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Table 168C_c
Adults whose providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them, by family incomea, United States, 2002
Population group Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   10.3 0.3 15.4 1.0 12.9 0.8 10.4 0.5 8.3 0.4
Age 18-44 12.6 0.5 18.6 1.6 16.2 1.1 12.0 0.7 10.2 0.7
45-64 9.4 0.5 15.0 1.7 12.6 1.4 10.6 0.9 7.4 0.6
65 and over 6.8 0.5 8.2 1.2 8.7 1.2 5.9 0.9 5.6 0.9
Gender Male 10.1 0.5 17.6 1.9 13.7 1.4 10.7 0.8 7.6 0.6
Female 10.5 0.4 14.3 1.2 12.5 0.9 10.2 0.7 9.0 0.6
Race White, single race 10.1 0.3 16.0 1.2 12.8 0.9 10.4 0.6 7.9 0.5
Black, single race 10.6 0.7 14.8 2.2 12.2 1.7 9.1 1.2 7.8 1.4
Asian, single race 13.6 2.0 * * * * 9.6 2.4 15.8 3.3
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race 16.9 3.3 * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 11.9 2.3 * * * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 9.9 0.3 14.9 1.2 12.1 0.8 9.9 0.5 8.2 0.5
Non-Hispanic, White 9.5 0.4 15.3 1.4 11.9 1.1 9.8 0.6 7.8 0.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 10.6 0.7 15.1 2.2 12.0 1.7 9.1 1.2 7.8 1.5
Hispanic (all races) 15.0 0.9 17.9 2.1 17.6 1.9 15.0 1.6 10.2 1.7
Educationb Less than high school graduate 12.6 0.7 18.0 1.7 12.9 1.2 11.5 1.1 7.7 1.3
High school graduate 10.4 0.5 14.1 1.6 12.7 1.3 10.6 0.9 8.0 0.8
At least some college 9.5 0.5 13.1 2.0 13.2 1.4 9.9 0.8 8.5 0.6
Health insurance, age 18-64 Any private 9.9 0.4 12.2 2.2 12.3 1.2 10.8 0.6 8.8 0.5
Public only 15.7 1.1 15.0 1.4 17.5 1.9 18.6 3.7 * *
Uninsured 18.3 1.2 28.0 2.7 19.6 2.7 14.3 2.0 8.8 2.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 9.0 1.0 10.6 2.6 12.4 2.5 7.0 1.6 6.6 2.0
Medicare and private 5.7 0.7 * * 6.2 1.4 5.9 1.2 5.1 1.0
Medicare and other public 7.5 1.5 7.7 1.7 * * * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 11.1 0.5 14.6 1.4 13.7 1.1 11.6 0.8 9.4 0.6
Metropolitan-small 9.6 0.5 16.5 2.2 12.2 1.4 10.0 0.9 6.7 0.7
Micropolitan 8.3 0.8 16.4 3.1 11.2 1.9 6.5 1.0 6.0 1.0
Noncore-adjacent 10.9 1.3 13.5 3.4 10.9 2.1 10.2 2.7 10.7 2.5
Noncore-not adjacent 12.7 2.1 * * * * * * * *
Preferred language English 9.9 0.3 15.3 1.1 12.6 0.8 10.0 0.5 7.9 0.4
Other 15.8 1.3 16.0 2.4 15.0 1.8 15.0 2.1 17.3 2.7
Born in U.S. Yes 9.9 0.3 15.2 1.1 12.7 0.8 10.1 0.5 7.7 0.5
No 13.6 1.0 16.6 2.3 14.1 1.6 12.5 1.6 13.3 1.7

a Negative 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.

b 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.

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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