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Table 1 Sociodemographic and related characteristics of Hispanic respondents by ethnic subgroup

From: Digging deeper: quality of patient-provider communication across Hispanic subgroups

 

Ethnic Subgroup

Sociodemographic and Related Characteristics

Mexican

[n = 3794]a

(%)b

Puerto Rican

[n = 336]a

(%)b

Cuban

[n = 172]a

(%)b

Dominican

[n = 119]a

(%)b

Central/

South American

[n = 634]a

(%)b

Other

[n = 142]a

(%)b

Sex

      

   Male

52.9

43.5

53.0

30.8

52.6

50.6

   Female

47.1

56.5

47.0

69.2

47.4

49.4

Age Group

      

   18-24 Years

18.5

19.1

6.5

13.8

16.9

17.4

   25-44 Years

50.7

42.9

38.1

50.8

52.9

47.3

   45-64 Years

22.7

30.7

31.0

27.9

25.0

25.0

   ≥65 Years

8.1

7.3

24.4

7.5

5.2

10.3

Interview Conducted in English

      

   Yes

48.9

65.7

39.2

42.5

31.0

58.9

   No

51.1

34.3

60.8

57.5

69.0

41.1

Place of Residence

      

   MSA

92.1

95.1

99.4

99.9

97.0

94.9

   Non-MSA

7.9

4.9

0.6

0.1

3.0

5.1

Family Income

      

   Poor

18.3

18.6

9.1

31.4

14.5

12.0

   Near Poor

8.4

6.9

7.7

9.4

5.3

4.0

   Low Income

22.2

14.1

23.7

15.1

22.6

16.6

   Middle Income

32.8

30.2

27.1

33.2

33.9

37.6

   High Income

18.3

30.2

32.4

10.9

23.7

29.8

High School Graduate

      

   Yes

50.1

65.9

75.4

60.7

57.1

76.4

   No

49.9

34.1

24.6

39.3

42.9

23.6

Census Region

      

   Northeast

1.6

58.3

15.6

68.9

31.1

28.5

   Midwest

9.2

7.7

4.1

3.6

2.9

5.4

   South

35.2

24.8

78.1

27.5

39.0

44.0

   West

54.0

9.2

2.2

0.0

27.0

22.1

Health Insurance

      

   Any Private

45.7

57.3

54.9

32.5

50.8

45.3

   Public

16.3

26.3

27.6

37.6

11.6

18.6

   Uninsured

38.0

16.4

17.5

29.9

37.6

36.1

Usual Source of Care

      

   Yes

56.9

78.7

68.5

64.6

49.7

66.5

   No

43.1

21.3

31.5

35.4

50.3

33.5

  1. MSA = metropolitan statistical area
  2. aUnweighted counts represent the total number of MEPS-HC respondents with a positive person weight who visited a healthcare provider in the past year.
  3. bWeighted percentages. To derive nationally-representative population estimates, each respondent record from the MEPS was weighted according to person-level weights provided by the data-collection agency.