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Table 3.

Awareness That Group A Has Worse Health Than Group B, by Respondent Characteristics, National Opinion Survey on Health and Health Disparities, 2008-2009

Characteristic	Groups Being Compared

	African Americans (A) vs Whites (B) (n = 373)		Non–High School Graduates (A) vs High School Graduates (B) (n = 378)		High School Graduates (A) vs College Graduates (B) (n = 388)		Poor (A) vs Middle Class (B) (n = 391)		Middle Class (A) vs Rich (B) (n = 378)

	%	P Value	%	P Value	%	P Value	%	P Value	%	P Value
Total	46	NA	60	NA	35	NA	73	NA	44	NA
Age, y
18-44	39	.14	53	.11	24	.01	75	.90	37	.10
45-64	48		63		42		73		49
≥65	52		65		36		72		48
Sex
Male	50	.23	63	.30	35	.98	76	.27	45	.90
Female	43	.23	58	.30	35	.98	71	.27	44	.90
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	54	.19	65	.81	34	.39	47	.03	32	.14
Non-Hispanic black	57		63		44		80		56
Non-Hispanic other	44		60		34		74		43
Education
High school or less	32	.001	45	<.001	19	<.001	65	.13	50	.23
Some college	48		59		30		73		43
College graduate	57		71		50		77		40
Annual household income^a
<200% poverty level	40	.006	49	<.001	26	<.001	63	.10	59	.001
≥200% poverty level	53		68		42		76		37
Missing	32		46		16		76		46
Overall health
Excellent, very good, good	43	.05	61	.89	35	.39	74	.40	39	<.001
Fair or poor	56	.05	56	.89	36	.39	69	.40	64	<.001
Political ideology
Conservative	32	<.001	60	.36	28	<.001	68	.01	35	<.001
Moderate	47		58		36		69		38
Liberal	65		67		50		85		62

Calculated on the basis of 2008 federal poverty levels and household size.