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Table 1 County characteristics (n = 2260)

From: Variability of assister availability in health insurance marketplace in the U.S.

Variable

All

Assister provided (n = 1210)

Assister not provided (n = 1051)

P-value

n

%

n

%

Medicaid expansion

      

0.027

 Yes

726

32.1

413

34.1

313

29.8

 

 No

1535

67.9

797

65.9

738

70.2

 

Rurality

      

<.001

 Metropolitan area

855

37.8

568

46.9

287

27.3

 

 Micropolitan area

462

20.4

277

22.9

185

17.6

 

 Rural area

944

41.8

365

30.2

579

55.1

 

Region

      

<.001

 West

153

6.8

53

4.4

100

9.5

 

 Midwest

820

36.3

424

35.0

396

37.7

 

 South

1173

51.9

648

53.6

525

50

 

 Northeast

114

5.0

85

7.0

29

2.8

 

Marketplace type

      

<.001

 State- partnership

248

11.0

162

13.4

86

8.2

 

 Federally- facilitated

1993

88.2

1042

86.1

951

90.6

 

 State based

19

0.8

6

0.5

13

1.2

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