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Table 14_4_5.1d
People with a usual source of care, excluding hospital emergency rooms, who has office hours nights or weekends, by education,a United States, 2005
Population group Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 38.8 0.9 37.4 1.3 40.3 1.3 38.2 1.0
Age 18–44 44.7 1.1 45.6 2.0 46.5 1.8 43.5 1.3
45–64 37.9 1.2 33.9 2.0 41.1 1.6 36.9 1.4
65 and over 26.9 1.4 29.5 1.9 26.5 2.1 25.5 1.8
Gender Male 39.4 1.1 40.8 1.8 41.4 1.6 37.7 1.2
Female 38.3 0.9 34.7 1.4 39.5 1.4 38.7 1.1
Race White, single race 38.7 1.0 38.6 1.5 40.3 1.4 37.6 1.1
Black, single race 37.8 1.8 30.3 2.7 38.5 2.5 41.3 2.5
Asian, single race 39.4 3.6 * * 41.1 6.6 39.5 3.7
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race 38.4 6.0 * * * * * *
Multiple races 46.1 4.3 * * * * 43.0 5.9
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 38.4 1.0 36.5 1.5 39.9 1.4 38.0 1.1
Non-Hispanic, White 38.2 1.1 37.5 1.8 40.0 1.5 37.3 1.1
Non-Hispanic, Black 37.6 1.9 30.7 2.8 37.5 2.5 41.2 2.5
Hispanic 41.9 1.7 40.4 2.2 44.2 3.0 41.7 2.5
Family incomeb Negative/poor 32.5 1.7 31.9 2.2 32.4 2.7 33.6 2.8
Near poor/low 35.2 1.4 37.8 2.1 36.5 2.0 30.9 2.2
Middle 39.0 1.4 36.7 2.3 40.4 1.8 38.7 1.7
High 41.2 1.2 45.2 3.7 44.4 1.9 39.6 1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 42.6 1.0 44.5 1.8 45.0 1.6 41.0 1.1
Not employed 37.7 1.4 35.0 2.0 40.0 2.0 37.5 2.0
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 42.6 1.1 45.4 2.3 44.8 1.6 41.0 1.2
Public only 35.6 1.6 35.3 2.1 38.1 2.7 32.3 3.1
Uninsured 39.6 1.8 36.8 2.8 42.7 2.8 39.0 2.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 30.7 2.4 33.8 3.7 29.4 3.6 29.3 3.7
Medicare and private 25.6 1.7 28.4 3.1 25.9 2.6 24.1 2.0
Medicare and other public 24.5 2.6 26.5 3.2 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan 41.1 1.0 39.5 1.4 43.8 1.5 40.1 1.1
  Large central metro 41.1 1.3 40.1 2.0 44.4 2.2 39.8 1.6
  Large fringe metro 46.0 1.5 43.8 3.3 50.4 2.5 44.0 1.7
  Medium metro 35.5 2.7 34.7 3.0 34.2 3.5 36.7 3.0
  Small metro 40.8 3.2 39.5 4.3 46.8 5.0 37.0 2.9
Nonmetropolitan 27.8 1.7 29.7 2.8 27.6 1.8 27.0 2.2
  Micropolitan 27.4 2.0 30.2 3.1 27.1 2.5 26.4 2.7
  Noncore 28.5 3.9 29.1 5.3 28.6 4.6 28.0 4.6
Language spoken most often at home English 38.7 1.0 37.1 1.5 40.3 1.4 38.1 1.0
Other 40.0 2.1 38.8 2.5 40.8 3.3 41.2 3.9
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 40.0 1.0 41.1 1.5 41.0 1.4 39.1 1.0
Fair/poor 31.8 1.4 27.4 1.9 36.8 2.2 30.4 2.2
Activity limitations,c age 18 and over Basic activities 29.8 1.3 26.5 1.8 33.3 2.0 29.2 2.0
Complex activities 32.3 1.6 26.5 2.0 38.3 2.6 31.8 2.7
Neither basic nor complex activities 40.5 1.0 41.8 1.6 41.6 1.5 39.6 1.0

a Persons age 18 and over. 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, at or 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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