Table 166c: Income - Adults who do not find prescription bottle very easy to understand, by family income, United States, 2001

  Total < 100% of poverty level 100-199% of poverty level 200-399% of poverty level ≥400% of poverty level
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                     
Total 20.5 0.7 24.3 2.3 21.8 1.7 20.6 1.5 17.1 1.3
                     
Age                    
    18-44 20.5 1.0 24.7 3.0 19.8 2.1 19.2 1.9 20.7 2.0
    45-64 21.2 1.4 26.1 4.8 25.0 3.9 24.8 3.0 12.9 1.8
    65 and over 18.9 1.8 20.9 5.1 25.5 5.3 17.8 3.3 16.6 4.2
                     
Gender                    
    Male 23.4 1.2 33.9 4.5 28.3 3.1 22.9 2.3 19.4 1.9
    Female 18.1 0.9 19.4 2.5 16.8 2.0 18.6 1.8 14.4 1.7
                     
Ethnicity                    
    Non-Hispanic 35.9 2.2 42.0 5.0 33.0 4.2 30.9 4.7 24.6 5.9
    Hispanic 18.7 0.8 18.7 2.4 20.0 1.9 19.8 1.5 16.7 1.4
                     
Race                    
    White 18.9 0.9 21.6 2.9 20.2 2.2 19.3 1.7 16.4 1.5
    Black or African American 20.9 1.8 25.7 4.6 21.2 3.5 21.0 3.6 * *
    Asian 37.5 3.0 47.0 9.5 43.3 7.9 36.1 6.3 30.0 5.0
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander * * * * * * * * * *
    American Indian or Alaska Native * * * * * * * * * *
                     
Education                    
    Less than high school graduate 28.4 2.1 30.5 3.9 29.1 4.3 22.9 4.9 * *
    High school graduate 18.9 1.3 18.4 3.6 16.9 2.5 20.5 2.5 10.3 2.7
    At least some college 19.4 0.9 23.0 4.1 22.6 2.8 20.2 1.9 18.8 1.5
                     
Residence location                    
    Urban 20.5 1.1 26.7 3.3 19.9 2.4 18.1 2.2 14.9 2.1
    Suburban 20.8 1.1 27.1 4.3 24.3 2.9 22.5 2.2 17.8 1.8
    Rural 19.9 1.8 16.6 4.3 20.4 3.8 19.8 3.3 19.1 4.0
                     

*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: Commonwealth Fund Health Care Quality Survey.

Table 166d Table 166b

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