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Table 152B_c: Income - Adults whose providers usually explained things in a way they could understand, by family incomea, United States, 2001
| |
Total |
Negative/poor |
Near poor/low |
Middle |
High |
| Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
34.8 |
0.5 |
29.3 |
1.5 |
31.9 |
1.2 |
36.0 |
1.0 |
36.2 |
0.8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 18-44 |
36.2 |
0.8 |
30.5 |
2.1 |
34.2 |
1.9 |
37.1 |
1.4 |
37.6 |
1.1 |
| 45-64 |
33.3 |
0.8 |
26.2 |
2.4 |
27.3 |
1.9 |
34.0 |
1.6 |
35.0 |
1.2 |
| 65 and over |
34.2 |
1.2 |
30.5 |
2.6 |
32.0 |
2.1 |
36.2 |
2.0 |
35.1 |
1.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
35.6 |
0.7 |
29.5 |
2.5 |
31.5 |
1.8 |
38.0 |
1.4 |
36.1 |
1.2 |
| Female |
34.3 |
0.7 |
29.2 |
1.7 |
32.1 |
1.5 |
34.5 |
1.2 |
36.2 |
1.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
35.8 |
0.6 |
31.4 |
1.8 |
33.0 |
1.4 |
37.2 |
1.1 |
36.6 |
0.8 |
| Black |
26.1 |
1.3 |
23.3 |
2.7 |
25.9 |
2.7 |
25.3 |
2.6 |
28.9 |
3.0 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
37.1 |
3.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
40.6 |
6.7 |
40.1 |
4.7 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
31.6 |
3.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Non-Hispanic |
35.5 |
0.6 |
30.8 |
1.7 |
33.0 |
1.4 |
37.1 |
1.0 |
36.1 |
0.8 |
| White |
36.7 |
0.6 |
33.7 |
2.1 |
34.6 |
1.6 |
38.5 |
1.1 |
36.5 |
0.8 |
| Black |
26.2 |
1.3 |
23.8 |
2.7 |
26.1 |
2.7 |
25.1 |
2.6 |
29.0 |
3.0 |
| Hispanic |
27.8 |
1.3 |
21.9 |
3.0 |
25.2 |
1.9 |
26.2 |
2.0 |
37.4 |
2.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Educationb (age 18 and over) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than high school graduate |
31.7 |
1.1 |
24.2 |
2.1 |
28.4 |
1.7 |
33.6 |
1.8 |
43.0 |
2.9 |
| High school graduate |
36.1 |
0.8 |
31.1 |
2.2 |
34.8 |
2.0 |
36.0 |
1.3 |
38.2 |
1.6 |
| At least some college |
35.2 |
0.7 |
34.5 |
3.1 |
33.1 |
2.2 |
37.2 |
1.5 |
34.7 |
0.8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Insurance coverage |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Under age 65 years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Any private |
36.1 |
0.6 |
33.2 |
3.1 |
33.3 |
1.8 |
36.8 |
1.2 |
36.4 |
0.9 |
| Public only |
27.9 |
1.5 |
24.9 |
2.2 |
28.5 |
2.6 |
32.6 |
4.0 |
* |
* |
| Uninsured |
31.4 |
1.6 |
31.4 |
3.6 |
30.7 |
2.8 |
29.8 |
2.9 |
34.7 |
3.8 |
| Age 65 and over |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Medicare only |
32.4 |
1.9 |
29.5 |
4.8 |
32.7 |
3.3 |
34.0 |
3.9 |
31.1 |
3.5 |
| Medicare and private |
35.6 |
1.5 |
34.3 |
4.1 |
33.2 |
2.9 |
37.0 |
2.5 |
35.6 |
2.2 |
| Medicare and other public |
31.4 |
3.0 |
26.4 |
4.0 |
26.6 |
4.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Residence locationc |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Metropolitan-large |
35.2 |
0.7 |
27.0 |
2.0 |
30.3 |
1.7 |
35.4 |
1.4 |
37.8 |
1.0 |
| Metropolitan-small |
35.0 |
0.9 |
32.5 |
2.9 |
34.0 |
2.3 |
37.6 |
1.6 |
33.9 |
1.4 |
| Micropolitan |
33.5 |
1.2 |
31.3 |
3.4 |
32.3 |
2.6 |
35.9 |
2.5 |
32.7 |
2.0 |
| Noncore-adjacent |
34.6 |
3.0 |
30.6 |
5.3 |
30.0 |
3.7 |
35.7 |
4.5 |
39.7 |
4.5 |
| Noncore-rural |
30.4 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
31.1 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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: 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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