FULL SURVEY OF THE UNINSURED PART TWO

April 2000
		The following survey by the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation provides extensive data on the problem of the uninsured. Click here to view the first half of the full survey results.

25. In the past year, because of the cost have you … (READ EACH ITEM)

a. Skipped a recommended medical test or treatment

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	15	85	-
National Total Under 65	17	83	-
Uninsured Under 65	39	61	*
Insured Under 65	13	87	-

 

b. Not filled a prescription

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	13	87	*
National Total Under 65	14	86	*
Uninsured Under 65	30	69	*
Insured Under 65	12	88	-

 

c. Had problems getting mental health care

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	4	96	1
National Total Under 65	4	95	*
Uninsured Under 65	13	86	1
Insured Under 65	4	96	*

 

26. Please tell me, including yourself, how many family members, counting adults and children, are there living in this home? Please include anyone who is temporarily in the hospital, in a nursing home, or away at school?

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8+
National Total	34	28	15	13	7	2	*	1
National Total Under 65	28	27	17	15	9	2	1	1
Uninsured Under 65	30	24	19	14	8	4	1	1
Insured Under 65	27	28	17	16	8	2	1	1

 

(Asked of respondents who have more than 1 person living at home)

27. Of these people in your household, how many are persons under 18 years of age?

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
National Total	42	23	20	11	3	1	*
National Total Under 65	36	26	22	12	4	1	*
Uninsured Under 65	34	24	25	9	5	2	*
Insured Under 65	36	26	21	13	2	*	1

 

(Asked of respondents with children in household)

28. In the past 12 months, has there been any period of time in which your children, or children you are responsible for, were completely without any health plan or medical insurance coverage?

	Yes	No	Does not apply (vol.)	Don’t Know
National Total	16	82	1	*
National Total Under 65	17	82	1	*
Uninsured Under 65	47	51	2	1
Insured Under 65	12	86	1	*

 

(Asked of insured respondents only)

29a. In the past year, what would you estimate your (or your family’s) out-of-pocket healthcare costs to be? This would include any amount you pay for your health insurance either directly or taken out of your paycheck or your co-payments, or your deductibles or anything else your health insurance doesn’t cover.

	<$50	$50 – $99.9	$100 – $499.9	$500 - $999.9	$1,000 < $2,000	$2,000	Don’t Know
National Total	11	6	26	13	14	23	7
National Total Under 65	10	6	28	13	14	24	5
Insured Under 65	10	6	28	13	14	24	5

 

29b. In the past year, what would estimate you (or your family) have paid for your healthcare costs?

	<$50	$50 – $99.9	$100 – $499.9	$500 - $999.9	$1,000 < $2,000	$2,000	Don’t Know
Uninsured Under 65	21	9	25	14	10	16	5

 

Q29a/Q29b Summary Table

	<$50	$50 – $99.9	$100 – $499.9	$500 - $999.9	$1,000 < $2,000	$2,000	Don’t Know
National Total	13	7	25	12	14	22	7
National Total Under 65	12	7	26	13	14	23	5
Uninsured Under 65	21	9	25	14	10	16	5
Insured Under 65	10	6	28	13	14	24	5

30. Have you ever been contacted by a collection agency about unpaid medical bills?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	26	74	*
National Total Under 65	29	71	*
Uninsured Under 65	39	60	*
Insured Under 65	27	73	*

 

(Asked of respondents who have been contacted by a collection agency)

31. Are you currently making payments to a collection agency for medical care expenses?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	22	78	-
National Total Under 65	22	78	-
Uninsured Under 65	29	71	*
Insured Under 65	22	78	-

 

Q30/Q31 Summary Table

Contacted by Collection Agency

	NET	Yes, making payments	No, not making payments	Not Contacted by a Collection agency	Don’t Know
National Total	26	6	20	74	*
National Total Under 65	29	6	23	71	*
Uninsured Under 65	39	11	28	60	*
Insured Under 65	27	6	21	73	*

 

32. How familiar are you with Medicaid, the program that provides medical assistance for low-income families? Would that be (READ ITEMS)?

	Familiar			Not Familiar			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Very	Not at all
National Total	49	18	31	50	22	28	1
National Total Under 65	50	18	31	50	22	28	*
Uninsured Under 65	47	21	26	53	17	36	-
Insured Under 65	49	17	32	50	24	26	*

 

33. If you were told you were eligible for (MEDICAID/state-specific)—would you want to enroll or not?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	52	41	7
National Total Under 65	54	41	5
Uninsured Under 65	73	21	6
Insured Under 65	50	44	5

 

Q32/Q33 Summary Table

	Familiar			Not Familiar			Don’t Know
	NET	Yes	No	NET	Yes	No
National Total	50	29	19	50	24	22	*
National Total Under 65	50	29	20	50	25	21	*
Uninsured Under 65	47	37	9	53	35	12	-
Insured Under 65	49	27	21	50	24	23	*

 

34. How familiar are you with the Children’s Health Insurance Program/(insert state-specific) another program that provides medical assistance for low-income families?

Would that be (READ ITEMS)?

	Familiar			Not Familiar			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Very	Not at all
National Total	24	8	16	76	20	56	*
National Total Under 65	27	9	18	73	20	53	-
Uninsured Under 65	29	13	16	71	17	54	-
Insured Under 65	26	9	18	74	20	53	-

 

(Asked of respondents with children in household)

35. If you were told your (child/children) were eligible for (state-specific/ Children’s Health Insurance Program)—would you want to enroll or not?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	61	35	4
National Total Under 65	62	34	4
Uninsured Under 65	84	13	2
Insured Under 65	58	38	4

 

Q34/Q35 Summary Table

	Familiar				No Children in HH	Not Familiar			No Children in HH	Don’t Know
		NET	Yes	No		NET	Yes	No
National Total		24	9	3	11	76	14	10	50	*
National Total Under 65		27	11	4	12	73	17	12	42	-
Uninsured Under 65		29	19	2	9	71	20	4	45	-
Insured Under 65		26	10	4	12	74	17	14	42	-

 

(Asked of respondents with children in household)

36. Right now, is your (child/children) covered by ANY health insurance – either public or private health insurance?

	Yes	No	No Children in HH	Don’t Know
National Total	91	6	2	1
National Total Under 65	91	6	2	1
Uninsured Under 65	55	41	2	2
Insured Under 65	96	2	2	*

 

(Asked of respondents with insured children)

37. Is that public health insurance – such as Medicaid, Children Health Insurance Program or another state program – or PRIVATE health insurance – such as health insurance you or someone in your household gets through a job or buys on their own?

PROBE BEFORE ACCEPTING "PRIVATE": Just to make sure, this is PRIVATE insurance, correct? NOT public health insurance – like Medicaid/(state specific)?

	Public Health Insurance	Private Health Insurance	Don’t Know
National Total	26	72	1
National Total Under 65	27	72	1
Uninsured Under 65	69	29	2
Insured Under 65	22	77	1

 

Q36/37 Summary Table

	Child Covered
	NET	Public Health Insurance	Private Health Insurance	Child not covered	No children in household	Don’t Know
National Total	35	9	25	2	62	*
National Total Under 65	41	11	30	3	55	*
Uninsured Under 65	25	17	7	19	55	1
Insured Under 65	44	9	34	1	55	*

 

(Asked of respondents with uninsured children)

38. You told me that your (child/children) (does not/do not) currently have health insurance coverage. There are many reasons why children may not have health insurance. Why doesn’t your (child/children) have health insurance coverage right now?

	Uninsured Under 65
Child doesn’t need coverage because he/she is healthy	1
Cannot afford insurance	51
Don’t know how to get my child coverage	3
Tried to apply for Medicaid/(public health insurance program)but could not get it	10
Employer or spouse’s employer doesn’t offer coverage for children	7
Employer or spouse’s employer offers coverage but doesn’t pay enough or anything towards it	1
Not yet eligible for insurance/not at job long enough	4
Not responsible for child/not being covered by their father	5
Presently unemployed	5
Finances/money problems
Haven’t made decision/haven’t applied	2
Prefer to pay out of pocket	2
Waiting for application processes	3
Choose not to/don’t need it	1
Other	14
Don’t Know	2

 

(Asked of respondents with uninsured children)

39. Have you ever tried to enroll your (child/children) in Medicaid?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
Uninsured Under 65	50	48	2

 

Q32/39 Summary Table

	Familiar				Not Familiar
	NET	Yes	No	No children in household or child covered	NET	Yes	No	No children in household or child covered
Uninsured Under 65	47	7	3	37	53	3	6	44

 

(Asked of respondents with uninsured children)

40. Have you ever tried to enroll you (child/children) in the Children’s Health Insurance Program/(insert state-specific)?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
Uninsured Under 65	20	79	1

 

42. Was there a time over the past year when you (or someone in your family) needed

medical care, but did not get it?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	10	90	--
National Total Under 65	12	88	-
Uninsured Under 65	34	66	*
Insured Under 65	8	92	-

 

(Asked of respondents who themselves or someone in their family needed medical help but didn’t get it)

42/43. Was there a time over the past year when you (or someone in your family) needed medical care, but did not get it?/Was that you, or someone else in the family?

Summary Table:

	Yes				No	Don’t Know
	NET	Respondent	Someone Else	Both
National Total	10	6	3	1	90	--
National Total Under 65	12	7	4	1	88	-
Uninsured Under 65	34	22	8	3	66	*
Insured Under 65	8	4	3	1	92	-

 

(Asked of respondents who needed medical help but didn’t get it)

44. What was the main reason that you did not get the medical help needed in this situation? (DO NOT READ ITEMS)

	Uninsured Under 65
Could not get an appointment	1
Don’t know good doctor/clinic to go to	*
Cost too much	70
Could not get off work	-
Not easy to get to the office/clinic	1
Not covered by insurance	19
Too nervous or afraid	1
No transportation/too far	1
Other	8
Don’t Know	1

 

Q42/43/44a Was there a time over the past year when you needed medical care, but did not get it? / How serious would you say the condition that you needed medical care for but did not get it was… was it very serious, somewhat serious, not too serious, or not at all serious?

	Need Medical care But didn’t get it								Did not need medical care/got needed care
		Very Serious/Somewhat serious				Not too serious/Not at all serious
	NET		NET	Very serious	Somewhat serious	NET	Not too serious	Not at all serious
National Total	7		5	2	3	1	1	*	93
Nat’l Total Under 65	8		6	3	4	1	1	*	92
Uninsured Under 65	26		20	10	10	5	4	1	74
Insured Under 65	4		3	1	2	1	1	-	96

 

45. In the past 12 months, have you (or someone else in your household) ever put off or postponed seeking health care you felt you needed but you could not afford?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	18	82	*
National Total Under 65	20	79	*
Uninsured Under 65	48	51	*
Insured Under 65	14	86	*

 

45/46. In the past 12 months, have you (or someone else in your household) ever put off or postponed seeking health care you felt you needed but you could not afford? / Was that you, or someone else in the family?

  Summary Table:

	Yes					Don’t Know
	NET	Respondent	Someone Else	Both	No
National Total	18	12	4	1	82	*
National Total Under 65	20	14	4	2	79	*
Uninsured Under 65	48	34	9	5	51	*
Insured Under 65	14	9	4	1	86	*

 

(Asked of total respondents who themselves or someone in their household postponed seeking health care)

47. Did you eventually get the care you thought you needed?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	39	61	--
National Total Under 65	39	61	--
Uninsured Under 65	30	70	--

 

45/46/48. In the past 12 months, have you ever put off or postponed seeking health care you felt you needed but you could not afford? / How serious would you say the condition that you postponed seeking care for was… was it very serious, somewhat serious, not too serious, or not at all serious?

	National Total	National Total Under 65	Uninsured Under 65	Insured Under 65
Postponed Seeking Health Care	14	16	39	10
Serious (NET)	9	10	28	5
Very Serious	3	3	12	2
Somewhat Serious	6	6	16	3
Not Serious (NET)	5	6	10	5
Not too Serious	4	5	8	4
Not at all Serious	1	1	3	1
Did not postpone seeking healthcare	86	84	61	90
Don’t Know	*	*	*	*

 

(Asked of respondents who themselves postponed seeking health care)

48a. Did your condition get worse because you postponed getting health care?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	52	46	2
National Total Under 65	53	45	1
Uninsured Under 65	47	46	6

 

(Asked of uninsured respondents)

49. About how much do you think it would cost per month to buy health insurance for just yourself?

	$1-100	101-200	201-300	301-400	401-500	500+	Don’t Know
Uninsured Under 65	36	23	9	4	2	3	24

 

(Asked of uninsured respondents who live with other family members)

50. About how much do you think it would cost per month to buy health insurance for your family?

	$1-100	101-200	201-300	301-400	401-500	500+	Don’t Know
Uninsured Under 65	17	18	11	10	10	10	24

 

51. If you decided to buy health insurance (for yourself / your family), do you think you would have to give up other things?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
Uninsured Under 65	76	21	3

 

(Asked of uninsured respondents who think they would have to give up other things to get health insurance)

52. What do you think you would have to give up to pay your insurance bill?

	Uninsured Under 65 Who Say They Would Have to Give Up Something
Cut Living Expenses (NET)	53
Utilities (SUBNET)	10
Electric bill/cut back on electric	4
Telephone/cut LD calls	6
Utilities (unspecified)	1
Other utilities	1
Food/groceries/cut food budget	21
Clothing	7
Car/truck/car payments/leasing                  (gas/fuel/repairs)	13
Insurance (car/home/life)	4
Housing/rent/mortgage payments                  (relocation)	13
Transportation	1
Other living expenses	2
Give Up/Cut Back on Non-Necessities (NET)	22
TV/Cable	7
Luxuries/material things (new car)	7
Eating out	3
Shopping/limit buying/budget more                  (no family gifts)	3
Put less into savings/401K	1
Personal items	*
Other non-necessities	3
Give Up/Cut back on extra activities (NET)	23
Family/recreational activities/                  outdoor activities	4
Entertainment/going out/                  having a good time (movies)	11
Vacations/travel	2
Other extra activities	*
Move bills around/pay every other                  month/paying other bills/work more	8
Other	9
Nothing/have nothing to give up/cut back	1
Don’t Know	10

* multiple answers accepted

 

51/52. Summary Table

	Among All Uninsured Under 65
Cut Living Expenses	40
Give Up/Cut Back on Non-Necessities	17
Give Up/Cut Back on Extra Activities	17
Move Bills Around/Pay Every Other Month/Paying Other Bills/Work More	6
Other	7
Don’t Know	8
Nothing	21

* multiple answers accepted

 

53. For each of the following, please tell me whether or not it is something that has

happened to you and your immediate family during the past year or so? (READ LIST)

a. Have you had problems paying your rent or mortgage?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	13	87	--
National Total Under 65	15	85	--
Uninsured Under 65	29	71	--
Insured Under 65	12	88	--

 

b. Have you had problems with collection or credit agencies?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	17	83	--
National Total Under 65	20	80	--
Uninsured Under 65	36	64	*
Insured Under 65	16	84	--

 

c. Have you been able to save money for the future?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	54	46	*
National Total Under 65	53	47	*
Uninsured Under 65	26	74	*
Insured Under 65	58	42	*

 

d. Have you invested in the stock market?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	35	65	--
National Total Under 65	35	65	--
Uninsured Under 65	9	91	--
Insured Under 65	41	59	--

 

54. Are you currently working full-time, working part-time, or are you retired, unemployed, a student, a homemaker, or something else?

	National Total	National Total Under 65	Uninsured Under 65	Insured Under 65
Working full time	52	62	44	65
Working part time	10	11	17	10
Retired	18	5	3	5
Unemployed	5	6	17	5
A student	3	4	7	4
Homemaker	6	7	8	6
Something else	5	5	4	5
Don’t Know	--	-	-	-

 

54/55. Are you currently working full-time, working part-time, or are you retired, unemployed, a student, a homemaker, or something else?/ Are you self-employed or do you work for someone else?

	National Total	National Total Under 65	Uninsured Under 65	Insured Under 65
Working full time	52	62	44	65
Self-employed	6	7	9	7
Working for someone else	46	54	35	58
Working part time	10	11	17	10
Self-employed	3	3	4	2
Working for someone else	7	8	13	8
Retired	18	5	3	5
Unemployed	5	6	17	5
A student	3	4	7	4
Homemaker	6	7	8	6
Something else	5	5	4	5
Don’t Know	--	--	--	--

 

56. In the past 12 months, have you decided to stay in one job, rather than take another, mainly because the job you held at the time offered better health care benefits?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	22	77	1
National Total Under 65	23	77	1
Uninsured Under 65	10	88	1
Insured Under 65	23	76	*

 

57. In the past 12 months, have you decided to take a different job, rather than stay at a job, mainly because the new job offered better health care benefits?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	9	90	*
National Total Under 65	10	90	*
Uninsured Under 65	19	81	-
Insured Under 65	8	92	*

 

58. Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.

(Get answer, then ask: ) Is that (agree/disagree) strongly or somewhat?

How about (READ ITEMS)…

a. Health care should be provided equally to everyone, just as public education is

	Agree			Disagree			Don’t Know
	NET	Strongly	Somewhat	NET	Somewhat	Strongly
National Total	84	62	22	15	8	7	1
Nat’l Total Under 65	85	65	21	14	7	7	*
Uninsured Under 65	91	77	13	9	6	3	*
Insured Under 65	85	63	22	14	7	8	1

 

b. Health care, like owning a home, should be available only to those who can afford it

	Agree			Disagree			Don’t Know
	NET	Strongly	Somewhat	NET	Somewhat	Strongly
National Total	13	6	7	86	20	66	1
Nat’l Total Under 65	11	5	7	89	19	70	*
Uninsured Under 65	13	7	6	86	15	72	1
Insured Under 65	11	4	6	89	19	70	*

 

c. Health insurance ranks high on my list of priorities for where to spend my money

	Agree			Disagree			Don’t Know
	NET	Strongly	Somewhat	NET	Somewhat	Strongly
National Total	69	42	27	29	18	10	2
Nat’l Total Under 65	69	40	29	30	19	11	1
Uninsured Under 65	51	29	22	46	27	19	2
Insured Under 65	73	43	30	26	17	9	1

 

59. How comfortable are you telling your friends or family that you are uninsured, are you

(READ ITEMS):

	Comfortable			Uncomfortable
	NET	Very Comfortable	Comfortable	NET	Uncomfortable	Very Uncomfortable	Don’t Know
Uninsured Under 65	54	19	35	43	25	18	2

 

60. Now I’m going to read you a list of things people sometimes worry about. Thinking about the near future, tell me how concerned you are that each of these items might come true. Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned, or not at all concerned that, in the future … (READ LIST) How about…(READ NEXT ITEM)?

 a. You might be denied a medical procedure

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	62	34	28	38	16	22	*
National Total Under 65	65	36	28	35	15	20	*
Uninsured Under 65	77	58	19	23	9	14	*
Insured Under 65	63	34	29	37	16	21	*

 

b. You may not always be able to go to the doctor who you use now

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	56	28	27	44	17	27	*
National Total Under 65	57	28	29	43	18	25	*
Uninsured Under 65	62	38	25	37	16	22	1
Insured Under 65	56	28	28	44	19	25	*

 

c. The quality of your health care could get worse

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	71	40	32	29	13	16	--
National Total Under 65	73	42	32	27	13	14	--
Uninsured Under 65	77	53	24	23	10	13	1
Insured Under 65	72	40	31	28	14	15	-

 

d. You might have difficulty paying your rent or mortgage

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	42	25	17	58	17	41	*
National Total Under 65	47	27	19	53	18	35	*
Uninsured Under 65	67	50	17	33	11	22	*
Insured Under 65	44	25	19	56	19	37	-

e. Your health could get worse

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	72	38	33	28	16	12	*
National Total Under 65	73	40	33	27	16	11	*
Uninsured Under 65	79	56	23	20	10	11	*
Insured Under 65	71	38	33	29	17	12	*

 

f. Health care expenses could hurt your credit rating, making it difficult to get credit or loans in the future.

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	48	23	26	51	20	32	*
National Total Under 65	52	25	27	48	20	28	*
Uninsured Under 65	68	44	24	31	12	20	1
Insured Under 65	48	22	26	52	21	30	*

g. The amount you pay for your health care services or health insurance will increase

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	75	39	36	24	11	13	*
National Total Under 65	78	39	39	22	10	12	*
Uninsured Under 65	79	53	26	20	7	12	2
Insured Under 65	78	38	40	22	11	11	*

 

h. You might not be able to get the health care you think you need because you can’t afford it

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	57	32	24	43	16	27	--
National Total Under 65	60	34	26	40	17	23	--
Uninsured Under 65	82	58	24	18	7	11	*
Insured Under 65	57	31	25	43	18	25	-

You may not have health insurance for others in your family (asked of respondents who live with other family members)

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	57	38	19	43	15	28	--
National Total Under 65	60	40	19	40	16	24	--
Uninsured Under 65	80	61	19	20	7	13	1
Insured Under 65	56	36	19	44	18	27	-

You will not be able to get the proper preventive tests because you don’t have insurance

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	49	30	20	50	17	33	1
National Total Under 65	52	32	20	47	17	30	*
Uninsured Under 65	80	57	23	19	7	12	1
Insured Under 65	47	28	19	53	19	34	*

You may not be able to get the newest treatment for an illness

	Concerned			Not Concerned			Don’t Know
	NET	Very	Somewhat	NET	Not Too	Not at all
National Total	63	34	29	37	17	20	*
National Total Under 65	66	36	30	34	17	17	*
Uninsured Under 65	78	54	24	22	10	12	1
Insured Under 65	64	33	31	36	18	18	*

(Asked of total insured respondents)

61. Have you been without health insurance any time in the past TWO years?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
Insured Under 65	17	82	*

 

62. What is your marital status? Are you currently married, living as married, separated, divorced, widowed, or have you never been married?

	Married	Living as married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never been married	Don’t Know
National Total	41	3	3	16	12	26	--
National Total Under 65	43	3	3	17	4	31	--
Uninsured Under 65	31	6	7	14	4	37	*
Insured Under 65	46	3	3	17	4	28	-

 

63. In general, would you say your health is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?

	Excellent/Very Good			Good	Fair/Poor			Don’t Know
	NET	Excellent	Very Good		NET	Fair	Poor
National Total	54	20	33	26	20	15	5	*
National Total Under 65	56	22	34	25	19	15	4	*
Uninsured Under 65	47	21	26	25	28	21	7	*
Insured Under 65	58	22	36	24	17	14	4	*

 

64. Do you have an ongoing or a serious health problem like heart disease, arthritis, or a mental health condition that requires frequent medical care, for example, regular doctor visits, or daily medications?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	27	73	--
National Total Under 65	22	78	--
Uninsured Under 65	23	77	*
Insured Under 65	22	78	-

 

(Asked of respondents with children in household)

65. How about (your child/any of your children) ? Do any of your children have an ongoing or a serious health problem like asthma, diabetes, or a mental health condition that requires frequent medical care, for example, regular doctor visits, or daily medications?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	18	81	1
National Total Under 65	18	81	1
Uninsured Under 65	18	82	1
Insured Under 65	17	82	1

 

66. In politics today, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or Independent?

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	No pref/not interested in politics	Other party	Don’t Know
National Total	24	33	36	5	*	1
National Total Under 65	24	31	39	5	*	1
Uninsured Under 65	17	35	37	9	*	2
Insured Under 65	25	32	38	4	*	2

 

(Asked of employed respondents who are not self-employed)

67. Does your employer offer a health plan (offer to pay all or some of your health insurance costs)?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	81	18	2
National Total Under 65	81	17	2
Uninsured Under 65	38	59	3
Insured Under 65	87	12	1

 

(Asked of respondents whose employer offers a health plan)

Why don’t you participate in this health plan? (DO NOT READ ITEMS)

	National Total	National Total Under 65	Uninsured Under 65
Expensive	21	21	37
Don’t need health plan	12	12	5
Don’t understand	--	--	1
Not eligible	14	14	11
Not eligible yet, but will be later	39	39	28
Other	11	11	13
Don’t Know	3	3	5

 

69. What is the LAST grade or class that you COMPLETED in school? (DO NOT READ)

	Less than HS					Some College
	NET	None/ 1-8	9-11	HS Grad	Bus/ Tech /Voc.	NET	Some college	College Grad	Post-grad	Don’t Know
National Total	51	4	14	30	3	49	22	17	10	--
National Total Under 65	48	2	14	30	2	52	23	18	10	--
Uninsured Under 65	65	8	20	34	3	35	23	10	3	--
Insured Under 65	45	2	12	29	2	55	25	19	12	--

 

70/71/72. INCOME SUMMARY TABLE

	National Total	National Total Under 65	Uninsured Under 65	Insured Under 65
LESS THAN $50,000 (NET)	65	62	88	58
Less than $20,000          (SUBNET)	25	23	52	17
$20,000 to under          $30,000 (SUBNET)	17	18	21	17
30,000 to under          $50,000 (SUBNET)	20	21	13	23
Less than $50,000          (unspec)	3	1	2	1
$50,000 OR MORE (NET)	32	35	9	40
Don’t Know	3	2	3	2

 

73. What is your age?

	18-29	30-39	40-54	55+	65+
National Total	22	24	27	27	16
National Total Under 65	27	28	33	12	-
Uninsured Under 65	39	26	25	10	-
Insured Under 65	26	27	35	13	-

 

74. Are you, yourself, of Hispanic or Latino background, such as Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Latin American background?

	Yes	No	Don’t Know
National Total	10	90	*
National Total Under 65	12	88	*
Uninsured Under 65	23	76	*
Insured Under 65	11	89	*

 

75. What is your race? Are you white, black, Asian, or some other race?

	White	Black/African American	Asian	Other/mixed	Don’t Know
National Total	80	12	1	6	*
National Total Under 65	78	13	2	7	*
Uninsured Under 65	67	20	1	11	1
Insured Under 65	79	12	2	6	*

 

74/75. RACE SUMMARY TABLE

	National Total	National Total Under 65	Uninsured Under 65	Insured Under 65
White Non-Hispanic	74	72	54	74
Black/African-American Non-Hispanic	11	12	16	11
Hispanic (NET)	10	12	23	11
Asian American	1	2	1	2
Some other race	3	3	4	3
Don’t Know	*	*	1	*

 

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