Table 2.
Rating of health and life evaluation by sociodemographic factors, weighted percentage (95% margin of error)a
| Factors | Health | Overall life evaluation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair/poor | Good | Excellent/very good | Suffering | Struggling | Thriving | |
| All | 13.2 (0.7) | 34.6 (1.0) | 52.6 (1.1) | 2.3 (0.3) | 34.6 (1.0) | 63.1 (1.0) |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 18–44 | 10.1 (0.9) | 32.9 (1.4) | 57.0 (1.5) | 1.4 (0.3) | 33.2 (1.4) | 65.4 (1.4) |
| 45–64 | 15.9 (1.4)b | 35.9 (1.9) | 48.1 (2.0)b | 3.2 (0.7)b | 35.1 (1.9) | 61.7 (1.9)c |
| ≥ 65 | 16.7 (1.9)b | 36.7 (2.7) | 46.6 (2.8)b | 3.2 (0.9)b | 37.7 (2.6) | 59.1 (2.7)b |
| Sexd | ||||||
| Men | 11.8 (1.1) | 33.2 (1.6) | 55.0 (1.7) | 2.3 (0.5) | 32.9 (1.6) | 64.8 (1.6) |
| Women | 14.2 (1.0) | 35.7 (1.3) | 50.1 (1.4)b | 2.2 (0.4) | 36.0 (1.3) | 61.8 (1.3)c |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 12.5 (1.0) | 32.0 (1.5) | 55.5 (1.5) | 2.8 (0.5) | 34.8 (1.5) | 62.4 (1.5) |
| Black | 15.7 (1.5)b | 39.8 (2.2) | 44.5 (2.2)b | 1.6 (0.5)c | 35.0 (2.1) | 63.3 (2.1) |
| Hispanic | 14.3 (1.7) | 35.5 (2.4) | 50.2 (2.5)b | 1.9 (0.7)e | 33.6 (2.4) | 64.5 (2.4) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 11.1 (1.2) | 37.6 (2.0) | 51.3 (2.0)b | 1.9 (0.5)e | 36.0 (1.9) | 62.1 (2.0) |
| Education | ||||||
| High school graduate or less | 21.3 (2.1)b | 42.3 (2.7) | 36.4 (2.6)b | 3.8 (1.0)b | 41.8 (2.7) | 54.4 (2.7)b |
| Some college | 16.5 (1.5)b | 38.3 (2.0) | 45.3 (2.0)b | 2.9 (0.7)b | 39.6 (2.0) | 57.4 (2.0)b |
| ≥ 4 years college or college graduate | 8.7 (0.8) | 29.9 (1.3) | 61.4 (1.4) | 1.5 (0.3) | 29.4 (1.4) | 69.1 (1.4) |
| Financial situation | ||||||
| Suffering | 33.8 (2.6)b | 39.7 (2.7) | 26.4 (2.4)b | 11.9 (1.8)b | 69.9 (2.6) | 19.2 (2.2)b |
| Struggling | 18.1 (1.7)b | 42.7 (2.1) | 39.2 (2.1)b | 1.2 (0.5)b | 57.1 (2.1) | 41.8 (2.1)b |
| Thriving | 6.1 (0.7) | 30.2 (1.3) | 63.7 (1.4) | 0.3 (0.2) | 17.5 (1.1) | 82.2 (1.1) |
Data are weighted to the study population. Differences in percentages of adults who were in excellent/very good health, fair/poor health, suffering in life, and thriving in life were tested for age group (reference group: 18–44 y), sex (reference group: Men), race/ethnicity (reference group: White), education (reference group: College graduate), and financial situation (reference group: thriving).
Differs from reference group at p < 0.001.
Differs from reference group at p < 0.01.
Because there were not enough transgender people to identify separately in the analysis, analyses by sex were restricted to men and women.
Differs from reference group at p < 0.05.