Table 131d: Education - People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care, by education^a, 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	13.4	0.7	19.7	1.2	13.6	1.2	9.6	0.8
Age
18-44	13.9	0.8	19.2	1.3	15.2	1.5	9.5	1.0
45-64	13.7	1.1	24.9	3.0	11.2	1.8	10.8	1.8
65 and over	6.2	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	11.3	0.7	17.4	1.4	10.3	1.2	8.0	0.9
Female	16.5	1.0	23.5	1.8	18.6	1.9	11.6	1.3
Race
White	13.7	0.7	21.5	1.3	13.2	1.3	9.5	0.9
Black	13.4	1.5	12.1	2.3	15.9	2.4	11.2	2.5
Asian or Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
American Indian or Alaska Native	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	13.4	0.7	19.7	1.2	13.6	1.2	9.6	0.8
White	11.2	0.8	18.2	2.1	11.8	1.5	8.4	0.8
Black	12.8	1.5	10.5	2.1	15.7	2.4	10.7	2.4
Hispanic	21.8	1.6	24.7	1.8	18.1	2.5	19.2	3.2
Family incomeb
Negative or poor	24.8	1.9	25.9	2.4	26.2	3.9	21.2	4.0
Near poor/low	21.0	1.5	22.7	1.9	20.5	2.5	19.0	2.9
Middle	12.3	1.1	14.9	2.0	10.8	1.7	12.1	1.7
High	5.0	0.7	*	*	6.2	1.6	4.2	0.7
Insurance coverage
Under age 65
Any private	7.0	0.6	10.9	1.6	7.0	1.1	5.9	0.8
Public only	20.6	2.9	20.7	3.6	17.6	5.1	*	*
Uninsured	25.7	1.4	26.3	1.7	25.9	2.5	24.4	2.8
Age 65 and over
Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence locationc
Metropolitan-large	15.2	0.9	21.2	1.6	16.3	1.6	11.3	1.2
Metropolitan-small	12.2	1.2	20.0	2.8	12.9	2.4	7.2	1.3
Micropolitan	8.0	1.4	15.1	3.1	*	*	*	*
Noncore-adjacent	7.1	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
Noncore-rural	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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.

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