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. 2016 Aug;106(8):1409–1415. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303156

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.

a

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

b

Conditions 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.