Standard errors for the percentage of respondents age 25 and above who reported being in excellent or very good health, by educational attainment and selected characteristics: 2001

Education and Health

Table S12-1. Standard errors for the percentage of respondents age 25 and above who reported being in excellent or very good health, by educational attainment and selected characteristics: 2001

Characteristic	Less than high school	High school diploma or equivalent	Some college, including vocational/ technical	Bachelor’s degree or higher	Total

Total	0.64	0.48	0.46	0.42	0.32

Sex
Male	0.84	0.60	0.58	0.52	0.35
Female	0.73	0.54	0.58	0.57	0.36

Family income
Less than $20,000	0.87	1.01	1.34	1.98	0.67
$20,000–34,999	1.38	1.11	1.24	1.53	0.74
$35,000–54,999	1.76	1.07	1.10	1.23	0.64
$55,000–74,999	2.69	1.30	1.06	1.08	0.73
$75,000 or more	2.67	1.33	0.90	0.63	0.53

Poverty status
Poor	1.31	1.69	2.11	3.16	1.07
Near-poor	1.18	1.27	1.40	2.24	0.79
Nonpoor	1.08	0.64	0.55	0.52	0.37

Race/ethnicity
American Indian	6.39	5.41	5.91	10.13	3.24
Asian	4.30	3.24	3.17	1.96	1.49
Black	1.52	1.14	1.18	1.65	0.80
White	0.87	0.56	0.53	0.47	0.37
Hispanic	1.12	1.11	1.22	1.52	0.72

Age
25–34	1.37	0.98	0.82	0.66	0.48
35–44	1.23	0.81	0.78	0.62	0.49
45–54	1.31	0.98	0.90	0.81	0.52
55–64	1.26	1.16	1.20	1.25	0.68
65 and above	0.88	0.94	1.33	1.36	0.63

Metropolitan status area
2.5 million and above	1.33	1.05	0.88	0.76	0.62
1–2.49 million	1.47	0.87	0.89	0.75	0.58
Under 1 million	1.18	0.92	0.86	0.78	0.61
Nonmetropolitan area	1.14	0.93	1.14	1.33	0.68

Region
Northeast	1.78	1.02	0.95	0.99	0.72
Midwest	1.26	0.90	0.89	0.96	0.67
South	0.95	0.86	0.83	0.69	0.54
West	1.38	1.09	0.94	0.80	0.63

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2001, previously unpublished tabulation (October 2003).