Table 1.

Sample Characteristics, Adult California Health Interview Survey, 2015–2017 (n = 63,100)

	N	%	SE
Perceived discrimination in health care
No	44,619	71.48	0.6
Yes	18,481	28.52	0.6
Main reason for discrimination in health care
Did not experience discrimination	44,619	71.48	0.6
Dissatisfaction with the health care system	4,476	5.63	0.3
Race or skin color	2,709	5.23	0.25
Age	1,979	2.44	0.18
Way respondent speaks English or other barrier to communication	1,358	3.19	0.18
Insurance status or type	1,308	2.07	0.14
Income or education	991	1.52	0.12
Type of insurance coverage
Employer-sponsored coverage	20,646	42	0.58
Medicaid	10,062	21.25	0.4
Private coverage, Covered California	1,726	3.08	0.18
Private coverage, off-exchange	2,028	3.88	0.25
Medicare and Medicaid	5,464	5.5	0.17
Medicare alone or with other insurance	18,392	13.46	0.23
Other public sponsored coverage	761	1.4	0.12
Uninsured	4,021	9.43	0.29
Delayed or didn't get needed prescription in past 12 months
No	59,472	94.41	0.26
Yes	3,628	5.59	0.26
Delayed or didn't get needed medical care in past 12 months
No	58,609	93.23	0.27
Yes	4,491	6.77	0.27
Site of usual source of care
Doctor's office or HMO	38,851	54.95	0.46
No usual source of care	6,809	15.24	0.34
Clinic or health center	15,878	26.99	0.41
Emergency room	909	1.79	0.17
Other or no one place	653	1.02	0.11
Race/ethnicity
White	36,816	41.53	0.04
Latino	15,021	35.51	0.01
Black	3,284	5.59	0
Asian	5,555	14.3	0.01
Other	2,424	3.07	0.04
Citizenship status
US-born citizen	48,551	66.69	0.43
Naturalized citizen	8,688	17.59	0.34
Noncitizen	5,861	15.72	0.36
Limited English proficiency
No	52,100	74.37	0.47
Yes	11,000	25.63	0.47
Gender
Male	27,563	48.83	0.01
Female	35,537	51.17	0.01
Educational attainment
Less than bachelor's degree	37,168	61.92	0.38
Bachelor's degree or above	25,932	38.08	0.38
Age, y
18–29	8,368	22.1	0
30–39	6,384	18.02	0
40–49	7,306	17.26	0
50–59	11,166	16.43	0.2
60–69	13,660	14.16	0.35
70+	16,216	12.01	0.3
Household income (as % of FPL)
0–138% of FPL	15,169	26.6	0.57
139–249% of FPL	10,822	17.26	0.37
250–399% of FPL	10,067	16.13	0.42
400% of FPL and higher	27,042	40	0.04
Urban or rural residence
Rural	11,758	9.96	0.36
Urban	51,342	90.04	0.36
Health status
Excellent, very good, or good	49,205	77.91	0.44
Fair or poor	13,895	22.09	0.44
Visual or hearing problem or impairment
No	6,743	7.95	0.24
Yes	56,357	92.05	0.24
Chronic condition
No	30,088	56.83	0.44
Yes	33,012	43.17	0.44
Survey year
2015	21,034	33.12	0
2016	20,916	33.34	0.01
2017	21,150	33.54	0

FPL, Federal poverty level; SE, standard error; HMO, health maintenance organization.
All frequencies and standard errors are weighted. Sample sizes are unweighted.