 59.7 1.4 60.9 1.0 57.4 0.8

a Less than high school 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/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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* 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.

 
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