Table 61d Adults who were obese who were given advice about exercise, by education,a United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Less than high school |
High school graduate |
At least some college |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
58.9 |
0.9 |
52.0 |
1.7 |
57.7 |
1.4 |
63.4 |
1.3 |
Age |
18-44 |
47.5 |
1.3 |
40.0 |
2.2 |
45.5 |
2.0 |
53.0 |
2.0 |
45-64 |
68.8 |
1.2 |
65.4 |
2.5 |
67.1 |
2.2 |
71.3 |
1.8 |
65 and over |
67.8 |
2.0 |
57.5 |
3.4 |
70.2 |
2.9 |
75.3 |
3.5 |
Gender |
Male |
53.6 |
1.1 |
48.0 |
2.3 |
48.3 |
1.9 |
60.3 |
1.8 |
Female |
63.8 |
1.1 |
55.3 |
2.3 |
66.0 |
1.7 |
66.4 |
1.7 |
Race |
White, single race |
59.8 |
1.0 |
51.5 |
2.0 |
58.7 |
1.6 |
64.5 |
1.5 |
Black, single race |
55.3 |
2.2 |
55.8 |
3.4 |
53.7 |
3.2 |
56.7 |
3.1 |
Asian, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
NHOPI, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
AI/AN, single race |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Multiple races |
66.0 |
5.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic, all races |
61.1 |
1.0 |
56.5 |
2.0 |
59.4 |
1.5 |
64.2 |
1.4 |
Non-Hispanic, White |
62.7 |
1.0 |
57.3 |
2.6 |
61.1 |
1.7 |
65.7 |
1.5 |
Non-Hispanic, Black |
55.1 |
2.2 |
56.9 |
3.5 |
53.2 |
3.2 |
56.1 |
3.1 |
Hispanic |
44.9 |
2.2 |
41.0 |
2.9 |
43.2 |
3.8 |
54.0 |
3.4 |
Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
52.1 |
1.8 |
51.4 |
2.8 |
50.0 |
3.2 |
56.9 |
3.8 |
Near poor/low |
54.0 |
1.7 |
48.5 |
2.8 |
55.3 |
2.6 |
59.1 |
3.3 |
Middle |
58.2 |
1.3 |
53.2 |
3.0 |
58.0 |
2.0 |
60.8 |
2.1 |
High |
65.0 |
1.4 |
58.9 |
5.7 |
62.7 |
2.7 |
66.9 |
1.8 |
Health insurance, ages 18-64 |
Any private |
61.4 |
1.1 |
55.4 |
2.9 |
58.9 |
1.7 |
64.5 |
1.4 |
Public only |
61.7 |
1.9 |
57.8 |
2.8 |
64.1 |
3.1 |
65.1 |
4.5 |
Uninsured |
36.0 |
2.0 |
36.5 |
3.0 |
33.8 |
3.3 |
38.0 |
3.6 |
Health insurance, age 65 and over |
Medicare only |
64.6 |
3.9 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare and private |
70.2 |
2.6 |
63.6 |
5.1 |
71.5 |
3.6 |
73.4 |
4.7 |
Medicare and other public |
65.3 |
4.7 |
57.3 |
6.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
58.8 |
1.3 |
51.1 |
2.5 |
58.8 |
2.0 |
62.3 |
1.9 |
Metropolitan-small |
60.5 |
1.7 |
55.4 |
3.0 |
59.1 |
2.4 |
63.9 |
2.3 |
Micropolitan |
57.0 |
2.3 |
50.1 |
3.6 |
51.3 |
3.5 |
68.2 |
3.2 |
Noncore-adjacent |
55.2 |
5.0 |
55.2 |
6.0 |
56.8 |
6.4 |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
59.2 |
4.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
60.5 |
0.9 |
56.0 |
2.0 |
58.4 |
1.5 |
64.0 |
1.3 |
Other |
42.9 |
2.4 |
38.8 |
3.1 |
46.3 |
4.3 |
49.8 |
5.1 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
73.7 |
1.6 |
66.2 |
3.0 |
73.6 |
2.7 |
80.3 |
2.8 |
Complex activities |
72.9 |
1.9 |
65.9 |
3.3 |
73.7 |
3.1 |
79.2 |
3.4 |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
55.1 |
1.0 |
46.6 |
1.9 |
53.2 |
1.6 |
60.2 |
1.4 |
a Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.
b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.