Table 2.
Distribution of subjective social status (SSS) responses of the sample and bivariate associations with self-rated health (n=3644)
| Total* | Self-rated health* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted | Good/very good/excellent health |
Poor/fair health |
P-value | ||
| n | (%) | (%) | (%) | ||
| Overall | n=3600 (weighted) |
100 | 84.7 | 15.3 | |
| SSS compared to | |||||
| Others in American society | |||||
| A lot worse off | 114 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 10.0 | |
| Somewhat worse off | 421 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 21.3 | <0.0001 |
| Same as | 1520 | 42.2 | 42.3 | 41.9 | |
| Somewhat better off | 1233 | 34.3 | 36.4 | 22.4 | |
| A lot better off | 311 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 4.4 | |
|
Others of the same race/ethnicity |
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| A lot worse off | 97 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 6.5 | |
| Somewhat worse off | 489 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 21.6 | <0.0001 |
| Same as | 1692 | 47.0 | 46.5 | 49.6 | |
| Somewhat better off | 1096 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 19.3 | |
| A lot better off | 226 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 3.0 | |
| Your neighbors | |||||
| A lot worse off | 75 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 5.5 | |
| Somewhat worse off | 436 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 18.7 | <0.0001 |
| Same as | 2079 | 57.8 | 58.4 | 54.2 | |
| Somewhat better off | 832 | 23.1 | 24.0 | 18.3 | |
| A lot better off | 178 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.3 | |
|
Your parents when they were your age |
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| A lot worse off | 171 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 11.1 | |
| Somewhat worse off | 434 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 16.5 | <0.0001 |
| Same as | 857 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 27.3 | |
| Somewhat better off | 1312 | 36.4 | 37.5 | 30.5 | |
| A lot better off | 827 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 14.7 | |
Bolded values are statistically significant, p<0.05.
*
Weighted numbers and frequencies reported for all sociodemographic characteristics. Weighted numbers may not exactly equal weighted sample size and weighted frequencies may not exactly equal 100% due to rounding.