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Table 193B_d
Adults whose providers usually explained things in a way they could understand, by education,a United States, 2004
Population group Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   32.4 0.5 29.7 1.2 33.5 0.9 32.6 0.7
Age 18-44 32.1 0.7 31.5 1.8 33.2 1.4 31.7 1.0
45-64 32.8 0.9 29.5 2.0 33.7 1.5 33.1 1.2
65 and over 32.5 1.1 27.4 1.9 33.7 1.8 34.8 1.9
Gender Male 32.3 0.8 30.8 1.8 34.6 1.5 31.5 1.1
Female 32.5 0.6 28.9 1.4 32.7 1.1 33.5 0.8
Race White, single race 33.7 0.6 32.3 1.4 35.1 1.0 33.3 0.8
Black, single race 21.9 1.3 17.4 2.0 22.8 2.6 23.6 1.8
Asian, single race 33.0 2.7 * * 30.2 5.5 35.3 3.2
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 33.0 4.1 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 32.4 0.5 29.8 1.4 33.3 1.0 32.6 0.7
Non-Hispanic, White 33.8 0.6 33.3 1.7 35.1 1.0 33.2 0.8
Non-Hispanic, Black 21.7 1.4 16.8 2.0 22.4 2.6 23.6 1.8
Hispanic 32.5 1.5 29.5 1.9 35.4 2.5 33.8 2.5
Family incomeb Negative/poor 28.9 1.4 25.3 1.9 29.1 2.3 34.2 2.9
Near poor/low 31.0 1.3 29.0 2.0 32.1 2.1 31.5 2.1
Middle 33.9 0.9 31.4 2.0 35.1 1.6 33.9 1.4
High 32.7 0.8 33.6 3.5 34.0 1.5 32.1 0.9
Health insurance, ages 18-64 Any private 32.7 0.6 31.5 2.0 34.0 1.2 32.3 0.8
Public only 29.2 1.3 27.1 2.2 29.6 2.2 32.4 3.2
Uninsured 33.1 1.8 34.1 3.1 34.1 2.9 31.3 2.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 29.1 1.8 22.2 2.8 32.2 3.2 32.2 3.3
Medicare and private 35.4 1.5 32.5 3.3 36.1 2.4 35.9 2.1
Medicare and other public 25.1 2.9 24.7 3.2 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan-large 32.5 0.7 30.3 1.8 33.2 1.2 32.7 0.9
Metropolitan-small 32.0 0.9 28.4 2.1 33.7 1.9 32.2 1.3
Micropolitan 32.4 1.7 29.5 3.0 33.7 2.2 32.5 2.5
Noncore-adjacent 32.1 2.6 30.7 3.0 32.3 3.6 32.9 4.1
Noncore-not adjacent 37.2 3.9 * * 38.4 3.0 39.4 7.8
Language spoken most often at home English 32.4 0.5 29.3 1.3 33.6 0.9 32.6 0.7
Other 32.4 1.7 31.1 2.0 32.0 3.0 34.1 3.0
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 34.3 1.2 29.0 2.0 34.4 1.7 38.3 1.9
Complex activities 32.9 1.4 25.5 2.1 32.7 2.0 39.0 2.5
Neither basic nor complex activities 32.0 0.6 30.4 1.4 33.3 1.0 31.8 0.8

a Less than high school 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.

b Negative/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.

c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* 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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