Table 8.

Percentage of Men Age 25–54 Taking Prescription Pain Medication Using Various Methods of Payment^a

Payment method	Percent
Out of pocket	24.7
Private health insurance	13.0
Medicaid	37.7
Medicare	29.2
Veterans Affairs or Tricareb	9.6
Other	10.3

Source: Princeton Pain Survey.

^aThe sample consists of 94 respondents who did not have a steady, full-time job during wave 2 of the survey. The data are weighted using survey weights that have been adjusted to match age, race, and ethnicity figures from the Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement for 2016.

^bVeterans Affairs and Tricare are not explicit categories, but were often listed if the respondent selected “other.” Respondents citing these methods are not included in the total for the “other” category.