Table 4.
Health Status, Health Behaviors, and Health Insurance Coverage (%) in the PSID and NHIS, 2007
| PSID | NHIS | |
|---|---|---|
| Smoking | ||
| Currently smoke | 19 | 19 |
| Never smoked | 53 | 58 |
| Has Health Insurance | 86 | 84 |
| Obese (BMI > 30) | 25 | 26 |
| 30-Day Distress (K6*) | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| Health doesn't limit amount/kind of work | 81 | 89 |
| Health Conditions | ||
| Asthma | 10.5 | 10.9 |
| Cancer | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| Diabetes | 9.3 | 7.7 |
| Hypertension | 29.6 | 27.1 |
| Myocardial Infarction | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| Stroke | 3.6 | 2.4 |
Note: The PSID sample consists of all heads and wives, and the NHIS sample consists of people 18 years or older. Weights are used for estimates from both surveys.
*
The K-6 Non-Specific Psychological Distress Scale includes six items. The scores of the six items are summed; a score of 13 or higher indicates sensitivity around the threshold for the clinically significant range of the distribution of non-specific distress. For additional information see Kessler, et al 2002.