Table 2.

Selected characteristics of women ages 18 years and older in the U.S. by time period, NHIS 1982–2005 (N= 230,258).

	1980s (N= 86,432)		1990s (N= 90,347)		2000s (N= 53,479)
	na	%	n	%	n	%	P-value
Hispanic
No	80,016	92.7	80,230	91.9	44,368	90.3	< 0.001
Yes	5,728	6.5	9,910	7.9	9,111	9.7
Unknown	688	0.8	207	0.2	0	0.0
Race
Black	11,089	11.6	13,210	12.3	8,090	12.8	< 0.001
Asian	1,439	1.7	1,924	2.4	1,438	2.9
Chinese			335	0.4	284	0.6
Filipino			353	0.4	353	0.7
Asian India			201	0.3	236	0.5
Other API b			706	0.9	627	1.3
White	67,047	78.8	64,311	76.4	34,341	73.6
Other/Multiple c	770	0.9	836	0.9	437	0.9
Hispanic	5,728	6.5	9,910	7.9	9,111	9.7
Unknown	359	0.4	156	0.2	62	0.1
Age
0–30	35,520	41.1	20,389	23.0	11,156	20.9	< 0.001
31–50	24,394	27.8	35,254	38.6	20,716	37.7
50+	26,518	31.1	34,704	38.4	21,607	41.4
Marital Status
Not married	45,324	51.9	46,575	51.3	29,372	54.5	< 0.001
Married	40,697	47.6	43,479	48.4	23,778	45.0
Unknown	411	0.5	293	0.3	329	0.6
Education
High school degree or less	62,865	72.0	51,371	54.3	26,043	45.9	< 0.001
College Degree or some college	18,941	22.6	32,225	37.9	23,012	45.3
More than college	3,852	4.6	6,221	7.2	3,825	7.8
Unknown	774	0.9	530	0.6	599	1.0
Health status
Excellent	29,156	33.8	26,169	29.6	14,140	27.5	< 0.001
Very good	22,904	26.8	27,094	30.7	16,872	32.3
Good	22,381	25.7	24,145	26.2	14,518	26.3
Fair	8,465	9.7	9,466	9.9	5,893	10.3
Poor	3,002	3.4	3,266	3.4	2,019	3.5
Unknown	524	0.6	207	0.2	37	0.1

Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2005. (Asian subpopulation data from 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2005)

^an = unweighted number of observations

^bOther Asian or Pacific Islander (API) includes Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Hawaiian, Samoan, Guamian, other API, and other Asian.

^cOther/Multiple includes Alaskan Native, American Indian, other races, and multiple races.