Effects of residence and race on burden of travel for care: cross sectional analysis of the 2001 US National Household Travel Survey

Probst, Janice C; Laditka, Sarah B; Wang, Jong-Yi; Johnson, Andrew O

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-40

Table 1 Characteristics of trips for medical or dental care, by traveler characteristics, NHTS 2001*

From: Effects of residence and race on burden of travel for care: cross sectional analysis of the 2001 US National Household Travel Survey

	Distribution, all trips, %	Miles per trip	SE	P value	Minutes per trip	SE	P value
Total	100.00			0.9602			0.0001
White	71.69	10.06	0.38		20.64	0.46
Black	11.15	9.99	1.01		29.11	1.72
Hispanic	4.97	10.65	2.54		22.49	2.58
Other	12.19	10.68	1.22		23.53	2.18
Rural				< 0.0001			< 0.0001
Total	100.00	17.48	1.11		27.23	1.31
White	80.79	17.11	1.20		26.36	1.32
Black	8.55	19.83	2.68		30.19	3.64
Hispanic	3.46	12.50	4.22		25.26	3.59
Other	7.20	21.27	6.46		34.43	8.81
Urban				----			----
Total	100.00	8.31	0.30		20.72	0.52
White	69.40	7.99	0.33		18.97	0.46
Black	11.80	8.20	0.87		28.91	1.98
Hispanic	5.35	10.35	2.93		22.04	3.01
Other	13.45	9.25	1.08		22.05	2.27
Age				0.3316			0.3721
0~25	21.47	9.41	0.53		20.86	1.01
26~50	38.59	10.37	0.43		21.75	0.68
51~75	30.23	10.55	0.58		22.58	0.67
76~100	9.71	9.74	1.47		23.99	1.72
Sex				0.1784			0.0165
Male	37.02	10.51	0.40		22.97	0.61
Female	62.98	9.95	0.35		21.48	0.52
Education				0.5499			0.0268
High School or Lower	37.91	10.39	0.57		23.55	0.92
College	46.07	10.29	0.47		21.48	0.67
Graduate School	13.68	9.24	0.91		19.98	0.92
Not Ascertained	2.33	9.01	1.16		20.25	1.69
Medical Condition that Limits Driving				0.0603			0.0013
Yes	13.56	12.17	1.17		26.47	1.46
No	86.44	9.84	0.31		21.33	0.49
Occupation of Head of Household				0.5189			0.0005
Sales or Service	11.71	10.06	0.74		22.05	1.19
Clerical or Admin. Support	5.71	8.84	0.70		17.96	0.91
Manufacturing, Construction, Maintenance, or Farming	7.08	10.71	1.20		20.91	1.52
Professional, Managerial, Technical	15.77	9.95	0.59		20.58	0.78
Other	59.73	10.29	0.45		22.93	0.61
Household Income				< 0.0001			0.0007
< $20,000	19.26	10.60	1.02		24.78	1.25
>$20,000 and < $44,999	26.89	11.14	0.70		23.42	1.19
>$45,000 and < $69,999	23.62	10.32	0.63		21.18	0.89
>$70,000	22.46	9.42	0.60		19.07	0.72
Not Ascertained	7.76	7.29	0.51		21.54	1.07
Family Size				0.3305			0.0068
< = 2 Family Members	41.89	10.18	0.54		22.75	0.68
3 Family Members	17.52	10.23	0.75		21.46	1.09
4 Family Members	19.86	9.04	0.70		18.91	1.01
>4 Family Members	20.73	11.12	0.84		24.06	1.40

* Estimates are weighted to be nationally representative; they are based on 3,914 observations.

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