TABLE 1—
Demographics and Health Insurance Status of Respondents (N = 167)
| Medicare (n = 8) | Medicaid (n=20) | Private and HMO (n=39) | Medicare and Medicaid (n=29) | Uninsured (n=71) | |
| Age, y | |||||
| Range | 52–78 | 25–91 | 21–83 | 41–89 | 22–63 |
| Mean | 65.50 | 47.05 | 51.31 | 67.17 | 45.89 |
| Gender, no. (%) | |||||
| Female | 4 (50.0) | 13 (65.0) | 26 (66.7) | 23 (79.3) | 24 (33.8) |
| Male | 4 (50.0) | 7 (35.0) | 13 (33.3) | 6 (20.7) | 47 (66.2) |
| Marital status, no. (%) | |||||
| Married | 0 (0) | 5 (25.0) | 10 (25.6) | 2 (6.9) | 4 (5.6) |
| Unmarrieda | 8 (100) | 15 (75.0) | 29 (74.4) | 27 (93.1) | 67 (94.4) |
| Education, no. (%) | |||||
| High school | 5 (62.5) | 15 (75.0) | 9 (23.1) | 22 (78.6) | 28 (39.4) |
| College/postgraduateb | 3 (37.5) | 5 (25.0) | 30 (76.9) | 6 (21.4) | 43 (60.6) |
| Work life, no. (%) | |||||
| Currently working | 0 (0) | 5 (25.0) | 19 (48.7) | 0 (0) | 19 (26.8) |
| Unemployed | 0 (0) | 6 (30.0) | 2 (5.1) | 0 (0) | 44 (62.0) |
| Otherc | 8 (100) | 9 (45.0) | 18 (46.2) | 29 (100) | 8 (11.3) |
| Occupation, no. (%) | |||||
| Business and professional | 1 (12.5) | 3 (15.0) | 19 (48.7) | 5 (17.2) | 18 (26.1) |
| Clerical | 1 (12.5) | 6 (30.0) | 7 (17.9) | 1 (3.4) | 10 (14.5) |
| Skilled and unskilled labor | 6 (75.0) | 11 (55.0) | 12 (30.8) | 21 (72.4) | 40 (58.0) |
| Otherd | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (6.9) | 1 (1.4) |
a Widowed, divorced, separated, never married.
b The majority of uninsured reported some college but no degree.
cRetired, disabled, student.
dStudent, homemaker, never worked.