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Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008

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HEALTHYR (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Please think back over the last 12 months about how your health has been. Compared to people of your own age, would you say that your health has on the whole been…

	1) Excellent
	2) Good
	3) Fair
	4) Poor
	5) Very Poor
	9) Refused/not answered

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Excellent	338	27.8%	27.8%
Good	481	39.6%	67.4%
Fair	249	20.5%	87.9%
Poor	115	9.5%	97.4%
Very Poor	29	2.4%	99.8%
Refused/not answered	2	.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Excellent	45.0% 50	43.7% 83	31.8% 75	26.0% 60	17.3% 37	14.5% 34	27.9% 339
Good	42.3% 47	34.2% 65	42.4% 100	44.6% 103	36.9% 79	37.2% 87	39.6% 481
Fair	6.3% 7	15.3% 29	16.9% 40	17.3% 40	26.6% 57	32.9% 77	20.6% 250
Poor	6.3% 7	5.3% 10	6.4% 15	9.5% 22	15.9% 34	11.5% 27	9.5% 115
Very Poor	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	2.5% 6	2.6% 6	2.8% 6	3.4% 8	2.4% 29
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 190	100.0% 236	100.0% 231	100.0% 214	100.0% 234	1216

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent	28.3% 166	27.4% 172	27.9% 338
Good	38.6% 226	40.7% 255	39.7% 481
Fair	21.0% 123	20.1% 126	20.5% 249
Poor	8.7% 51	10.0% 63	9.4% 114
Very Poor	3.2% 19	1.6% 10	2.4% 29
Refused/not answered	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 586	100.0% 627	1213

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	No religion	TOTAL
Excellent	26.5% 117	27.8% 164	30.1% 47	27.7% 328
Good	39.0% 172	41.9% 247	35.3% 55	40.0% 474
Fair	19.7% 87	21.1% 124	20.5% 32	20.5% 243
Poor	12.2% 54	7.0% 41	10.9% 17	9.4% 112
Very Poor	2.5% 11	2.2% 13	3.2% 5	2.4% 29
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 589	100.0% 156	1186

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Excellent	24.1% 38	25.3% 70	36.7% 99	24.3% 84	27.7% 291
Good	35.4% 56	41.9% 116	35.6% 96	45.7% 158	40.5% 426
Fair	21.5% 34	21.7% 60	18.5% 50	20.2% 70	20.4% 214
Poor	15.2% 24	9.0% 25	7.4% 20	8.1% 28	9.2% 97
Very Poor	3.8% 6	2.2% 6	1.9% 5	1.7% 6	2.2% 23
Refused/not answered	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 277	100.0% 270	100.0% 346	1051