Hispanics, Health Insurance and Health Care Access
Six-in-ten Hispanic adults living in the United States who are not citizens or legal permanent residents lack health insurance, according to a new analysis of a survey it conducted in 2007.
Pew Hispanic Center/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Field Dates: 7/16/07 – 9/23/07
Respondents: Nationally-representative sample of 4,013 Latino respondents ages 18 and older
Margin of Error: +/-1.83 percentage points at the 95% confidence level
This survey focused on Latino access to healthcare and experiences in the healthcare system, as well as the pathways through which Latinos gain health knowledge, and their level of knowledge regarding chronic health conditions.
Hispanics and Health Care in the United States
More than one-fourth of Hispanic adults in the United States lack a usual health care provider, and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical personnel in the past year.
