TABLE 1.

Sample characteristics of participants 18–64 years in the United States, by healthcare personnel status, demographic and access-to-care variables–National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 2011

		Healthcare personnel		Non healthcare personnel
Characteristic		Sample	Weighted %	Sample	Weighted %
Total		2,455	9.3	23,368	90.7
Age
	18-49	1,736	70.7	16,017	69.0
	50-64	719	30.3	7,351	31.0
Sex
	Male	629	28.2	11,262	51.5*
	Female	1,826	71.8	12,106	48.5
Race/ethnicity
	Non-hispanic White	1,465	68.4	13,007	65.0*
	Non-hispanic Black	434	14.4	3,502	11.8
	Hispanic	319	9.6	4,783	16.1
	Asian	186	5.5	1,514	4.9
	Other	51	2.1	562	2.2
Marital status
	Married	1,121	56.2	10,334	52.5*
	Widowed/divorced/separated	498	13.8	4,658	13.4
	Never married	830	30.0	8,326	34.1
Education
	High school or less	509	20.9	9,543	40.3*
	Some college or college graduate	1,542	63.1	11,601	50.5
	Above college graduate	401	16.0	2,121	9.2
Poverty level
	At or above poverty	1,995	92.0	16,841	84.1*
	Below poverty	245	8.0	4,501	15.9
Region
	Northeast	426	19.5	3,585	17.4*
	Midwest	660	27.3	5,090	22.9
	South	838	33.5	8,436	35.8
	West	531	19.7	6,257	23.9
US Born
	Yes	2,034	84.1	18,304	81.8*
	No	421	15.9	5,052	18.2
Living with an infant aged<1 year
	Yes	66	2.8	955	4.4*
	No	2,391	97.2	22,441	95.6
Physician contacts within past year
	None	362	13.3	5,444	22.5*
	1	443	18.3	4,238	18.7
	2-3	730	31.0	5,793	25.5
	4-9	607	25.4	5,902	21.3
	≥10	308	12.0	2,931	12.0
Hospitalization within past year
	Yes	181	7.2	1,929	7.8
	No	2,273	92.8	21,432	92.2
Usual place for health care
	Clinic or health center	534	18.6	5,475	20.7*
	Doctor’s office or HMO†	1,612	70.3	13,391	61.9
	Some other place	86	3.4	932	3.6
	None	208	7.7	3,469	13.8
Health insurance
	Yes	2,095	86.4	17,799	78.5*
	No	351	13.6	5,486	21.5
Influenza vaccination
	Yes	1,374	55.2	6,602	29.5*
	No	1,080	44.8	16,540	70.5

^*Significant difference between healthcare personnel and non healthcare personnel (by chi-square test, p<0.05).

^†Health maintenance organization.