Table 1.

Means (Standard Errors) for All Variables by English Proficiency, 2015

	EP		LEP		Difference
	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE
Patient-provider communication
Doctors always explained things clearly	66.54%	0.58%	58.24%	1.86%	8.29%	1.90%	*
Doctors always showed respect	70.08%	0.67%	63.65%	1.58%	6.43%	1.69%	*
Doctors always listened carefully	66.39%	0.72%	56.83%	1.79%	9.56%	1.91%	*
Sociodemographic and health characteristics
Mean age	38.48	0.32	32.03	0.45	6.45	0.52	*
Sex (male)	48.69%	0.28%	51.28%	0.60%	− 2.59%	0.67%	*
Race and ethnicity
NH White	66.19%	1.08%	2.01%	0.42%	64.18%	1.11%	*
NH Black	13.49%	0.69%	0.29%	0.13%	13.20%	0.70%	*
Hispanic	10.36%	0.62%	97.52%	0.45%	− 87.17%	0.83%	*
NH Asian	5.75%	0.55%	0.14%	0.09%	5.61%	0.56%	*
NH Other	4.21%	0.45%	0.03%	0.03%	4.18%	0.45%
Income as a percent of poverty
< 100%	12.09%	0.50%	27.50%	1.88%	− 15.40%	1.85%	*
100–125%	3.97%	0.25%	8.89%	0.75%	− 4.92%	0.76%	*
125–200%	12.86%	0.41%	23.73%	1.11%	− 10.87%	1.16%	*
200–400%	28.47%	0.61%	30.16%	2.07%	− 1.69%	2.07%
> 400%	42.60%	0.83%	9.72%	1.01%	32.89%	1.21%	*
Self-reported health
Excellent	34.58%	0.57%	33.03%	1.20%	1.55%	1.25%
Very good	32.57%	0.43%	20.66%	0.82%	11.91%	0.90%	*
Good	22.40%	0.45%	30.45%	1.05%	− 8.06%	1.12%	*
Fair	7.80%	0.26%	13.39%	0.66%	− 5.59%	0.68%	*
Poor	2.65%	0.13%	2.46%	0.24%	0.19%	0.29%
Full-year insurance coverage
Any private	70.23%	0.75%	31.30%	1.56%	38.93%	1.60%	*
Public only	23.28%	0.70%	42.94%	1.23%	− 19.66%	1.32%	*
Uninsured all year	6.49%	0.24%	25.76%	1.06%	− 19.28%	1.05%	*
Resident of an MSA	85.06%	1.32%	92.93%	2.66%	− 7.87%	3.22%	*
N	23,029		3972

*Difference between LEP and the non-LEP population is statistically significant at p < 0.05

Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2015)