Table 3.

Percent Reporting Any Pain, Mild Pain, Moderate Pain, and Severe Pain, Based on Pooled Data from All Waves (n = 102,275; from the Health and Retirement Study, 1998–2010).

		Of Those Reporting Pain, % Reporting…
	% Who Report Any Pain (SE)	Mild Pain (SE)	Moderate Pain (SE)	Severe Pain (SE)
Sex
Female	34.62 (0.50)	24.03 (0.45)	56.20 (0.50)	19.77 (0.50)
Male	27.09 (0.50)	33.16 (0.63)	52.41 (0.66)	14.43 (0.51)
Education
Less than high school	37.79 (0.77)	24.37 (0.64)	50.06 (0.83)	25.57 (0.70)
High school degree	31.89 (0.47)	26.29 (0.46)	57.59 (0.59)	16.12 (0.45)
4-year college degree	24.29 (0.89)	33.80 (1.86)	55.66 (1.66)	10.54 (0.69)
Graduate degree	21.08 (0.77)	43.10 (1.64)	47.11 (1.41)	9.79 (1.23)
Wealth
Quartile 1 (least wealthy)	40.36 (0.86)	23.19 (0.64)	50.88 (0.73)	25.93 (0.77)
Quartile 2	32.95 (0.59)	26.26 (0.66)	55.59 (0.91)	18.15 (0.74)
Quartile 3	28.81 (0.62)	29.34 (0.75)	56.56 (0.88)	14.09 (0.63)
Quartile 4 (wealthiest)	25.53 (0.56)	31.92 (1.01)	56.65 (0.80)	11.43 (0.57)
Race/Ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	30.98 (0.39)	27.65 (0.47)	56.34 (0.48)	16.01 (0.38)
Black (non-Hispanic)	31.78 (0.94)	27.48 (0.85)	44.75 (1.18)	27.77 (1.58)
Hispanic	35.74 (1.10)	25.15 (0.99)	51.59 (1.66)	23.26 (1.66)
Age Categories
51–59 in 1998	32.62 (0.70)	30.28 (0.69)	52.82 (0.85)	16.90 (0.57)
61–69 in 1998	30.33 (0.50)	25.80 (0.65)	56.92 (0.63)	17.27 (0.59)
71–79 in 1998	29.73 (0.66)	25.76 (0.64)	55.05 (0.61)	19.19 (0.63)
80 or above in 1998	33.06 (0.82)	22.86 (0.84)	56.69 (1.03)	20.44 (0.92)
Survival Status (1998–2010)
Alive throughout study	30.27 (0.41)	28.96 (0.47)	55.14 (0.54)	15.90 (0.45)
Died during study period	35.77 (0.63)	22.64 (0.60)	53.86 (0.51)	23.50 (0.74)

Notes: Sample weight adjusted; bivariate statistics.