Table 3.
Demographic Characteristics and Having a Usual Source of Health Care, Entire Study Population
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Weighteda column % |
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Usual source of care |
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| Characteristic | No | Yes | p |
| Total, weighted | 13.6 million | 42.0 million | |
| Age (years) | |||
| 18–30 | 49 | 35 | <0.0001 |
| 31–40 | 28 | 30 | |
| 41–50 | 23 | 35 | |
| Race | |||
| White/Caucasian | 76 | 79 | <0.0001 |
| Black/African-American | 15 | 13 | |
| Other | 9 | 8 | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 23 | 13 | <0.0001 |
| Not Hispanic | 77 | 87 | |
| Years of education | |||
| <12 | 21 | 15 | <0.0001 |
| 12 | 29 | 28 | |
| 13–15 | 25 | 27 | |
| ≥16 | 24 | 30 | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 42 | 52 | <0.0001 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 14 | 13 | |
| Never married | 43 | 35 | |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed | 75 | 79 | <0.0001 |
| Not employed | 25 | 21 | |
| Total personal income | |||
| <$6,740 | 28 | 22 | <0.0001 |
| $6,740–19,999 | 28 | 21 | |
| $20,000–39,999 | 25 | 26 | |
| ≥$40,000 | 19 | 30 | |
| BMI | |||
| <25 kg/m2 | 53 | 49 | <0.0001 |
| 25 to <30 kg/m2 | 25 | 25 | |
| ≥30 kg/m2 | 22 | 26 | |
Note: Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Weighted values are average annual estimates over the 2002–2010 time period, based on 56,786 records.