From: A National study of burdensome health care costs among non-elderly Americans
Variable | Overall* (N = 5493) | Age 18–39 (N = 1997) | Age 40–64 (N = 3496) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Difficulty paying for health care | 27% | 27% | 28% | 0.86 |
Mean age (SE) | 41 (0.21) | 29 (0.16) | 51 (0.13) | <0.001 |
Sex (male) | 50% | 51% | 49% | 0.30 |
Income (dollars per year) | ||||
<30,000 | 29% | 33% | 26% | <0.001 |
30,000-50,000 | 37% | 37% | 37% | 0.54 |
>50,000 | 24% | 20% | 28% | <0.001 |
DK/NR | 10% | 10% | 10% | 0.86 |
Race | ||||
White | 74% | 69% | 79% | <0.001 |
Black/African Am. | 14% | 16% | 12% | <0.001 |
Asian | 3.5% | 5.4% | 1.9% | <0.001 |
Mixed/other | 5.7% | 7.4% | 4.2% | <0.001 |
DK/NR | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 0.28 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Hispanic | 15% | 21% | 11% | <0.001 |
Non Hispanic | 84% | 79% | 89% | <0.001 |
DK/NR | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.33 |
Uninsured | 21% | 24% | 18% | <0.001 |
Health insurance type | ||||
Employer based | 65% | 59% | 69% | <0.001 |
Self insured | 13% | 12% | 13% | 0.46 |
Medicare | 6.5% | 5.0% | 7.7% | 0.004 |
Medicaid | 5.6% | 7.6% | 4.1% | <0.001 |
Other government | 4.7% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 0.81 |
Other (including parents’ insurance) | 5.1% | 11% | 1.0% | <0.001 |
DK/NR | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.92 |
Health status | ||||
Excellent, very good or good | 84% | 89% | 80% | <0.001 |
Only fair or poor | 16% | 11% | 20% | <0.001 |
DK/NR | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.18 |