Table 1.
Association between good self-rated health and demographic variables (chi-square)
| Variable | Overall Percent | Percent Healthy | Pct Not Healthy | P |
| Age | 0.0717 | |||
| 18–25 | 17.0 | 77.6 | 22.4 | |
| 26–35 | 21.6 | 66.5 | 33.5 | |
| 36–45 | 17.0 | 64.2 | 35.8 | |
| 46–55 | 19.1 | 64.0 | 36.0 | |
| 56–65 | 12.3 | 69.1 | 30.9 | |
| Over 65 | 12.8 | 60.4 | 39.6 | |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.0303 | |||
| Hispanic | 15.5 | 58.5 | 41.5 | |
| NH* asian | .5 | 75.0 | 25.0 | |
| NH* black | 7.8 | 54.8 | 45.2 | |
| NH* white | 74.9 | 69.9 | 30.1 | |
| NH* other | 1.3 | 70.0 | 30.0 | |
| Gender | 0.4852 | |||
| Male | 18.7 | 64.2 | 35.8 | |
| Female | 81.3 | 67.6 | 32.4 | |
| Education | 0.0011 | |||
| Less than high school | 9.0 | 54.9 | 45.2 | |
| High school | 37.8 | 62.0 | 38.0 | |
| Some College | 37.7 | 69.6 | 30.4 | |
| College degree | 15.5 | 79.7 | 20.3 | |
| Married | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 49.8 | 74.7 | 25.3 | |
| No | 50.2 | 59.3 | 40.7 |
*NH = Non-Hispanic