Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Insured N=4741 |
Uninsured N=738 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Health Status | ||
| Excellent/Very good | 54.4% | 38.4% |
| Good | 29.4% | 30.5% |
| Fair/Poor | 16.3% | 31.1% |
| Male | 48.9% | 45.2% |
| Race | ||
| White | 87.3% | 64.4% |
| Black | 7.6% | 14.6% |
| Hispanic | 3.5% | 16.7% |
| Other | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Education | ||
| High school drop-out | 16.9% | 48.1% |
| High school graduate | 41.2% | 30.7% |
| Some college | 20.8% | 12.7% |
| College graduate | 21.2% | 8.5% |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 79.6% | 65.6% |
| Single | 2.7% | 3.2% |
| Divorced/Separated | 10.7% | 16.8% |
| Widowed | 7.0% | 14.5% |
| Region | ||
| Midwest | 26.5% | 15.8% |
| Northeast | 21.6% | 15.4% |
| South | 32.3% | 47.0% |
| West | 19.6% | 21.8% |
| Total Assets | ||
| Negative | 1.8% | 8.0% |
| 0–35,000 | 9.9% | 33.1% |
| 35,001–100,000 | 15.4% | 18.9% |
| 100,001–230,000 | 25.8% | 17.1% |
| 230,001 and above | 47.1% | 22.9% |
| Total Income | ||
| 0–20,000 | 11.6% | 48.3% |
| 20,001–40,000 | 21.5% | 25.7% |
| 40,001–75,000 | 34.0% | 15.2% |
| 75,001 and above | 32.9% | 10.8% |
| Social Security Recipient | 4.5% | 8.4% |
| Retirement Status | ||
| Not Retired | 64.1% | 60.0% |
| Fully Retired | 17.8% | 13.9% |
| Partly Retired | 10.0% | 9.6% |
| Not Applicable | 8.1% | 16.6% |
*
P-values for all group tests are significant at .001 level