Table 135d: Education - Families that experience difficulties or delays in obtaining health care or do not receive needed 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	11.6	0.4	14.4	0.8	11.3	0.6	10.6	0.5
Age
18-44	13.7	0.6	19.8	1.4	14.3	1.0	11.3	0.7
45-64	12.0	0.6	16.4	1.5	10.6	1.0	11.6	0.9
65 and over	5.8	0.6	6.8	0.9	5.5	1.0	5.0	0.8
Gender
Male	10.4	0.5	14.0	1.2	10.6	0.8	8.8	0.6
Female	12.9	0.5	14.8	0.9	12.1	0.9	12.7	0.8
Race
White	11.6	0.4	15.3	0.9	10.8	0.7	10.7	0.5
Black	10.8	0.8	8.7	1.3	13.1	1.6	9.9	1.2
Asian or Pacific Islander	12.4	2.2	*	*	*	*	11.3	2.4
American Indian or Alaska Native	19.1	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	11.6	0.4	14.4	0.8	11.3	0.6	10.6	0.5
White	11.3	0.5	15.5	1.2	10.7	0.7	10.6	0.5
Black	10.6	0.8	8.6	1.3	12.7	1.6	9.8	1.2
Hispanic	13.7	1.0	14.8	1.3	14.0	2.1	11.7	1.5
Family incomeb
Negative or poor	19.2	1.2	18.1	1.6	21.7	2.0	17.6	2.5
Near poor/low	17.0	1.0	16.6	1.4	14.6	1.4	20.4	1.9
Middle	11.0	0.6	10.2	1.2	10.2	0.9	12.0	1.0
High	6.7	0.5	8.8	1.9	5.5	0.9	7.1	0.5
Insurance coverage
Under age 65
Any private	9.5	0.5	12.7	1.3	9.2	0.8	9.2	0.5
Public only	21.8	1.6	21.3	2.5	18.5	2.7	28.5	3.9
Uninsured	25.9	1.4	24.6	2.0	25.3	2.4	28.1	2.9
Age 65 and over
Medicare only	7.4	1.0	8.1	1.8	6.5	1.8	7.7	2.1
Medicare and private	4.2	0.7	5.3	1.4	4.3	1.1	3.3	0.9
Medicare and other public	8.8	1.7	7.8	2.1	*	*	*	*
Residence locationc
Metropolitan-large	11.8	0.5	14.3	1.1	12.2	0.9	10.8	0.7
Metropolitan-small	11.7	0.8	14.3	1.5	11.7	1.3	10.6	1.0
Micropolitan	9.8	1.2	14.2	2.9	7.5	1.2	8.9	1.3
Noncore-adjacent	11.1	1.3	14.4	3.3	8.6	1.5	11.3	2.6
Noncore-rural	14.0	3.1	*	*	12.8	3.7	*	*

^a Includes persons 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.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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