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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

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

  1. *Totals in each column may not sum to 100 due to rounding.