Table 3.

Social participation in adults aged 18 years and older by epilepsy status, 2010 National Health Interview Survey^a.

	No History of Epilepsy (n=6,653)		History of Epilepsy (n=116)		Active Epilepsyb (n=67)		Inactive Epilepsyb (n=47)
	N	% (95%)	N	% (95%)	N	% (95%)	N	% (95%)
Working outside the home to earn an income
Don’t do/unable to do the activity	2,219	34.5 (32.9–36.1)	53	41.5 (32.3–51.4)	31	40.7 (29.7–52.7)	21	42.4 (28.6–57.5)
Going to school or achieving education goals
Don’t do/unable to do the activity	4,761	79.2 (77.8–80.5)	89	84.6 (73.6–91.6)		*		*
Participating in leisure or social activities
Don’t do/unable to do the activity	982	14.0 (13.0–15.1)	30	25.5 (18.1–34.7)	20	26.9 (17.4–39.1)		*
Getting out with friends or family
Don’t do/unable to do the activity	470	6.8 (6.1–7.6)	19	13.9 (8.9–20.9)		*		*
Doing household chores
Don’t do/unable to do the activity	456	7.4 (6.6–8.3)		*		*		*
Using transportation to get to places
Don’t do/unable to do the activity	575	8.3 (7.5–9.3)	25	25.2 (17.0–35.6)	19	28.9 (18.8–41.7)		*
Participating in religious activities
Don’t do/unable to do the activity	2,166	36.7 (35.0–38.4)	50	45.6 (35.2–56.5)	26	48.3 (34.3–62.5)	22	42.0 (26.1–59.7)
Participating in community gatherings
Don’t do/unable to do the activity	2,534	41.0 (39.3–42.6)	56	48.3 (38.0–58.8)	30	46.2 (33.2–59.7)	25	50.7 (33.5–67.8)

^aThe number of respondents is unweighted; the percentage estimates are weighted. Estimates are model-based and adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, gender, and income.

^bThose with active or inactive epilepsy are subsets of those with a history of epilepsy. Five adults with epilepsy could not be classified further.

^*The estimate is unreliable because the relative standard error ≥30%.