Skip Navigation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.gov/
Agency for Healthcare Research Quality www.ahrq.gov
AHRQ Home | Questions? | Contact Us | Site Map | What's New | Browse | Información en español | E-mail Updates
www.ahrq.gov/
2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 4_1_6.2d
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider to exercise more, by education,a United States, 2005
Population group Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 58.3 0.9 50.5 1.6 57.0 1.5 63.2 1.3
Age 18–44 47.5 1.4 38.8 2.4 43.9 2.2 54.6 2.0
45–64 67.8 1.3 61.1 2.4 68.1 2.2 70.0 1.8
65 and over 65.8 2.0 57.6 3.7 66.5 3.2 73.4 3.0
Gender Male 53.5 1.2 45.9 2.4 50.4 2.0 59.4 1.8
Female 62.6 1.0 54.0 2.0 62.9 1.8 67.0 1.5
Race White, single race 58.7 1.1 50.7 2.0 58.1 1.7 63.2 1.5
Black, single race 56.0 1.6 47.0 2.8 52.1 2.8 64.2 2.5
Asian, single race * * * * * * * *
NHOPI, single race * * * * * * * *
AI/AN, single race * * * * * * * *
Multiple races 60.8 5.7 * * * * * *
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 60.7 1.1 56.1 2.0 58.7 1.6 64.0 1.4
Non-Hispanic, White 61.9 1.2 58.3 2.6 60.5 1.9 64.2 1.6
Non-Hispanic, Black 56.1 1.6 47.7 2.9 52.4 2.9 63.9 2.5
Hispanic 44.1 1.9 37.1 2.5 44.9 3.4 55.2 3.7
Family incomeb Negative/poor 49.5 2.0 46.4 2.6 48.9 3.4 56.2 3.9
Near poor/low 51.9 1.6 51.4 2.3 50.2 2.4 55.2 3.5
Middle 58.7 1.5 49.6 3.2 58.7 2.3 63.4 2.5
High 64.1 1.4 58.6 5.0 62.1 2.5 65.7 1.7
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 56.1 1.1 41.9 2.1 53.2 1.9 62.4 1.5
Not employed 60.0 1.7 57.4 2.5 62.6 2.5 59.5 3.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 60.8 1.2 49.7 2.5 60.0 2.0 63.8 1.5
Public only 59.3 1.9 59.0 3.0 58.5 3.4 61.1 3.8
Uninsured 38.2 2.0 36.8 2.9 35.2 3.1 45.0 4.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 62.1 3.9 * * * * * *
Medicare and private 68.6 2.3 63.2 5.1 68.2 3.8 72.5 3.6
Medicare and other public 61.8 4.6 56.4 6.0 * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan 59.1 1.1 50.1 1.8 58.1 1.8 64.0 1.5
  Large central metro 55.2 1.4 44.9 2.3 53.9 2.8 61.9 2.4
  Large fringe metro 61.4 1.9 53.9 4.0 60.9 3.1 64.8 2.6
  Medium metro 60.4 2.4 51.9 4.3 60.6 3.1 63.8 3.1
  Small metro 62.1 2.7 56.7 5.2 56.8 4.3 69.0 3.9
Nonmetropolitan 54.9 1.9 51.8 3.2 52.8 2.8 59.3 3.2
  Micropolitan 55.3 2.5 55.6 4.4 50.4 3.6 60.1 3.9
  Noncore 54.3 3.4 45.6 4.7 57.2 4.4 57.3 7.1
Language spoken most often at home English 60.2 1.0 54.9 1.9 58.1 1.6 64.1 1.3
Other 38.4 2.4 36.1 2.7 39.1 4.4 43.5 7.2
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 55.7 1.0 43.8 2.0 54.0 1.8 61.7 1.4
Fair/poor 69.2 1.7 65.7 2.6 69.1 2.6 73.3 3.0
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 70.5 1.5 67.1 3.0 71.0 2.4 72.7 2.8
Complex activities 69.2 1.8 64.3 3.4 72.5 2.7 70.1 3.5
Neither basic nor complex activities 54.9 1.0 44.1 1.8 52.8 1.8 61.0 1.5

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.

 

AHRQAdvancing Excellence in Health Care