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USVCAN1 (Weighted by FINALWGT) How about in terms of the quality of medical care that most people get, in that area, compared to Canada, do you think the health care system in the United States is better, worse or about the same?   1) Better   2) Worse   3) Same   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Better	382	33.8%	33.8%
Worse	185	16.4%	50.2%
Same	381	33.7%	83.9%
DK/No opinion	181	16%	99.9%
Missing	287

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Gender Age Census region Education Race Religion

Gender (I-GENDER2)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better	37.0% 207	30.7% 175	33.8% 382
Worse	18.9% 106	14.0% 80	16.5% 186
Same	30.9% 173	36.5% 208	33.7% 381
DK/No opinion	13.2% 74	18.8% 107	16.0% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 570	1130

Age (I-AGERCODE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Better	36.2% 97	35.2% 74	28.3% 63	37.8% 91	32.9% 56	34.3% 381
Worse	15.7% 42	17.6% 37	16.6% 37	14.5% 35	18.2% 31	16.4% 182
Same	35.1% 94	35.7% 75	35.0% 78	30.7% 74	31.8% 54	33.7% 375
DK/No opinion	13.1% 35	11.4% 24	20.2% 45	17.0% 41	17.1% 29	15.6% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 268	100.0% 210	100.0% 223	100.0% 241	100.0% 170	1112

Census region (I-CENSREG)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Better	37.4% 74	35.7% 85	33.4% 156	29.4% 67	33.8% 382
Worse	17.7% 35	12.6% 30	15.4% 72	21.5% 49	16.4% 186
Same	31.8% 63	35.3% 84	34.7% 162	31.6% 72	33.7% 381
DK/No opinion	13.1% 26	16.4% 39	16.5% 77	17.5% 40	16.1% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 238	100.0% 467	100.0% 228	1131

Education (I-REDU)

	Less HS	HS Grad	Some Coll	Coll Grad	Post Grad	TOTAL
Better	26.1% 53	28.9% 104	39.5% 100	42.6% 86	37.9% 39	34.1% 382
Worse	23.2% 47	13.1% 47	20.2% 51	10.4% 21	18.4% 19	16.5% 185
Same	40.9% 83	36.1% 130	29.2% 74	29.2% 59	29.1% 30	33.5% 376
DK/No opinion	9.9% 20	21.9% 79	11.1% 28	17.8% 36	14.6% 15	15.9% 178
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 360	100.0% 253	100.0% 202	100.0% 103	1121

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Better	36.0% 307	25.9% 35	33.3% 23	30.8% 16	34.4% 381
Worse	15.3% 130	20.7% 28	11.6% 8	23.1% 12	16.1% 178
Same	32.7% 279	39.3% 53	42.0% 29	26.9% 14	33.8% 375
DK/No opinion	16.0% 136	14.1% 19	13.0% 9	19.2% 10	15.7% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 852	100.0% 135	100.0% 69	100.0% 52	1108

Religion (I-RELNET)

	Protest	Catholic	NonChrist	OtherNon	None	TOTAL
Better	38.8% 238	30.6% 37	26.5% 40	22.4% 11	31.1% 51	34.3% 377
Worse	14.2% 87	13.2% 16	23.8% 36	18.4% 9	17.1% 28	16.0% 176
Same	30.6% 188	38.8% 47	42.4% 64	38.8% 19	36.0% 59	34.3% 377
DK/No opinion	16.4% 101	17.4% 21	7.3% 11	20.4% 10	15.9% 26	15.4% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 614	100.0% 121	100.0% 151	100.0% 49	100.0% 164	1099