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Table 195C_c
Adults whose providers sometimes or never showed respect for what they had to say, by family income,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   7.9 0.3 13.9 1.0 9.1 0.7 8.1 0.5 6.0 0.4
Age 18-44 9.2 0.5 17.0 1.5 11.2 1.1 8.6 0.8 6.8 0.7
45-64 7.5 0.4 13.5 1.7 9.5 1.3 8.4 0.9 5.9 0.5
65 and over 5.5 0.5 5.8 1.2 5.7 1.1 6.6 1.1 4.1 0.7
Gender Male 7.6 0.4 15.1 1.9 8.9 1.1 8.2 0.8 5.8 0.6
Female 8.0 0.3 13.2 1.1 9.1 0.8 8.1 0.7 6.2 0.5
Race White, single race 7.5 0.3 13.5 1.3 8.4 0.7 7.9 0.6 5.8 0.4
Black, single race 8.4 0.9 12.2 1.6 10.4 1.7 6.9 1.8 5.6 1.2
Asian, single race 11.2 1.6 * * * * 11.0 2.8 9.6 2.0
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 14.6 3.1 * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 7.7 0.3 13.9 1.1 9.1 0.8 8.1 0.6 5.9 0.4
Non-Hispanic, White 7.3 0.3 13.6 1.5 8.5 0.9 7.9 0.6 5.7 0.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 8.2 0.9 12.1 1.7 10.1 1.7 7.1 1.8 5.1 1.2
Hispanic  9.1 0.6 13.6 2.1 8.8 1.3 8.3 1.4 7.6 1.3
Educationb Less than high school 10.9 0.7 14.7 1.5 8.9 1.1 11.9 1.5 7.7 1.7
High school graduate 8.6 0.5 12.0 1.8 10.3 1.1 8.5 0.9 6.8 0.9
At least some college 6.4 0.4 14.8 2.3 7.6 1.1 6.6 0.7 5.6 0.5
Health insurance, ages 18-64 Any private 6.7 0.3 11.9 2.1 7.7 0.9 7.2 0.6 6.0 0.5
Public only 14.7 1.0 15.5 1.6 13.3 1.7 14.9 2.8 * *
Uninsured 16.8 1.4 21.1 2.5 16.3 2.7 16.7 2.9 12.7 2.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 5.4 1.0 * * 7.6 2.0 * * * *
Medicare and private 5.1 0.7 * * * * 6.1 1.3 4.5 0.9
Medicare and other public 7.8 1.7 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 8.0 0.4 14.0 1.4 9.4 1.1 8.8 0.8 6.1 0.5
Metropolitan-small 7.0 0.5 15.2 2.2 8.6 1.1 6.8 0.8 4.8 0.7
Micropolitan 8.4 0.9 13.9 2.5 8.7 1.9 7.8 1.5 7.3 1.6
Noncore-adjacent 10.8 1.5 * * 11.2 2.6 12.0 3.1 * *
Noncore-not adjacent 6.0 1.4 * * * * * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 7.6 0.3 13.9 1.1 8.9 0.7 7.7 0.6 5.9 0.4
Other 11.0 1.1 13.5 2.4 10.0 1.9 12.9 2.0 * *
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 11.1 0.7 16.8 2.1 10.6 1.4 9.8 1.2 9.2 1.4
Complex activities 13.3 0.9 17.8 2.1 10.6 1.5 13.0 1.8 11.7 2.1
Neither basic nor complex activities 7.0 0.3 12.2 1.2 8.4 0.8 7.5 0.6 5.5 0.4

a 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.

b 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.

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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