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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Nurs. 2012 Oct 2;28(3):213–222. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2012.08.010

Table 3.

Health Status Ranking in Four Groups

Foster Youth Health Project N=131 School-based Reference Samplea N=809
Health Status Ranking Frequency Percent Frequency Percent
Best Health Status (avg or exc all domains) 51 38.9 346 42.7
Fair Health Status (poor in 1 domain) 40 30.5 240 29.6
Poor Health Status (poor in 2 domains) 23 17.6 140 17.3
Worst Health Status (poor in 3–4 domains) 17 13.0 83 10.3
Total 131 100.0 809 100.0
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From: Riley, A. W., Green, B. F., Forrest, C. B., Starfield, B., Kary, M., & Ensminger, M. E. (1998a). A taxonomy of adolescent health: development of the adolescent health profile-types. Medical Care, 36(8), 1228–1236.