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Table 182B_d
Adults whose providers usually listened carefully to them, 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 32.2 0.5 27.2 1.1 30.9 0.9 34.5 0.8
Age 18-44 33.4 0.7 30.3 1.6 32.2 1.4 34.9 1.2
45-64 31.5 0.8 23.9 1.7 29.4 1.4 34.4 1.2
65 and over 30.4 1.0 25.9 1.6 31.0 1.9 33.5 1.8
Gender Male 30.8 0.7 27.6 1.5 31.6 1.5 31.4 1.2
Female 33.1 0.6 26.9 1.2 30.4 0.9 36.8 0.9
Race White, single race 32.6 0.6 28.6 1.2 31.9 1.0 34.3 0.9
Black, single race 24.0 1.2 16.1 2.0 23.0 2.5 29.1 2.1
Asian, single race 40.9 2.8 * * * * 45.2 3.0
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race 37.6 6.3 * * * * * *
Multiple races 39.5 4.4 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 32.0 0.5 26.2 1.2 30.7 0.9 34.5 0.8
Non-Hispanic, White 32.5 0.6 27.8 1.5 31.6 1.0 34.2 0.9
Non-Hispanic, Black 24.0 1.2 16.1 2.1 23.2 2.5 29.1 2.1
Hispanic, all races 33.4 1.4 31.2 1.9 33.8 2.6 35.5 2.7
Family incomeb Negative/poor 27.9 1.3 26.3 1.9 25.8 2.0 33.2 2.9
Near poor/low 30.5 1.1 27.5 1.9 29.2 1.7 35.1 2.2
Middle 32.0 0.9 28.2 1.9 30.2 1.5 34.7 1.4
High 33.7 0.8 26.2 2.3 33.9 1.5 34.5 1.0
Health insurance, age 18-64 Any private 33.4 0.6 27.4 1.8 31.9 1.1 35.1 0.9
Public only 28.6 1.5 25.9 2.1 28.0 2.3 33.7 3.5
Uninsured 29.0 1.6 32.1 2.6 26.3 2.4 29.3 3.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 27.3 1.8 26.9 2.6 24.1 3.0 31.1 3.7
Medicare and private 32.3 1.3 25.8 2.7 33.4 2.4 34.7 2.0
Medicare and other public 25.4 2.6 23.8 3.0 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 33.0 0.7 27.3 1.7 29.9 1.1 36.2 1.0
Metropolitan-small 31.2 0.8 27.4 1.9 31.0 1.7 32.6 1.4
Micropolitan 31.9 1.7 27.1 2.9 33.7 2.6 32.5 2.6
Noncore-adjacent 31.4 2.4 29.8 3.3 33.1 4.6 30.8 4.3
Noncore-not adjacent 25.9 2.1 * * 31.3 4.1 24.8 3.8
Preferred language English 31.9 0.5 26.0 1.2 30.9 0.9 34.1 0.8
Other 35.9 1.8 32.7 2.3 30.3 3.2 43.6 3.2
Born in U.S. Yes 31.7 0.5 25.7 1.2 31.0 0.9 34.0 0.8
No 35.0 1.4 33.2 2.2 30.1 2.7 38.2 2.1

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 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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