Table 1.

Characteristics of the Study Sample Respondents

Respondent Characteristics	West Coast Adults (n=15,051)	West Coast Children (n=2,323)	Mid-west Adults (n=7,823)	Mid-west Children (n=668)
	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
Gender
Male	39	15	40	14
Education
8th grade or less	2	2	1	0
Some HS	2	2	4	1
HS grad/GED	11	7	36	14
Some college	26	23	43	44
College grad	23	27	9	25
> 4 years of college	36	38	7	16
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic	10	25	3	8
African-American	6	5	6	11
Asian/Pacific Islander	12	14	1	2
White	69	52	90	78
Other (including multi- racial and unknown)	3	4	1	1
Age
< 24	2	2	3	6
25–34	8	22	4	27
35–44	10	42	8	38
45–54	15	28	29	24
55–64	21	6	53	4
65+	44	1	4	1
Insurance Type
Self-pay	3	4	0	0
Medicare-FFS	35	0	0	0
Medicaid	2	14	0	0
Commercial(non-HMO)	34	51	0	0
HMO (non-capitated)	6	9	0	0
HMO (capitated)	20	22	100	100
Other	1	1	0	0
Number of MD visits in past year
1	25	25	28	35
2	24	26	27	29
3	17	16	21	18
4	14	14	20	17
5–9	15	16	4	2
10+	6	3	0	0
Usual Source of Care
Yes	46	57	99	97
Length of time with current MD
< 6 mos	21	15	1	3
6 mos- 1 year	18	21	4	5
1 yr - < 3 yr	25	31	16	23
3 yrs – 5 yrs	13	15	13	15
5 yrs or more	23	19	66	55