Arthritis
Do arthritis or joint symptoms now affect whether you work, the type of work you do, or the amount of work you do?
Denominator excludes respondents that have not had joint symptoms in the last 30 days, respondents that have not been told that they have some form of arthritis, respondents older than 64, respondents with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
| All Adults |
3290 |
22.4 |
20.6-24.1 |
77.6 |
75.8-79.4 |
Arthritis disability by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
126 |
17.9 |
10.7-25.0 |
82.1 |
74.4-89.9 |
25-34 |
342 |
14.2 |
10.2-18.2 |
85.8 |
81.6-90.0 |
35-44 |
793 |
23.7 |
20.2-27.3 |
76.3 |
72.6-79.9 |
45-54 |
1068 |
25.8 |
22.6-29.1 |
74.2 |
70.9-77.5 |
55-64 |
961 |
22.6 |
19.4-25.8 |
77.4 |
74.1-80.8 |
Arthritis disability by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Male |
1230 |
20.8 |
18.0-23.6 |
79.2 |
76.3-82.1 |
Female |
2060 |
23.7 |
21.5-25.8 |
76.3 |
74.1-78.5 |
Arthritis disability by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
224 |
47.5 |
39.4-55.6 |
52.5 |
44.3-60.6 |
$15,000-24,999 |
362 |
35.6 |
29.3-41.8 |
64.4 |
58.0-70.9 |
$25,000-34,999 |
275 |
26.8 |
20.4-33.2 |
73.2 |
66.6-79.7 |
$35,000-49,999 |
440 |
22.3 |
17.8-26.9 |
77.7 |
73.1-82.3 |
$50,000-74,999 |
556 |
20.8 |
16.8-24.7 |
79.3 |
75.1-83.4 |
$75,000+ |
1097 |
10.6 |
8.40-12.8 |
89.4 |
87.2-91.7 |
Arthritis disability by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
219 |
42.4 |
34.5-50.4 |
57.6 |
49.4-65.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
856 |
27.0 |
23.3-30.6 |
73.0 |
69.3-76.7 |
Some Post-H.S. |
896 |
23.5 |
20.2-26.9 |
76.4 |
73.0-79.9 |
College Graduate |
1315 |
12.9 |
10.8-15.0 |
87.1 |
85.0-89.3 |
Arthritis disability by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
White/ Non-Hispanic
|
2549 |
18.6 |
16.9-20.4 |
81.4 |
79.6-83.2 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
314 |
29.0 |
23.1-35.0 |
71.0 |
65.0-77.0 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
105 |
26.5 |
17.1-35.9 |
73.5 |
63.3-83.8 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
17 |
50.3 |
24.3-76.3 |
49.7 |
23.8-75.6 |
Hispanic |
271 |
34.4 |
27.6-41.1 |
65.6 |
58.7-72.5 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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