Table A.
Health insurance status and psychological distress (K6 scale) by control variables among U.S. adults 18-64 years (unweighted n=202,663)
| Private coverage | Public/other coverage | No coverage | Recent (≤1 yr.) change in status | Psychological distress (K6) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | Mean | (SE) | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||||||
| Male | 70.8 | (0.25) | 8.8 | (0.14) | 20.4 | (0.20) | 8.8 | (0.12) | 2.1 | (0.02) |
| Hispanic | 45.8 | (0.46) | 13.8 | (0.28) | 40.4 | (0.46) | 11.1 | (0.21) | 2.3 | (0.03) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 77.7 | (0.23) | 8.7 | (0.15) | 13.6 | (0.15) | 8.4 | (0.11) | 2.5 | (0.02) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 57.3 | (0.44) | 20.4 | (0.37) | 22.3 | (0.32) | 11.7 | (0.23) | 2.5 | (0.03) |
| Non-Hispanic other race | 71.3 | (0.62) | 11.2 | (0.41) | 17.5 | (0.49) | 8.7 | (0.33) | 2.2 | (0.04) |
| 18-24 yrs. | 58.2 | (0.55) | 13.9 | (0.33) | 27.9 | (0.44) | 16.6 | (0.30) | 2.5 | (0.03) |
| 25-44 yrs.a | 70.0 | (0.26) | 9.5 | (0.15) | 20.6 | (0.21) | 10.2 | (0.12) | 2.4 | (0.02) |
| 45-64 yrs.a | 76.1 | (0.23) | 11.5 | (0.17) | 12.5 | (0.16) | 5.1 | (<0.01) | 2.5 | (0.02) |
| U.S.-born | 73.6 | (0.22) | 11.1 | (0.15) | 15.3 | (0.14) | 9.2 | (<0.01) | 2.5 | (0.02) |
| Less than high schoola | 36.8 | (0.41) | 23.5 | (0.36) | 39.8 | (0.41) | 11.4 | (0.23) | 3.3 | (0.04) |
| High school diploma/GED | 64.0 | (0.31) | 13.3 | (0.21) | 22.7 | (0.25) | 10.2 | (0.16) | 2.6 | (0.03) |
| Some college | 74.5 | (0.26) | 9.6 | (0.18) | 15.9 | (0.19) | 10.3 | (0.15) | 2.5 | (0.02) |
| Bachelor's degree or highera | 89.5 | (0.18) | 3.9 | (0.11) | 6.7 | (0.14) | 5.9 | (0.13) | 1.8 | (0.02) |
| Married/living togethera | 76.6 | (0.22) | 8.2 | (0.14) | 15.3 | (0.17) | 7.6 | (0.10) | 2.2 | (0.02) |
| Child in family/householda | 67.9 | (0.28) | 12.5 | (0.19) | 19.7 | (0.22) | 9.9 | (0.13) | 2.3 | (0.02) |
| Employed previous week | 78.3 | (0.18) | 5.3 | (<0.01) | 16.4 | (0.16) | 8.2 | (<0.01) | 2.0 | (0.01) |
| Poor (PR<100%)b | 25.7 | (0.91) | 36.5 | (0.63) | 37.8 | (0.60) | 15.1 | (0.33) | 4.2 | (0.06) |
| Near poor (100%≤PR<200%)b | 42.3 | (0.40) | 19.8 | (0.33) | 37.9 | (0.39) | 15.3 | (0.26) | 3.3 | (0.04) |
| Not poor (PR≥200%)b | 84.6 | (0.16) | 4.6 | (0.10) | 10.8 | (0.13) | 7.5 | (0.11) | 2.1 | (0.01) |
| Health conditions | ||||||||||
| Fair/poor health status | 43.0 | (0.46) | 34.7 | (0.45) | 22.3 | (0.37) | 10.4 | (0.26) | 6.2 | (0.06) |
| ADL/IADL limitation | 35.2 | (0.87) | 54.0 | (0.89) | 10.8 | (0.50) | 8.1 | (0.44) | 7.9 | (0.12) |
| Chronic condition(s) | 70.2 | (0.26) | 15.1 | (0.19) | 14.7 | (0.17) | 8.5 | (0.12) | 3.3 | (0.02) |
| Obese | 66.9 | (0.30) | 14.5 | (0.22) | 18.6 | (0.23) | 9.8 | (0.16) | 3.0 | (0.03) |
| Health behaviors | ||||||||||
| Current heavy alcohol drinker | 67.9 | (0.60) | 8.7 | (0.32) | 23.4 | (0.54) | 11.7 | (0.39) | 3.3 | (0.05) |
| Current smoker | 56.8 | (0.35) | 15.7 | (0.24) | 27.5 | (0.28) | 13.3 | (0.21) | 3.6 | (0.03) |
| Sufficient aerobic activitya | 77.8 | (0.22) | 7.2 | (0.13) | 15.1 | (0.17) | 9.0 | (0.12) | 2.2 | (0.02) |
| Economic climate | ||||||||||
| Interviewed during recession | 70.8 | (0.36) | 11.0 | (0.23) | 18.2 | (0.27) | 9.5 | (0.19) | 2.6 | (0.03) |
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 2001-2010.
n = unweighted frequency; SE = standard error; GED = General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma; PR = poverty ratio; ADL = activity of daily living; IADL = instrumental activity of daily living.
a
Prevalence of private, public/other, and no coverage across this attribute do not add to 100.0% due to rounding.
b
Estimates by poverty status categories generated from the 2001-2010 NHIS imputed income files m=1.