Table 156C_d: Education- Adults whose providers sometimes or never spend enough time with them, by education^a, 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	15.7	0.4	17.2	0.8	15.8	0.7	15.1	0.5
Age
18-44	19.8	0.6	22.8	1.4	20.5	1.1	18.6	0.7
45-64	13.7	0.6	15.8	1.4	14.3	1.0	12.8	0.8
65 and over	8.7	0.6	11.0	1.1	8.0	1.1	7.3	0.9
Gender
Male	14.5	0.6	16.3	1.3	14.5	0.9	14.0	0.8
Female	16.5	0.5	17.8	1.0	16.7	0.9	16.0	0.7
Race
White	15.2	0.4	16.9	0.8	14.9	0.7	14.7	0.6
Black	16.9	1.1	15.6	2.0	20.0	1.9	15.0	1.5
Asian or Pacific Islander	24.3	3.3	*	*	*	*	22.1	3.8
American Indian or Alaska Native	23.5	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	15.2	0.4	15.9	0.9	15.4	0.7	14.9	0.6
White	14.6	0.4	15.3	1.0	14.4	0.8	14.5	0.6
Black	16.9	1.1	15.6	2.1	20.0	1.9	15.0	1.5
Hispanic	20.7	1.1	21.9	1.5	21.7	2.3	18.3	1.6
Family incomeb
Negative or poor	21.4	1.3	20.9	1.7	24.5	2.2	18.0	2.5
Near poor/low	17.4	0.8	16.6	1.3	17.4	1.5	18.5	1.7
Middle	16.2	0.7	17.4	1.4	14.5	1.0	17.2	1.0
High	13.6	0.5	13.3	1.8	14.0	1.1	13.5	0.6
Insurance coverage
Under age 65
Any private	16.0	0.5	17.9	1.4	16.0	0.9	15.6	0.6
Public only	21.6	1.6	21.4	2.2	24.4	2.6	17.6	2.9
Uninsured	25.0	1.5	25.3	2.2	25.0	2.6	24.8	2.5
Age 65 and over
Medicare only	9.7	1.1	10.5	1.8	8.3	1.8	10.3	2.1
Medicare and private	7.8	0.8	11.6	1.7	7.1	1.3	6.0	1.1
Medicare and other public	11.7	2.2	10.4	2.2	*	*	*	*
Residence locationc
Metropolitan-large	16.7	0.6	16.6	1.2	17.9	1.1	16.0	0.7
Metropolitan-small	16.0	0.7	21.1	1.7	15.1	1.2	14.9	1.0
Micropolitan	11.4	0.9	12.3	1.5	10.8	1.4	11.5	1.5
Noncore-adjacent	14.6	1.8	15.4	2.6	13.6	2.1	15.3	3.2
Noncore-rural	9.6	2.4	*	*	11.1	3.2	*	*

^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.

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