Table 1.
Participants’ Characteristics by Age Group and Limited English Proficiency (LEP), MEPS 2014–2018
| 18–64 years old | 65 years old and older | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEP (n = 15,753) | EP (n = 78,399) | LEP (n = 3,155) | EP (n = 19,661) | |||
| Characteristics | W% (n = 91,565,356) | W% (n = 891,477,736) | P value | W% (n = 20,019,086) | W% (n = 22,9224,567) | P value |
| Sex | 0.6472 | 0.0012 | ||||
| Male | 48.9 | 49.2 | 41.3 | 45.2 | ||
| Female | 51.1 | 50.8 | 58.7 | 54.8 | ||
| Age, years | < .0001 | 0.0639 | ||||
| 18–26 | 8.8 | 20.7 | – | – | ||
| 27-34 | 17.1 | 17.8 | – | – | ||
| 35-44 | 27.3 | 19.7 | – | – | ||
| 45-54 | 27.1 | 20.7 | – | – | ||
| 55-64 | 19.6 | 21.2 | – | – | ||
| 65-74 | – | – | 55.8 | 59.0 | ||
| >74 | – | – | 44.2 | 41.0 | ||
| Race and ethnicity | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||
| Hispanic | 70.5 | 12.5 | 56.9 | 4.0 | ||
| NH White | 6.4 | 65.6 | 9.9 | 81.9 | ||
| NH Black | 3.8 | 13.5 | 2.2 | 9.6 | ||
| Othera | 19.2 | 8.4 | 31.1 | 4.5 | ||
| Education | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||
| < High school | 43.3 | 9.3 | 50.0 | 11.7 | ||
| High school | 32.7 | 39.0 | 25.5 | 41.8 | ||
| ≥ Some college | 24.0 | 51.6 | 24.6 | 46.6 | ||
| Income | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||
| ≤ 138% FPL | 32.0 | 15.9 | 37.0 | 15.6 | ||
| 139–400% FPL | 49.6 | 37.4 | 41.8 | 40.1 | ||
| > 400% FPL | 18.4 | 46.7 | 21.2 | 44.3 | ||
| Currently marriedb | 61.9 | 50.1 | < .0001 | 54.4 | 56.2 | 0.3301 |
| Region | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||
| Northeast | 17.1 | 17.7 | 22.3 | 18.2 | ||
| Midwest | 10.5 | 21.9 | 6.8 | 22.8 | ||
| South | 36.8 | 37.6 | 34.3 | 37.8 | ||
| West | 35.7 | 22.8 | 36.5 | 21.1 | ||
| Employedc | 76.5 | 82.1 | < .0001 | 19.5 | 24.3 | 0.0004 |
| Non-US Born | 91.6 | 10.7 | < .0001 | 92.6 | 7.0 | < .0001 |
| Years living in the USAd | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||
| < 1 year | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | – | ||
| 1-5 years | 9.4 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | ||
| 6-10 years | 14.0 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 11-15 years | 18.6 | 12.8 | 6.6 | 2.0 | ||
| > 15 years | 57.6 | 70.4 | 84.6 | 96.1 | ||
| Current smoker | 8.1 | 17.0 | < .0001 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 0.0054 |
| Body mass index | < .0001 | 0.0029 | ||||
| < 25 kg/m2 | 31.4 | 34.7 | 37.4 | 33.0 | ||
| 25–30 kg/m2 | 36.6 | 32.2 | 35.9 | 36.0 | ||
| ≥ 30 kg/m2 | 27.1 | 31.4 | 23.7 | 29.2 | ||
| Missing | 4.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | ||
| Health insurance continuity | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||
| Uninsured all year | 33.8 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Partially insured all year | 14.8 | 11.7 | 4.2 | 1.8 | ||
| Insured all year | 51.4 | 79.4 | 91.9 | 98.1 | ||
| Health insurance coverage type | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||
| < 65 any private | 44.4 | 76.7 | – | – | ||
| < 65 public only | 21.8 | 14.4 | – | – | ||
| < 65 uninsured | 33.8 | 8.9 | – | – | ||
| 65+ Medicare only | – | – | 30.6 | 34.3 | ||
| 65+ Medicare and private | – | – | 16.9 | 56.1 | ||
| 65+ Medicare and other public only | – | – | 46.3 | 8.4 | ||
| 65+ uninsured | – | – | 4.0 | 0.1 | ||
| 65+ no Medicare and any other public/private | – | – | 2.3 | 1.1 | ||
W weighted, LEP limited English proficiency, EP English proficient, NH non-Hispanic, FPL federal poverty level
aOther group is made up of the race group “non-Hispanic Asian only” and “non-Hispanic other race or multiple race.” The Asian race makes up 99% of this category for the adults with the LEP group and 50% for the adults without LEP
bMissing coded as other
cEmployed or unemployed/out of the labor force
dUS-born individuals were excluded