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

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YRHEALTH

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: Compared to one year ago, how would you rate your health in general now?

	1) Much better now than one year ago
	2) Somewhat better now than one year ago
	3) About the same as one year ago
	4) Somewhat worse now than one year ago
	5) Much worse now than one year ago

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Much better now than one year ago	51	5.8%	5.8%	-2.74
Somewhat better now than one year ago	110	12.5%	18.2%	-1.28
About the same as one year ago	624	70.7%	88.9%	.18
Somewhat worse now than one year ago	93	10.5%	99.4%	1.64
Much worse now than one year ago	5	.6%	100%	3.1

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Much better now than one year ago	6.7% 37	4.3% 14	5.8% 51
Somewhat better now than one year ago	9.8% 54	16.8% 55	12.4% 109
About the same as one year ago	72.5% 400	67.7% 222	70.7% 622
Somewhat worse now than one year ago	10.9% 60	10.1% 33	10.6% 93
Much worse now than one year ago	0.2% 1	1.2% 4	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 328	880

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Much better now than one year ago	5.3% 35	7.9% 15	5.9% 50
Somewhat better now than one year ago	12.0% 79	14.7% 28	12.6% 107
About the same as one year ago	73.3% 483	62.8% 120	70.9% 603
Somewhat worse now than one year ago	8.6% 57	14.7% 28	10.0% 85
Much worse now than one year ago	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 191	850

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Much better now than one year ago	2.6% 3	6.0% 19	6.5% 20	6.5% 9	5.8% 51
Somewhat better now than one year ago	11.1% 13	15.4% 49	11.7% 36	8.6% 12	12.5% 110
About the same as one year ago	73.5% 86	69.8% 222	70.6% 218	70.5% 98	70.7% 624
Somewhat worse now than one year ago	12.8% 15	8.8% 28	10.0% 31	13.7% 19	10.5% 93
Much worse now than one year ago	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	0.7% 1	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 318	100.0% 309	100.0% 139	883

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Much better now than one year ago	5.6% 11	7.1% 10	5.4% 27	10.3% 3	5.9% 51
Somewhat better now than one year ago	14.1% 28	7.9% 11	12.2% 61	20.7% 6	12.2% 106
About the same as one year ago	66.7% 132	70.0% 98	73.5% 369	55.2% 16	70.8% 615
Somewhat worse now than one year ago	13.6% 27	13.6% 19	8.4% 42	13.8% 4	10.6% 92
Much worse now than one year ago	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 140	100.0% 502	100.0% 29	869

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Much better now than one year ago	3.0% 3	5.5% 15	8.0% 24	3.4% 5	5.7% 47
Somewhat better now than one year ago	16.0% 16	10.0% 27	13.4% 40	13.4% 20	12.6% 103
About the same as one year ago	57.0% 57	72.3% 196	71.6% 214	76.5% 114	70.9% 581
Somewhat worse now than one year ago	22.0% 22	12.2% 33	6.0% 18	6.7% 10	10.1% 83
Much worse now than one year ago	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 271	100.0% 299	100.0% 149	819

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Much better now than one year ago	10.6% 19	6.3% 10	4.3% 9	4.0% 13	5.9% 51
Somewhat better now than one year ago	18.3% 33	17.0% 27	12.5% 26	6.5% 21	12.3% 107
About the same as one year ago	63.9% 115	69.8% 111	76.4% 159	71.3% 231	70.7% 616
Somewhat worse now than one year ago	7.2% 13	6.9% 11	6.7% 14	17.0% 55	10.7% 93
Much worse now than one year ago	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 159	100.0% 208	100.0% 324	871

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Much better now than one year ago	5.7% 46	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	40.0% 2	6.1% 50
Somewhat better now than one year ago	12.0% 97	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	40.0% 2	12.3% 101
About the same as one year ago	71.0% 572	25.0% 1	50.0% 3	20.0% 1	70.3% 577
Somewhat worse now than one year ago	10.7% 86	25.0% 1	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	10.7% 88
Much worse now than one year ago	0.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 5	821