Table 152C_d: Education - Adults whose providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand,by educationa, 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 8.8 0.3 12.4 0.7 9.4 0.5 7.0 0.4
                 
Age                
    18-44 10.0 0.4 14.0 1.1 10.8 0.8 8.3 0.6
    45-64 8.1 0.5 12.7 1.3 9.5 0.9 6.1 0.5
    65 and over 7.1 0.6 10.3 1.0 6.2 0.9 4.7 0.8
                 
Gender                
    Male 8.6 0.4 11.8 1 9.5 0.7 6.8 0.6
    Female 8.9 0.4 12.9 0.8 9.4 0.6 7.2 0.5
                 
Race                
    White 8.1 0.3 11.7 0.7 8.7 0.5 6.5 0.4
    Black 11.2 0.9 13.9 1.7 12.5 1.7 8.3 1.1
    Asian or Pacific Islander 18.9 2.8 * * * * 15.0 3.1
    American Indian or Alaska Native 13.5 3.2 * * * * * *
                 
Ethnicity                
    Non-Hispanic 8.3 0.3 11.2 0.7 9.2 0.5 6.8 0.4
      White 7.5 0.3 10.2 0.8 8.4 0.5 6.3 0.4
      Black 11.2 0.9 13.6 1.8 12.5 1.7 8.3 1.2
    Hispanic 13.6 0.9 17.0 1.5 12.2 1.5 10.1 1.3
                 
Family incomeb                
    Negative or poor 14.6 1.1 17.8 1.6 14.7 2.0 8.8 1.7
    Near poor/low 11.6 0.8 14.0 1.2 11.5 1.3 8.8 1.2
    Middle 9.0 0.5 10.1 1.1 8.3 0.7 9.1 0.8
    High 6.5 0.4 7.6 1.4 8.2 0.9 5.7 0.5
                 
Insurance coverage                
Under age 65                
    Any private 7.9 0.3 9.7 1.0 9.0 0.7 7.0 0.4
    Public only 15.6 1.2 16.3 1.7 16.5 2.3 12.4 2.6
    Uninsured 15.0 1.2 20.6 2.2 14.0 1.9 10.3 1.7
Age 65 and over                
    Medicare only 8.0 1.0 9.7 1.6 7.1 1.5 6.6 1.8
    Medicare and private 5.7 0.6 10.2 1.7 4.4 0.9 4.1 0.9
    Medicare and other public 12.5 2.3 11.5 2.5 * * * *
                 
Residence locationc                
    Metropolitan-large 9.8 0.5 12.6 0.9 11.5 0.8 8.0 0.6
    Metropolitan-small 7.4 0.5 11.3 1.2 7.5 0.9 5.8 0.6
    Micropolitan 7.7 0.7 12.0 1.9 7.8 1.1 5.1 0.9
    Noncore-adjacent 8.9 1.6 15.4 3.1 6.6 1.7 6.3 1.8
    Noncore-rural * * * * * * * *
                 

aPersons 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.

Table 153A_a Table 152C_c

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