Table 4.
Proportion of persons with a high travel burden for medical/dental care, by residence and race, NHTS 2001. * (Note: The value for rural, Hispanic travelers is statistically unreliable due to small sample size.)
Percent of trips that are 30 or more miles (46.3 km) | |||||||
Total | Rural | Urban | |||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | P-values for residence | |
Total | 7.91 | 0.72 | 21.44 | 2.45 | 4.50 | 0.70 | < 0.0001 |
White | 7.46 | 0.82 | 21.53 | 2.81 | 3.33 | 0.58 | < 0.0001 |
African American | 6.71 | 1.91 | 23.35 | 9.47 | 3.67 | 1.44 | 0.0484 |
Hispanic | 11.68 | 5.15 | 6.40 | 6.02 | 12.54 | 5.95 | 0.4777 |
Other | 10.08 | 3.54 | 25.42 | 12.85 | 8.01 | 3.79 | 0.2201 |
P values for race | 0.6461 | 0.3560 | 0.2434 | ||||
Percent of trips that are 30 minutes or more | |||||||
Total | Rural | Urban | |||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | P-values for residence | |
Total | 28.54 | 1.33 | 41.26 | 2.99 | 25.33 | 1.49 | < 0.0001 |
White | 24.41 | 1.32 | 38.45 | 2.98 | 20.29 | 1.43 | < 0.0001 |
African American | 49.71 | 4.85 | 54.87 | 16.35 | 48.77 | 5.09 | 0.6933 |
Hispanic | 32.86 | 7.48 | 56.09 | 19.37 | 29.06 | 8.60 | 0.2241 |
Other | 31.68 | 4.09 | 49.43 | 10.14 | 29.28 | 4.60 | 0.1100 |
P values for race | < 0.0001 | 0.4320 | 0.0001 |
*Estimates are weighted to be nationally representative; they are based on 3,914 observations.