Table 2.

Relationship Between Education and Health Care Access and Use

Characteristic	Crude Prevalence % (95% CI)	*Adjusted Prevalence % (95% CI)**
* Multivariate analyses adjusted for race-ethnicity, age, sex, income, marital status, family size, community size, smoking, mental health summary score (MCS 12) and physical health summary score (PCS 12) of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 12, insurance type (private; Medicaid), health maintenance organization status, and usual source of care.
Has usual source of care	P = .0001	P =.45
< 12 years	82.9 (80.8–85.0)	85.3 (83.4–87.2)
12 years	85.3 (84.4–86.2)	86.0 (85.2–86.8)
13–15 years	86.9 (85.8–88.0)	86.8 (85.7–87.9)
≥16 years	87.1 (86.3–87.9)	86.0 (85.1–86.9)
Physician visit in past year	P < .0001	P < .0001
< 12 years	72.3 (70.1–74.5)	72.5 (70.6–74.3)
12 years	76.0 (75.2–76.8)	76.5 (75.7–77.3)
13–15 years	79.8 (78.8–80.8)	79.1 (78.1–80.1)
≥16 years	81.3 (80.3–82.3)	81.2 (80.2–82.2)
Mental health visit in past year	P =.0001	P < .0001
< 12 years	7.5 (6.3–8.7)	5.3 (4.4–6.2)
12 years	6.7 (6.1–7.3)	6.5 (5.9–7.1)
13–15 years	8.6 (7.8–9.4)	8.7 (8.0–9.4)
≥16 years	8.6 (8.0–9.2)	10.1 (9.4–10.8)
Mammogram in past year	P < .0001	P = .005
< 12 years	54.3 (49.8–58.8)	57.0 (52.5–61.5)
12 years	61.8 (59.4–64.2)	62.7 (60.3–65.1)
13–15 years	64.0 (60.7–67.3)	63.4 (60.0–66.8)
≥16 years	69.7 (66.8–72.6)	67.5 (64.5–70.5)
Influenza vaccination in past year	P = .0001	P = .0002
< 12 years	27.1 (22.7–31.5)	27.7 (23.8–31.6)
12 years	37.5 (33.9–41.1)	36.5 (32.9–40.1)
13–15 years	36.2 (32.7–39.7)	36.0 (32.0–40.0)
≥16 years	39.6 (36.2–43.0)	40.9 (37.2–44.6)
Smoking cessation advice	P = .13	P = .31
< 12 years	50.8 (46.6–55.0)	49.1 (45.0–53.2)
12 years	47.4 (45.0–49.8)	48.0 (45.6–50.4)
13–15 years	47.3 (44.5–50.1)	47.2 (44.4–50.0)
≥16 years	44.4 (41.0–47.8)	44.4 (41.0–47.8)