Your browser doesn't support JavaScript. Please upgrade to a modern browser or enable JavaScript in your existing browser.
Skip Navigation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research Quality www.ahrq.gov
AHRQ Home | Questions? | Contact Us | Site Map | What's New | Browse | Información en español | E-mail UpdatesE-mail Updates
www.ahrq.gov

Table 172B_a
Adults whose providers usually showed respect for what they had to say, by race, United States, 2002
Population group Total Single race Multiple races
White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   32.1 0.5 32.9 0.5 23.4 1.3 36.1 2.5 * * 29.7 4.1 37.9 4.2
Age 18-44 33.8 0.7 35.0 0.8 24.6 1.5 35.8 3.6 * * * * 36.5 5.3
45-64 31.9 0.8 32.3 0.8 24.3 2.1 38.2 4.3 * * * * * *
65 and over 28.5 1.0 29.5 1.1 17.3 2.7 * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 31.8 0.7 32.6 0.7 22.7 2.1 34.5 3.2 * * * * * *
Female 32.3 0.6 33.2 0.7 23.9 1.4 37.3 3.0 * * * * 35.9 5.2
Family incomea Negative or poor 27.6 1.2 29.8 1.5 18.4 1.8 * * * * * * * *
Near poor/low 29.7 1.1 30.4 1.3 22.7 2.4 * * * * * * * *
Middle 32.6 0.8 33.5 0.9 24.9 2.0 36.8 5.8 * * * * * *
High 33.6 0.8 33.9 0.8 26.0 2.4 34.8 3.4 * * * * * *
Educationb Less than high school graduate 27.9 0.9 29.3 1.0 17.0 2.0 * * * * * * * *
High school graduate 31.5 0.8 32.7 0.9 21.4 1.7 33.7 4.7 * * * * * *
At least some college 34.2 0.7 34.4 0.7 28.4 2.0 37.0 3.5 * * * * * *
Health insurance, age 18-64 Any private 33.9 0.6 34.5 0.7 25.8 1.6 37.7 2.9 * * * * 44.0 5.3
Public only 27.0 1.4 28.8 1.7 20.5 2.4 * * * * * * * *
Uninsured 30.3 1.5 31.5 1.8 23.1 3.5 * * * * * * * *
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 29.7 2.0 31.4 2.2 13.9 3.6 * * * * * * * *
Medicare and private 28.7 1.3 29.3 1.4 19.3 4.6 * * * * * * * *
Medicare and other public 24.7 2.6 24.8 3.0 17.8 4.2 * * * * * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 32.5 0.7 33.7 0.8 23.6 1.7 36.7 2.9 * * * * * *
Metropolitan-small 31.1 0.9 31.6 1.0 21.1 2.6 * * * * * * * *
Micropolitan 32.7 1.3 33.2 1.4 25.6 3.4 * * * * * * * *
Noncore-adjacent 33.2 2.2 33.8 2.2 * * * * * * * * * *
Noncore-not adjacent 31.2 3.4 30.9 3.3 * * * * * * * * * *
Preferred language English 32.6 0.5 33.6 0.6 23.5 1.3 35.6 3.4 * * 29.6 4.3 38.8 4.2
Other 26.4 1.4 23.7 1.5 * * 36.6 3.5 * * * * * *
Born in U.S. Yes 32.5 0.5 33.6 0.6 23.7 1.4 * * * * 29.5 4.3 38.6 4.4
No 28.9 1.2 26.3 1.4 19.2 3.9 38.1 2.8 * * * * * *

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.

Return to Contents

 
AHRQ Advancing Excellence in Health Care