Social Capital Community Survey, 2006

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HEALTH (Weighted by FWEIGHT) 10. And how would you describe your overall state of health these days? Would you say it is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?   0) Poor   1) Fair   2) Good   3) Very good   4) Excellent   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Poor	388	4%	4%
Fair	1184	12.1%	16.1%
Good	2642	27.1%	43.2%
Very good	3461	35.5%	78.7%
Excellent	2065	21.2%	99.9%
Don't know	1	0%	99.9%
Refused	5	.1%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Race Political ideology Religion Region

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Poor	1.5% 31	2.8% 82	5.2% 127	6.1% 90	6.6% 44	3.9% 374
Fair	10.4% 208	10.0% 292	12.7% 308	14.3% 212	19.7% 132	12.1% 1152
Good	27.1% 543	26.9% 781	26.3% 639	26.8% 398	32.5% 218	27.2% 2579
Very good	34.5% 691	36.8% 1069	36.9% 895	35.1% 522	28.5% 191	35.5% 3368
Excellent	26.5% 532	23.4% 681	18.9% 458	17.8% 264	12.7% 85	21.3% 2020
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2005	100.0% 2908	100.0% 2428	100.0% 1486	100.0% 671	9498

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school diploma (including GED) or less	Some college	Assoc. degree (2 year) or specialized technical training	Bachelor's degree	Some graduate training	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Poor	6.1% 241	3.3% 70	2.8% 32	1.3% 17	2.2% 4	1.5% 14	3.9% 378
Fair	15.7% 617	13.5% 288	10.7% 122	5.6% 72	6.2% 11	6.1% 59	12.1% 1169
Good	30.7% 1208	26.4% 566	26.7% 303	23.9% 310	23.6% 42	19.4% 187	27.1% 2616
Very good	30.7% 1208	37.4% 800	40.0% 454	40.9% 530	35.4% 63	38.8% 373	35.5% 3428
Excellent	16.6% 653	19.4% 416	19.8% 225	28.3% 366	32.6% 58	34.2% 329	21.2% 2047
Don't know	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Refused	0.1% 3	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 3931	100.0% 2141	100.0% 1136	100.0% 1295	100.0% 178	100.0% 962	9643

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Poor	3.9% 180	4.1% 208	4.0% 388
Fair	11.6% 540	12.7% 644	12.2% 1184
Good	26.5% 1236	27.7% 1405	27.1% 2641
Very good	35.6% 1661	35.4% 1799	35.5% 3460
Excellent	22.4% 1044	20.1% 1021	21.2% 2065
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 1
Refused	0.1% 3	0.0% 1	0.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 4664	100.0% 5079	9743

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American or Black	Asian or Pacific Islander	Native American	Other	TOTAL
Poor	3.6% 241	3.8% 45	0.0% 0	6.0% 7	5.9% 13	3.7% 306
Fair	11.1% 752	15.4% 181	4.5% 5	25.9% 30	9.1% 20	11.8% 988
Good	26.4% 1783	26.6% 312	29.5% 33	26.7% 31	25.0% 55	26.5% 2214
Very good	36.8% 2482	36.6% 429	42.0% 47	28.4% 33	40.5% 89	36.8% 3080
Excellent	22.0% 1486	17.5% 205	21.4% 24	12.9% 15	19.5% 43	21.2% 1773
Don't know	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 6746	100.0% 1172	100.0% 112	100.0% 116	100.0% 220	8366

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Moderately conservative	Middle-of-the-road	Moderately liberal	Very liberal	(Vol.) Something else	TOTAL
Poor	4.8% 65	3.9% 114	3.1% 88	3.8% 62	4.9% 35	3.2% 2	3.8% 366
Fair	13.9% 189	11.1% 325	11.3% 320	12.4% 204	11.1% 79	14.3% 9	11.8% 1126
Good	24.6% 335	28.0% 821	27.9% 790	26.4% 435	24.8% 177	39.7% 25	27.1% 2583
Very good	33.6% 457	34.6% 1014	39.0% 1105	35.7% 587	35.5% 253	25.4% 16	35.9% 3432
Excellent	23.0% 313	22.4% 658	18.6% 527	21.7% 358	23.7% 169	17.5% 11	21.3% 2036
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 1	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1360	100.0% 2933	100.0% 2833	100.0% 1646	100.0% 713	100.0% 63	9548

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Another type of Christian	Jewish	Some other religion	No religion	TOTAL
Poor	4.2% 181	3.8% 93	4.0% 49	6.5% 6	3.6% 9	3.0% 39	3.9% 377
Fair	12.0% 522	12.4% 302	10.8% 132	8.6% 8	12.1% 30	14.1% 181	12.2% 1175
Good	26.9% 1165	27.7% 673	26.0% 318	17.2% 16	26.6% 66	29.1% 375	27.2% 2613
Very good	37.0% 1606	32.8% 798	39.1% 478	37.6% 35	33.5% 83	32.1% 414	35.5% 3414
Excellent	19.9% 862	23.3% 566	20.1% 246	30.1% 28	24.2% 60	21.7% 279	21.2% 2041
Don't know	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 4338	100.0% 2432	100.0% 1223	100.0% 93	100.0% 248	100.0% 1288	9622

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Poor	3.3% 73	3.0% 63	4.6% 181	4.6% 70	4.0% 387
Fair	12.7% 284	10.3% 213	12.9% 505	11.9% 182	12.2% 1184
Good	26.5% 591	26.4% 545	27.2% 1064	28.8% 442	27.1% 2642
Very good	35.4% 790	38.1% 788	34.8% 1360	34.1% 523	35.5% 3461
Excellent	22.1% 493	22.2% 459	20.4% 798	20.5% 315	21.2% 2065
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2232	100.0% 2068	100.0% 3911	100.0% 1533	9744