Table 126d: Education - People age under 65 with any period of public insurance during the past year, by educationa, United States, 2001

  Total Less than high school graduate High school graduate At least some college
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                 
Total 9.8 0.4 21.7 0.9 10.9 0.6 4.6 0.3
                 
Age                
    18-44 9.5 0.4 19.6 1.1 11.1 0.7 3.9 0.3
    45-64 10.4 0.5 26.8 1.6 10.5 0.7 5.6 0.5
                 
Gender                
    Male 7.8 0.4 15.6 1.0 8.8 0.6 4.0 0.4
    Female 11.8 0.5 28.2 1.1 13.0 0.8 5.1 0.4
                 
Race                
    White 8.4 0.3 18.8 1.0 9.4 0.6 4.0 0.3
    Black 18.5 1.2 34.9 2.6 18.1 1.5 8.9 1.2
    Asian or Pacific Islander 10.4 2.0 31.4 7.9 14.1 3.6 5.1 1.3
    American Indian or Alaska Native 18.7 3.4 * * * * * *
                 
Ethnicity                
    Non-Hispanic 9.8 0.4 21.7 0.9 10.9 0.6 4.6 0.3
      White 7.8 0.4 20.3 1.3 9.2 0.6 3.8 0.3
      Black 18.6 1.3 35.0 2.6 18.2 1.5 9.0 1.2
    Hispanic 12.2 0.9 16.5 1.4 11.0 1.1 6.3 1.1
                 
Family incomeb                
    Negative or poor 40.3 1.4 46.1 1.9 41.8 2.3 27.4 2.5
    Near poor/low 20.3 0.9 26.2 1.6 19.6 1.4 14.1 1.4
    Middle 6.0 0.4 9.3 1.0 5.9 0.6 4.4 0.5
    High 2.0 0.2 4.4 1.0 2.7 0.4 1.4 0.2
                 
Insurance coverage (Under age 65)                
    Any private 3.1 0.2 6.4 0.6 3.9 0.3 1.9 0.2
    Public only 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
    Uninsured 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
                 
Residence locationc                
    Metropolitan-large 9.0 0.5 20.2 1.3 10.6 0.8 4.5 0.4
    Metropolitan-small 10.0 0.7 21.8 1.6 11.6 1.1 4.2 0.6
    Micropolitan 11.9 1.0 25.0 2.6 10.8 1.5 5.3 1.0
    Noncore-adjacent 11.2 1.3 22.4 3.0 8.7 1.3 5.0 1.5
    Noncore-rural 17.7 3.1 * * 13.4 2.2 * *
                 

aPersons age 18 and over. Less than high school graduate 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.

bNegative or 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.

cSee 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: SE: Standard error.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Table 127a Table 126c

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