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Table 197B_d
Adults whose providers usually spent enough time with 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   37.9 0.6 34.7 1.1 37.6 0.9 39.0 0.8
Age 18-44 37.7 0.8 37.8 1.7 36.4 1.4 38.3 1.0
45-64 38.8 0.9 33.8 1.8 38.5 1.4 40.1 1.3
65 and over 36.6 1.1 31.2 1.9 38.3 1.9 38.6 1.8
Gender Male 38.3 0.8 37.4 1.8 39.3 1.4 38.1 1.2
Female 37.5 0.6 32.7 1.4 36.4 1.1 39.7 0.9
Race White, single race 39.0 0.6 36.7 1.3 39.2 1.0 39.4 0.9
Black, single race 30.9 1.5 23.8 2.4 28.5 2.6 36.4 2.3
Asian, single race 35.5 2.9 * * 31.1 5.0 36.5 3.3
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 32.2 3.7 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 37.6 0.6 33.3 1.3 37.2 0.9 38.9 0.8
Non-Hispanic, White 38.7 0.7 35.4 1.5 38.9 1.0 39.4 0.9
Non-Hispanic, Black 30.7 1.5 24.6 2.5 27.9 2.5 35.9 2.4
Hispanic  40.7 1.6 39.7 1.8 42.2 2.9 40.7 3.0
Family incomeb Negative/poor 32.5 1.4 28.9 1.9 34.0 2.1 35.7 3.0
Near poor/low 35.6 1.2 32.9 1.7 33.5 2.0 40.8 1.9
Middle 39.1 1.0 38.4 2.2 38.4 1.5 39.8 1.3
High 39.0 0.9 38.5 3.0 40.2 1.7 38.6 1.1
Health insurance, ages 18-64 Any private 38.9 0.7 37.4 2.1 38.6 1.2 39.2 0.8
Public only 33.4 1.4 31.5 2.1 32.7 2.3 38.1 3.2
Uninsured 37.0 1.7 40.0 3.0 34.2 3.0 37.3 2.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 33.5 2.0 27.2 2.7 36.1 3.6 36.3 3.5
Medicare and private 38.8 1.6 34.5 3.3 40.3 2.5 39.3 2.0
Medicare and other public 32.1 2.7 29.7 3.5 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 37.3 0.8 36.7 1.6 35.8 1.2 38.3 1.0
Metropolitan-small 39.9 1.1 34.4 2.3 40.2 1.5 41.4 1.5
Micropolitan 35.3 1.5 29.4 2.6 36.9 2.2 36.3 2.1
Noncore-adjacent 37.0 2.8 32.6 4.1 41.0 3.6 35.3 4.1
Noncore-not adjacent 39.2 2.9 * * 38.6 5.7 43.2 4.9
Language spoken most often at home English 37.7 0.6 33.0 1.2 37.4 0.9 39.0 0.8
Other 40.6 1.5 42.0 2.2 40.8 3.2 38.9 3.0
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 39.0 1.2 32.7 1.9 37.9 1.9 44.7 2.0
Complex activities 37.8 1.5 31.0 2.2 37.9 2.2 43.2 2.6
Neither basic nor complex activities 37.7 0.6 35.6 1.4 37.6 1.0 38.3 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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