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Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 1997 - Spirituality and Health, Members

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GENHELTH

THIS QUESTION ASKS FOR YOUR VIEWS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. IF YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, PLEASE GIVE THE BEST ANSWER YOU CAN: In general, would you say your health is:

	1) Excellent
	2) Very good
	3) Good
	4) Fair
	5) Poor

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Excellent	217	24.7%	24.7%	-1.28
Very good	326	37%	61.7%	-.26
Good	243	27.6%	89.3%	.75
Fair	80	9.1%	98.4%	1.77
Poor	14	1.6%	100%	2.79

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Excellent	24.4% 134	25.4% 83	24.7% 217
Very good	38.7% 213	33.9% 111	36.9% 324
Good	27.1% 149	28.4% 93	27.6% 242
Fair	8.5% 47	10.1% 33	9.1% 80
Poor	1.3% 7	2.1% 7	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 327	877

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Excellent	26.4% 174	21.7% 41	25.4% 215
Very good	37.8% 249	34.4% 65	37.1% 314
Good	26.3% 173	32.8% 62	27.7% 235
Fair	8.1% 53	9.0% 17	8.3% 70
Poor	1.4% 9	2.1% 4	1.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 189	847

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Excellent	21.4% 25	23.1% 73	24.6% 76	31.2% 43	24.7% 217
Very good	35.0% 41	37.7% 119	38.2% 118	34.8% 48	37.0% 326
Good	31.6% 37	28.8% 91	26.2% 81	24.6% 34	27.6% 243
Fair	10.3% 12	10.1% 32	8.1% 25	8.0% 11	9.1% 80
Poor	1.7% 2	0.3% 1	2.9% 9	1.4% 2	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 316	100.0% 309	100.0% 138	880

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Excellent	23.4% 46	31.4% 44	24.2% 121	14.3% 4	24.8% 215
Very good	38.1% 75	37.1% 52	36.3% 182	39.3% 11	37.0% 320
Good	25.4% 50	22.1% 31	29.5% 148	35.7% 10	27.6% 239
Fair	10.7% 21	7.1% 10	8.8% 44	10.7% 3	9.0% 78
Poor	2.5% 5	2.1% 3	1.2% 6	0.0% 0	1.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 140	100.0% 501	100.0% 28	866

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Excellent	7.1% 7	19.6% 53	29.8% 89	39.6% 59	25.5% 208
Very good	28.6% 28	37.3% 101	41.8% 125	32.9% 49	37.1% 303
Good	34.7% 34	33.6% 91	21.1% 63	22.8% 34	27.2% 222
Fair	24.5% 24	8.5% 23	6.0% 18	4.7% 7	8.8% 72
Poor	5.1% 5	1.1% 3	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 271	100.0% 299	100.0% 149	817

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Excellent	31.7% 57	36.1% 57	28.5% 59	12.7% 41	24.7% 214
Very good	43.3% 78	37.3% 59	41.5% 86	30.3% 98	37.0% 321
Good	21.1% 38	24.7% 39	22.7% 47	35.9% 116	27.6% 240
Fair	3.9% 7	1.3% 2	7.2% 15	17.3% 56	9.2% 80
Poor	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 12	1.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 158	100.0% 207	100.0% 323	868

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Excellent	25.2% 203	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	25.0% 205
Very good	36.4% 293	25.0% 1	50.0% 3	40.0% 2	36.5% 299
Good	28.6% 230	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	28.3% 232
Fair	8.3% 67	75.0% 3	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	8.8% 72
Poor	1.5% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 5	820