Health and Selected Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Family: United States, 1988-90

This report analyzes the relationship between health status and selected socioeconomic characteristics of families.

Data Highlights:

Children under the age of 18 years living in families with annual incomes under $10,000 report a higher percent limited in activity, higher percents with fair or poor health status, and higher percents with a hospitalization in the past 12 months than did children in households with higher incomes.

Married men and women report lower percents limited in activity in each of the age groups 18 years and over, than did persons in other marital statuses.

Persons 45-64 years of age, living alone, report a higher percent limited activity, higher rates of disability days, a higher rate of physician contacts per year, and a higher incidence rate of acute conditions than all persons 45-64 years of age.

Information in this report is based on data obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics' 1988, 1989, and 1990 National Health Interview Survey and annual averages for these 3 years.

This page last reviewed January 11, 2007