Table 2.
Television-Viewing and Overweight Status Among Adults Aged 20 and Older, by Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics (N = 9157), Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals 1994–1996
| Characteristics | Weighted % | Watched >2 Hours Television per Day Weighted % (95% CIa) | Overweight or Obese AdultsWeighted % (95% CIa) | |||
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| In Total Population | Watched <1 Hour Television per Day | Watched 1-2 Hours Television per Day | Watched >2 Hours Television per Day | |||
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| Sex | ||||||
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| Male | 47.9 | 62.1 (59.6-64.6) | 60.4 (58.2-62.6) | 50.8 (45.2-56.4) | 60.4 (56.9-63.9) | 62.3 (59.8-64.8) |
| Female | 52.1 | 55.9 (53.2-58.6) | 47.0 (44.8-49.1) | 39.2 (33.8-44.5) | 39.6 (36.1-43.1) | 52.8 (50.1-55.7) |
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| 20-29 | 20.3 | 57.3 (53.7-60.9) | 39.7 (36.6-42.9) | 31.6 (24.9-39.0) | 39.8 (33.4-46.1) | 41.9 (37.5-46.3) |
| 30-39 | 23.9 | 54.1 (50.6-57.6) | 51.6 (47.0-56.4) | 39.4 (31.6-47.1) | 44.3 (39.4-49.2) | 59.4 (53.3-65.5) |
| 40-49 | 19.6 | 51.7 (48.5-54.9) | 60.8 (57.9-63.8) | 52.3 (44.3-60.2) | 56.9 (51.9-61.9) | 66.2 (62.5-69.8) |
| 50-65 | 20.5 | 62.1 (59.8-64.4) | 63.0 (60.6-65.4) | 53.2 (45.6-60.8) | 59.8 (56.1-64.5) | 66.3 (63.6-68.9) |
| ≥66 | 15.6 | 73.0 (69.8-76.2) | 52.6 (39.6-55.8) | 48.0 (39.6-56.4) | 45.4 40.1-50.6) | 54.9 (50.7-59.1) |
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| Education | ||||||
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| High school or less | 49.6 | 66.2 (63.8-68.6) | 58.4 (56.4-60.3) | 48.2 (42.3-54.0) | 54.1 (49.5-58.6) | 61.5 (58.7-64.3) |
| 1-3 years college | 23.4 | 56.5 (52.9-60.1) | 50.6 (47.0-54.1) | 44.7 (39.1-50.4) | 48.7 (43.3-54.2) | 53.1 (48.2-58.0) |
| 4 years or more college | 25.9 | 47.2 (44.2-50.2) | 47.0 (44.2-49.8) | 39.3 (32.9-45.6) | 44.2 (43.3-54.1) | 52.1 (48.1-58.0) |
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| Annual household income, % of federal poverty level | ||||||
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| 0-130 | 15.7 | 65.9 (61.4-70.4) | 55.4 (51.6-59.1) | 44.9 (37.6-52.2) | 54.2 (48.1-60.3) | 57.9 (53.5-62.2) |
| 131-350 | 41.1 | 62.2 (59.2-63.2) | 53.1 (50.8-55.4) | 47.5 (41.8-53.2) | 48.9 (44.5-53.3) | 55.9 (53.4-58.3) |
| >350 | 43.2 | 53.1 (50.6-55.6) | 53.2 (50.6-55.8) | 40.9 (35.9-45.9) | 48.4 (44.1-52.7) | 59.7 (56.5-62.8) |
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| Race and ethnicity | ||||||
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| White | 76.0 | 58.5 (56.5-60.5) | 52.3 (50.4-54.2) | 40.7 (36.8-44.9) | 49.5 (46.6-52.4) | 56.5 (54.1-58.9) |
| African American | 11.0 | 67.5 (63.1-71.9) | 66.3 (62.8-69.8) | 67.0 (55.8-78.2) | 61.5 (52.4-70.5) | 67.6 (63.6-71.7) |
| Hispanic | 9.0 | 55.9 (53.8-58.0) | 57.6 (52.3-62.8) | 59.1 (50.4-67.8) | 47.0 (31.8-62.2) | 62.1 (58.1-66.0) |
| Other | 4.0 | 47.8 (44.0-51.6) | 31.3 (21.5-41.0) | 26.6 (7.8-45.2) | 28.2 (15.6-40.8) | 35.3 (25.5-45.1) |
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| Urbanization | ||||||
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| Metropolitan statistical area–central city | 32.4 | 59.3 (55.3-63.3) | 50.6 (47.0-54.2) | 38.7 (31.8-45.6) | 43.7 (39.0-48.3) | 56.6 (52.6-60.5) |
| Metropolitan statistical area–suburban | 46.2 | 58.8 (56.3-61.3) | 45.9 (52.1-56.9) | 45.9 (41.0-50.7) | 51.8 (47.6-55.9) | 57.9 (55.1-60.7) |
| Nonmetropolitan statistical area– rural | 21.3 | 58.4 (53.2-63.6) | 55.7 (53.2-58.2) | 48.2 (38.8-57.7) | 52.4 (45.8-59.0) | 59.0 (53.6-64.4) |
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| Region | ||||||
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| Northeast | 20.1 | 59.5 (54.2-64.8) | 53.9 (49.0-58.7) | 35.9 (29.8-42.0) | 50.7 (44.0-57.4) | 59.6 (54.2-64.9) |
| Midwest | 23.3 | 60.2 (56.2-64.2) | 56.5 (53.8-59.2) | 44.1 (36.4-51.8) | 55.6 (51.2-60.0) | 59.5 (55.9-63.1) |
| South | 35.0 | 60.4 (57.2-63.6) | 54.4 (51.4-57.5) | 48.1 (41.3-54.8) | 52.7 (48.9-56.6) | 56.7 (53.3-60.2) |
| West | 21.6 | 54.4 (49.1-59.6) | 48.2 (43.5-52.9) | 44.7 (36.7-52.7) | 36.5 (31.3-41.7) | 55.4 (49.1-61.6) |
a
CI indicates confidence interval.