EXHIBIT 1.
Socioeconomic Characteristics Of Low-Income Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries, Weighted Analysis, 2001
|
QMB enrollment |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Full sample | Yes | No | |
| Unweighted sample size | 1,145 | 773 (67.5%) | 372 (32.5%)**** |
| Weighted sample size | 22,476 | 7,699 (34.3%) | 14,777 (65.7%)**** |
| Age (years) | 75.3 | 76.0 | 75.0* |
| Percent female | 64.5% | 71.9% | 61.1%*** |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 58.8% | 47.8% | 64.4%**** |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 14.0 | 13.8 | 14.1 |
| Hispanic | 18.2 | 23.5 | 15.4**** |
| Other | 9.1 | 14.9 | 6.1**** |
| Usually speaks language other than English | 24.5% | 36.3% | 18.3%**** |
| State of residence | |||
| California | 18.7% | 26.0% | 14.9%**** |
| Colorado | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.3**** |
| Illinois | 11.7 | 10.0 | 12.7**** |
| Michigan | 6.9 | 5.7 | 7.4**** |
| New York | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.7 |
| Ohio | 11.7 | 7.3 | 14.0**** |
| Pennsylvania | 13.7 | 15.8 | 12.5**** |
| Texas | 16.7 | 15.0 | 17.5**** |
| Education | |||
| Less than grade 9 | 36.0% | 44.4% | 31.7%**** |
| Grade 9–12 | 50.5 | 44.9 | 53.3** |
| More than grade 12 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 15.0 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 42.5% | 25.5% | 51.3%**** |
| Divorced/separated | 15.4 | 21.3 | 12.4**** |
| Widowed | 36.1 | 45.3 | 31.3**** |
| Never married | 6.0 | 7.9 | 5.0* |
| Lives alone | 37.4% | 48.3% | 31.8%**** |
SOURCE: 2001 Study of Seniors’ Prescription Coverage, Use, and Spending.
NOTES: Analyses are weighted to adjust for the complex sampling design. QMB is qualified Medicare beneficiary. Significance tests indicate difference between QMBs and non-QMBs.
*
p < .10
**
p < .05
***
p < .01
****
p < .001