Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of US Adults with Health Insurance, aged 50-64 years, surveyed in the period of 2002-2008
| Characteristics | Unweighted, N (%) | Weighted % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of the survey | |||
| 2002 | 45465 | (15.5) | 22.3 |
| 2004 | 62271 | (21.2) | 23.7 |
| 2006 | 82923 | (28.2) | 26.1 |
| 2008 | 102967 | (35.1) | 27.9 |
| Age | |||
| 50-54 | 105041 | (35.8) | 40.6 |
| 55-59 | 100781 | (34.3) | 32.8 |
| 60-64 | 87804 | (29.9) | 26.6 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 117328 | (40.0) | 49.0 |
| Female | 176298 | (60.0) | 51.0 |
| Annual Household income | |||
| <25,000 | 50398 | (17.2) | 14.8 |
| 25,000-<50,000 | 75277 | (25.6) | 23.6 |
| > = 50000 | 135243 | (46.1) | 50.8 |
| Missing | 32568 | (11.1) | 10.8 |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school or High School | 100382 | (34.2) | 34.2 |
| Some college or College graduate | 192786 | (65.8) | 65.8 |
| Race | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 246930 | (84.4) | 79.1 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 19904 | (6.8) | 8.0 |
| Hispanic | 10685 | (3.7) | 7.4 |
| Other, Multi-racial, non-Hispanic | 13615 | (4.7) | 5.5 |
| Health status | |||
| Excellent or Very good | 678834 | (51.5) | 53.6 |
| Good | 396194 | (30.1) | 30.1 |
| Fair or poor | 241939 | (18.4) | 16.3 |
| Marital status | |||
| Divorced/Widowed/Separated | 81354 | (27.8) | 20.0 |
| Single | 21170 | (7.2) | 5.2 |
| Married/member of unmarried couple | 190143 | (65.0) | 74.7 |
| State privately insured population* | |||
| Low | 79047 | (26.9) | 38.7 |
| Medium | 101351 | (34.5) | 30.2 |
| High | 113228 | (38.6) | 31.1 |
Note: Missing responses constituted less than 0.8% on all of the above variables, except income for which missing values were coded as a separate category. * State-level variable from the Census[19] and expressed in tertiles of the distribution of the states' proportion of adults aged 50 to 64 years with private insurance.