Table 131b: People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care, by ethnicity, United States, 2001

			Non-Hispanic
	Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	13.8	0.7	11.5	0.7	11.6	0.8	12.5	1.6	21.7	1.6
Age
0-17	15.5	1.7	12.9	2.1	14.2	2.7	*	*	21.5	2.7
18-44	13.9	0.8	11.6	0.8	12.1	1.0	11.3	1.6	21.2	1.7
45-64	13.9	1.1	11.9	1.3	10.9	1.5	17.9	3.0	25.5	3.1
65 and over	6.1	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	12.1	0.7	9.6	0.7	9.7	0.8	9.4	1.8	20.2	1.7
Female	16.1	0.9	14.1	1.1	14.1	1.3	16.6	2.4	23.9	2.0
Family incomea
Negative or poor	22.8	1.8	20.2	2.3	23.4	3.0	13.9	3.3	28.1	3.2
Near poor/low	20.9	1.6	18.8	1.9	18.7	2.3	18.3	3.4	24.9	2.5
Middle	12.6	1.1	11.0	1.2	11.4	1.3	*	*	18.2	2.4
High	5.1	0.7	4.8	0.8	4.9	0.9	*	*	8.4	2.4
Educationb (age 18 and over)
Less than high school graduate	19.7	1.2	15.7	1.7	18.2	2.1	10.5	2.1	24.7	1.8
High school graduate	13.6	1.2	12.6	1.3	11.8	1.5	15.7	2.4	18.1	2.5
At least some college	9.6	0.8	8.5	0.8	8.4	0.8	10.7	2.4	19.2	3.2
Insurance coverage
Under age 65
Any private	7.5	0.7	6.7	0.7	6.3	0.7	9.4	2.2	13.2	1.9
Public only	18.0	2.2	16.7	2.6	21.0	3.7	*	*	21.6	4.0
Uninsured	25.5	1.4	24.4	1.9	27.0	2.4	19.5	2.9	27.0	2.2
Age 65 and over
Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence locationc
Metropolitan-large	15.7	0.9	12.8	1.0	12.9	1.1	14.0	2.1	23.3	1.8
Metropolitan-small	12.3	1.2	11.1	1.4	11.1	1.6	12.4	2.8	19.7	4.0
Micropolitan	8.8	1.6	8.4	1.9	9.7	2.3	*	*	*	*
Noncore-adjacent	6.3	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Noncore-rural	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN
Yes	15.6	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
No	15.7	1.8	13.5	2.3	15.0	2.9	*	*	20.3	2.7

^aNegative 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.

^bLess 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.

^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: CSHCN: Children with special health care needs; SE: Standard error.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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