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Table 209d
People with provider who has office hours nights or weekends, by education,a United States, 2003
    Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 39.5 0.8 36.6 1.2 40.4 1.2 40.0 1.0
Age 18-44 45.4 1.1 44.2 1.8 47.5 1.7 44.5 1.3
45-64 39.4 1.0 36.3 2.1 40.0 1.6 39.8 1.4
65 and over 25.9 1.2 26.6 1.6 26.1 1.9 25.2 2.0
Gender Male 39.8 1.0 37.2 1.7 40.5 1.4 40.2 1.3
Female 39.3 0.8 36.0 1.4 40.3 1.3 39.9 1.1
Race White, single race 38.8 0.9 36.4 1.3 39.5 1.3 39.2 1.1
Black, single race 40.8 1.9 34.6 2.5 42.8 2.8 42.7 2.6
Asian, single race 48.1 3.3 42.7 8.1 50.9 5.6 48.7 3.4
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race 43.1 5.9 * * * * * *
Multiple races 48.6 4.1 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 39.3 0.9 35.7 1.4 40.1 1.2 40.0 1.0
Non-Hispanic, White 38.6 1.0 35.4 1.6 39.2 1.3 39.1 1.1
Non-Hispanic, Black 40.7 1.9 34.0 2.6 42.6 2.8 43.1 2.7
Hispanic, all races 41.2 1.7 39.9 2.0 43.7 2.9 40.8 2.5
Family incomeb Negative/poor 35.8 1.6 34.9 2.1 36.9 2.5 36.0 3.3
Near poor/low 35.4 1.5 33.9 2.0 38.3 2.2 33.2 2.6
Middle 39.5 1.2 36.5 2.1 40.9 1.8 39.5 1.6
High 41.8 1.2 42.9 2.7 41.8 1.9 41.7 1.3
Health insurance, age 18-64 Any private 43.4 1.0 43.2 2.0 44.7 1.5 42.7 1.2
Public only 39.6 1.9 37.8 2.4 40.5 2.7 41.4 3.3
Uninsured 40.6 2.1 39.5 3.1 42.6 3.0 39.3 3.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 28.0 2.1 30.0 3.3 27.3 3.1 26.4 3.4
Medicare and private 25.5 1.6 24.5 2.7 26.3 2.2 25.3 2.6
Medicare and other public 23.4 2.4 25.2 3.0 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 45.1 1.1 44.5 1.7 46.7 1.6 44.4 1.3
Metropolitan-small 35.5 1.7 30.5 2.0 37.2 2.4 36.4 1.9
Micropolitan 28.6 2.3 25.5 3.2 29.8 2.9 28.9 3.0
Noncore-adjacent 34.7 4.2 33.7 4.8 34.4 4.7 36.1 5.9
Noncore-not adjacent 24.6 3.9 21.7 3.1 23.0 6.7 28.5 5.4
Preferred language English 39.0 0.9 35.8 1.3 39.7 1.2 39.6 1.1
Other 45.0 2.1 40.3 2.6 50.6 3.6 46.5 3.4
Born in U.S. Yes 38.7 0.9 34.7 1.3 39.7 1.2 39.4 1.1
No 44.9 1.6 44.0 2.3 47.1 2.7 44.3 2.2

a Persons age 18 and over. 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 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: 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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