TABLE 1—

Demographic and Health Status Characteristics of Survey Respondents in 2013 in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Texas

Characteristic	Private Health Insurance (n = 792), %	Medicaid (n = 396), %	Medicare (n = 594), %	Uninsured (n = 983), %	Pa
Family income					< .001
< 50% of poverty	19	48	32	35
50%−100% of poverty	33	35	41	39
100%–138% of poverty	42	11	20	19
Don’t know or refused	6	6	7	7
Female	54	77	57	54	< .001
Age, y					< .001
19–34	2	0	0	1
35–44	64	56	39	65
45–54	17	23	13	20
55–64	17	21	48	14
Race/ethnicity					.01
Non-Latino White	60	62	62	63
Latino	16	16	10	18
Non-Latino Black	18	20	25	16
Other Non-Latino	6	2	3	3
Education					< .001
< high school	11	36	31	25
High-school graduate	41	44	47	43
Some college or college graduate	48	20	22	32
Marital status					< .001
Married or living with a partner	53	31	29	39
Single	34	32	38	39
Widowed, divorced, or separated	13	37	33	22
State					.01
Arkansas	25	14	17	44
Kentucky	28	13	17	42
Texas	36	12	12	40
Rural status	36	44	43	42	.1
Presence of ≥ 1 diagnosed condition (out of 9)b	54	81	84	57	< .001
Self-reported fair or poor health	25	50	54	36	< .001

Note. The sample size was n = 2765.

^aP values reflect χ² test for differences in each characteristic, based on coverage type.

^bConditions assessed were high blood pressure; a heart attack, coronary artery disease, or heart failure; a stroke; asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or emphysema; chronic kidney disease or dialysis; diabetes; depression or anxiety; cancer, except for skin cancer; and alcoholism or drug addiction.