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Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2008
by Stephen J. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Julian V. Luke, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
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Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4
Table 1
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Household telephone status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of interview |
|
Landline households with a wireless telephone |
Landline households without a wireless telephone |
Landline households with unknown wireless telephone status |
Nonlandline households with unknown wireless telephone status |
Wireless-only households |
Phoneless households |
Total |
|
Number of households (unweighted) |
Percent of households |
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January-June 2005 |
18,301 |
42.4 |
34.4 |
13.2 |
0.8 |
7.3 |
1.9 |
100.0 |
July-December 2005 |
20,088 |
42.6 |
32.4 |
13.8 |
0.8 |
8.4 |
1.9 |
100.0 |
January-June 2006 |
16,009 |
45.6 |
30.9 |
10.3 |
0.7 |
10.5 |
2.0 |
100.0 |
July-December 2006 |
13,056 |
44.3 |
29.6 |
10.2 |
0.8 |
12.8 |
2.2 |
100.0 |
January-June 2007 1 |
15,996 |
58.9 |
23.8 |
1.7 |
0.1 |
13.6 |
1.9 |
100.0 |
July-December 2007 1 |
13,083 |
58.8 |
21.8 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
15.8 |
2.2 |
100.0 |
January-June 2008 |
16,070 |
58.5 |
20.6 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
17.5 |
2.5 |
100.0 |
July-December 2008 |
12,597 |
59.6 |
17.4 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
20.2 |
1.9 |
100.0 |
|
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|
|
95% confidence interval2 |
|
57.96 - 61.15 |
16.22 - 18.57 |
0.68 - 1.23 |
0.01 - 0.11 |
18.84 - 21.69 |
1.64 - 2.18 |
|
See footnotes at end of table 1c.
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Household telephone status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of interview |
|
Landline households with a wireless telephone |
Landline households without a wireless telephone |
Landline households with unknown wireless telephone status |
Nonlandline households with unknown wireless telephone status |
Wireless-only households |
Phoneless households |
Total |
|
Number of adults (unweighted) |
Percent of adults |
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January-June 2005 |
34,047 |
46.1 |
31.5 |
13.5 |
0.7 |
6.7 |
1.6 |
100.0 |
July-December 2005 |
37,622 |
46.4 |
29.7 |
13.9 |
0.7 |
7.7 |
1.7 |
100.0 |
January-June 2006 |
29,842 |
49.5 |
28.2 |
10.4 |
0.6 |
9.6 |
1.8 |
100.0 |
July-December 2006 |
24,473 |
48.1 |
27.3 |
10.5 |
0.7 |
11.8 |
1.7 |
100.0 |
January-June 2007 1 |
29,982 |
63.3 |
20.8 |
1.7 |
0.1 |
12.6 |
1.6 |
100.0 |
July-December 2007 1 |
24,514 |
63.2 |
19.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
14.5 |
1.9 |
100.0 |
January-June 2008 |
30,150 |
63.0 |
17.9 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
16.1 |
2.1 |
100.0 |
July-December 2008 |
23,726 |
63.7 |
15.1 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
18.4 |
1.7 |
100.0 |
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
95% confidence interval2 |
|
62.09 - 65.32 |
13.99 - 16.29 |
0.73 - 1.31 |
0.01 - 0.12 |
17.13 - 19.84 |
1.47 - 2.03 |
|
See footnotes at end of table 1c.
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Household telephone status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date of interview |
|
Landline households with a wireless telephone |
Landline households without a wireless telephone |
Landline households with unknown wireless telephone status |
Nonlandline households with unknown wireless telephone status |
Wireless-only households |
Phoneless households |
Total |
|
Number of children (unweighted) |
Percent of children |
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January-June 2005 |
12,903 |
49.3 |
27.0 |
15.8 |
0.7 |
5.8 |
1.5 |
100.0 |
July-December 2005 |
13,883 |
50.5 |
23.9 |
15.2 |
0.9 |
7.6 |
1.8 |
100.0 |
January-June 2006 |
11,670 |
53.4 |
23.8 |
11.5 |
0.9 |
8.6 |
1.9 |
100.0 |
July-December 2006 |
9,165 |
51.9 |
21.5 |
11.9 |
0.9 |
11.6 |
2.3 |
100.0 |
January-June 2007
1 |
11,532 |
68.3 |
16.4 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
11.9 |
1.7 |
100.0 |
July-December 2007
1 |
9,122 |
68.5 |
13.8 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
14.4 |
2.1 |
100.0 |
January-June 2008 |
11,238 |
67.3 |
12.6 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
17.0 |
2.5 |
100.0 |
July-December 2008 |
8,635 |
67.1 |
11.1 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
18.7 |
2.4 |
100.0 |
|
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|
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|
|
95% confidence interval2 |
|
64.87 - 69.24 |
9.81 - 12.60 |
0.43 - 1.05 |
0.00 - 0.10 |
17.05 - 20.54 |
1.72 - 3.21 |
|
0.0 means quantity is more than zero but less than 0.05.
1 Questionnaire changes that occurred in 2007 should be considered when evaluating recent trends in household telephone status. See text for more information about these changes.
2 Confidence intervals refer to the time period July through December 2008.
DATA SOURCE: National Health Interview Survey, January 2005-December 2008. Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population.
Table 2
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Calendar half-year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race and ethnicity |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
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Hispanic or Latino, any race(s) |
8.5 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
15.3 |
18.0 |
19.3 |
21.6 |
25.0 |
22.70 - 27.48 |
Non-Hispanic white, single race |
6.5 |
6.9 |
9.0 |
10.8 |
11.3 |
12.9 |
14.6 |
16.6 |
15.20 - 18.17 |
Non-Hispanic black, single race |
6.6 |
8.5 |
10.5 |
12.8 |
14.3 |
18.3 |
18.5 |
21.4 |
18.81 - 24.15 |
Non-Hispanic Asian, single race |
5.3 |
6.7 |
10.2 |
11.8 |
10.6 |
12.1 |
16.5 |
17.8 |
14.21 - 22.18 |
Non-Hispanic other, single race |
*11.1 |
*8.0 |
9.8 |
17.2 |
22.8 |
17.5 |
12.8 |
17.3 |
10.73 - 26.68 |
Non-Hispanic multiple race |
8.1 |
11.5 |
15.4 |
14.6 |
17.3 |
22.8 |
22.3 |
22.5 |
16.33 - 30.26 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
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18-24 years |
16.6 |
17.5 |
22.6 |
25.2 |
27.9 |
30.6 |
31.4 |
33.1 |
29.33 - 37.16 |
25-29 years |
16.5 |
19.8 |
22.3 |
29.1 |
30.6 |
34.5 |
35.7 |
41.5 |
38.34 - 44.67 |
30-44 years |
6.5 |
7.8 |
9.4 |
12.4 |
12.6 |
15.5 |
19.1 |
21.6 |
19.87 - 23.40 |
45-64 years |
3.2 |
3.7 |
5.3 |
6.1 |
7.1 |
8.0 |
9.2 |
11.6 |
10.50 - 12.76 |
65 years and over |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
2.68 - 3.98 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
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Percent |
|
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Male |
7.5 |
8.6 |
10.7 |
13.1 |
13.8 |
15.9 |
18.0 |
20.0 |
18.53 - 21.59 |
|
Female |
6.0 |
6.9 |
8.5 |
10.5 |
11.5 |
13.2 |
14.4 |
17.0 |
15.71 - 18.32 |
|
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Education |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
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Some high school or less |
6.7 |
8.0 |
8.3 |
12.9 |
14.6 |
15.4 |
16.1 |
18.8 |
16.90 - 20.79 |
High school graduate or GED3 |
6.9 |
7.6 |
9.6 |
10.6 |
11.8 |
13.4 |
15.2 |
17.8 |
16.19 - 19.52 |
Some post-high school, no degree |
8.2 |
9.4 |
11.9 |
14.4 |
14.7 |
17.0 |
19.0 |
20.1 |
18.35 - 22.02 |
4-year college degree or higher |
5.5 |
6.3 |
8.5 |
10.1 |
10.8 |
12.7 |
14.3 |
17.7 |
15.48 - 20.16 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment status last week |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
|||||||
Working at a job or business |
8.0 |
9.2 |
11.6 |
13.9 |
15.0 |
16.6 |
19.0 |
21.5 |
19.96 - 23.21 |
Keeping house |
5.1 |
6.1 |
7.1 |
8.6 |
9.5 |
12.8 |
12.6 |
16.0 |
13.86 - 18.50 |
Going to school |
10.8 |
15.5 |
17.3 |
20.4 |
21.3 |
28.9 |
21.5 |
23.5 |
17.98 - 30.21 |
Something else (incl. unemployed) |
3.6 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
6.2 |
6.4 |
7.6 |
8.9 |
11.0 |
9.77 - 12.26 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Household structure |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
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Adult living alone |
11.2 |
12.3 |
16.2 |
18.2 |
20.3 |
22.9 |
24.6 |
28.1 |
25.69 - 30.75 |
Unrelated adults, no children |
36.0 |
33.6 |
44.2 |
54.0 |
55.3 |
56.9 |
63.1 |
60.6 |
48.32 - 71.72 |
Related adults, no children |
5.3 |
5.9 |
7.1 |
8.5 |
9.8 |
11.0 |
12.5 |
14.7 |
13.21 - 16.38 |
Adult(s) with children |
5.4 |
7.0 |
8.6 |
10.5 |
11.3 |
13.0 |
15.1 |
17.2 |
15.69 - 18.95 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Household poverty status4 |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
|||||||
Poor |
11.8 |
14.2 |
15.8 |
22.4 |
21.6 |
27.4 |
26.0 |
30.9 |
27.59 - 34.48 |
Near poor |
10.8 |
12.7 |
14.4 |
15.7 |
18.5 |
20.8 |
22.6 |
23.8 |
21.29 - 26.46 |
Not poor |
6.2 |
7.0 |
9.4 |
11.3 |
10.6 |
11.9 |
14.2 |
16.0 |
14.55 - 17.60 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geographic region5 |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
|||||||
Northeast |
4.1 |
4.7 |
7.2 |
8.6 |
8.8 |
10.0 |
9.8 |
11.4 |
8.92 - 14.46 |
Midwest |
7.2 |
8.8 |
10.2 |
11.4 |
14.0 |
15.3 |
17.8 |
20.8 |
17.74 - 24.24 |
South |
7.6 |
9.6 |
11.4 |
14.0 |
14.9 |
17.1 |
19.6 |
21.3 |
19.24 - 23.62 |
West |
7.0 |
6.2 |
7.8 |
11.0 |
10.9 |
12.9 |
13.7 |
17.2 |
14.88 - 19.73 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan statistical area status |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
|||||||
Metropolitan |
7.7 |
8.7 |
10.3 |
12.7 |
13.7 |
15.5 |
17.5 |
19.7 |
18.19 - 21.35 |
Not metropolitan |
4.1 |
5.1 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
8.4 |
10.0 |
10.9 |
13.5 |
11.43 - 15.77 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
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Calendar half-year |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home ownership status6 |
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Percent |
|
|||||||
Owned or being bought |
3.1 |
3.8 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
6.7 |
7.3 |
9.0 |
9.9 |
8.84 - 10.99 |
Renting |
16.7 |
19.3 |
22.5 |
26.4 |
28.2 |
30.9 |
33.6 |
39.2 |
36.82 - 41.61 |
Other arrangement |
10.7 |
8.4 |
10.7 |
*20.3 |
22.5 |
23.2 |
23.4 |
17.7 |
12.60 - 24.36 |
See footnotes at end of table 2k.
|
Calendar half-year |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jan-Jun 2005 |
Jul-Dec 2005 |
Jan-Jun 2006 |
Jul-Dec 2006 |
Jan-Jun 2007 1 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval2 |
|
Number |
|
|||||||
Number of wireless-only adults in survey sample (unweighted) |
2,263 |
2,918 |
2,804 |
2,878 |
3,819 |
3,558 |
4,939 |
4,426 |
|
* Estimate has a relative standard error greater than 30% and does not meet National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) standards for reliability.
1 Questionnaire changes that occurred in 2007 should be considered when evaluating recent trends in household telephone status. See text for more information about these changes.
2 Confidence intervals refer to the time period July through December 2008.
3 GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma.
4 Poverty status is based on household income and household size using the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds. "Poor" persons are defined as those below the poverty threshold. "Near poor" persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. "Not poor" persons have incomes of 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Early Release estimates stratified by poverty status are based on reported income only and may differ from similar estimates produced later that are based on both reported and imputed income. NCHS imputes income when income is unknown, but the imputed income file is not available until a few months after the annual release of National Health Interview Survey microdata. For households with multiple families, household income and household size were calculated as the sum of the multiple measures of family income and family size.
5 In the geographic classification of the U.S. population, states are grouped into the following four regions used by the U.S. Census Bureau. Northeast includes Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Midwest includes Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and Nebraska. South includes Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. West includes Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii.
6 For households with multiple families, home ownership status was determined by considering the reported home ownership status for each family. If any family reported owning the home, then the household level variable was classified as "owned or being bought" for all persons living in the household. If one family reported renting the home and another family reported "other arrangement," then the household level variable was classified as "other arrangement" for all persons living in the household.
DATA SOURCE: National Health Interview Survey, January 2005-December 2008. Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population.
Table 3
|
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Total |
12.6 |
14.0 |
14.4 |
15.4 |
14.30 - 16.46 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Race and ethnicity |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Hispanic or Latino, any race(s) |
13.2 |
14.5 |
16.0 |
15.9 |
13.66 - 18.46 |
Non-Hispanic white, single race |
12.3 |
13.2 |
14.2 |
14.9 |
13.77 - 16.07 |
Non-Hispanic black, single race |
11.9 |
15.1 |
13.3 |
14.7 |
12.21 - 17.64 |
Non-Hispanic Asian, single race |
16.0 |
20.3 |
16.4 |
20.3 |
16.93 - 24.23 |
Non-Hispanic other single race |
14.6 |
*8.6 |
*10.1 |
15.5 |
8.75 - 26.07 |
Non-Hispanic multiple race |
14.6 |
19.7 |
17.7 |
24.2 |
17.93 - 31.78 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Age |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
18-24 years |
17.3 |
18.2 |
19.2 |
18.8 |
15.97 - 22.00 |
25-29 years |
17.2 |
19.7 |
17.3 |
18.3 |
15.95 - 20.97 |
30-44 years |
15.5 |
17.3 |
18.2 |
19.0 |
17.54 - 20.59 |
45-64 years |
11.5 |
13.0 |
13.8 |
15.4 |
14.20 - 16.72 |
65 years and over |
3.4 |
3.9 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
4.00 - 5.99 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Sex |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Male |
13.2 |
14.3 |
14.9 |
15.4 |
14.24 - 16.65 |
Female |
12.0 |
13.6 |
14.0 |
15.2 |
14.25 - 16.41 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Education |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Some high school or less |
8.0 |
8.7 |
10.0 |
9.8 |
8.37 - 11.42 |
High school graduate or GED3 |
10.6 |
12.7 |
12.5 |
13.2 |
11.95 - 14.59 |
Some post-high school, no degree |
15.7 |
16.6 |
17.0 |
18.6 |
16.78 - 20.54 |
4-year college degree or higher |
14.9 |
16.2 |
17.1 |
18.0 |
16.40 - 19.50 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Employment status last week |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Working at a job or business |
15.5 |
16.8 |
17.3 |
18.4 |
17.22 - 19.72 |
Keeping house |
9.3 |
10.4 |
11.9 |
11.9 |
10.08 - 13.92 |
Going to school |
17.2 |
20.4 |
25.2 |
21.5 |
15.46 - 29.04 |
Something else (incl. unemployed) |
5.3 |
6.7 |
6.6 |
7.8 |
6.82 - 8.91 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Household structure |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Adult living alone |
10.8 |
10.7 |
10.1 |
12.2 |
10.28 - 14.37 |
Unrelated adults, no children |
13.9 |
20.1 |
*15.4 |
21.3 |
12.96 - 32.97 |
Related adults, no children |
11.6 |
12.1 |
12.8 |
13.2 |
11.97 - 14.43 |
Adult(s) with children |
14.4 |
17.2 |
18.1 |
19.2 |
17.64 - 20.93 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Household poverty status4 |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Poor |
8.4 |
8.6 |
10.8 |
9.5 |
6.69 - 13.32 |
Near poor |
9.7 |
11.4 |
10.3 |
11.3 |
9.40 - 13.49 |
Not poor |
14.8 |
15.9 |
17.1 |
18.2 |
16.91 - 19.53 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Geographic region5 |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Northeast |
11.3 |
11.7 |
13.8 |
12.0 |
10.33 - 13.98 |
Midwest |
10.6 |
13.3 |
12.6 |
13.2 |
11.50 - 15.11 |
South |
13.8 |
14.3 |
14.6 |
16.2 |
14.54 - 18.08 |
West |
13.7 |
15.9 |
16.4 |
18.7 |
16.20 - 21.59 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Metropolitan statistical area status |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Metropolitan |
13.2 |
14.7 |
15.0 |
15.8 |
14.63 - 17.14 |
Not metropolitan |
10.2 |
10.9 |
12.1 |
13.4 |
11.67 - 15.40 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
Home ownership status6 |
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
95% confidence interval1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Percent2 |
|
|||
Owned or being bought |
12.1 |
14.0 |
14.7 |
15.9 |
14.74 - 17.17 |
Renting |
13.9 |
13.8 |
13.9 |
13.0 |
11.36 - 14.93 |
Other arrangement |
12.2 |
14.1 |
14.8 |
24.6 |
14.53 - 38.52 |
See footnotes at end of table 3l.
|
Jan-Jun 2007 |
Jul-Dec 2007 |
Jan-Jun 2008 |
Jul-Dec 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of adults in survey sample who live in landline households with wireless telephones (unweighted) |
3,733 |
3,435 |
4,302 |
3,663 |
* Estimate has a relative standard error greater than 30% and does not meet National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) standards for reliability.
1 Confidence intervals refer to the estimate of the percentage of adults living in wireless-mostly households for the time period July through December 2008.
2 The sum of the percentage of adults in households that receive all or nearly all calls on wireless phones (shown here) and the percentage of adults in households that receive some or very few calls on wireless phones (data not shown) is equal to the percentage of adults living in landline households with wireless telephones (see Table 1).
3 GED is General Educational Development high school equivalency diploma.
4 Poverty status is based on household income and household size using the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds. "Poor" persons are defined as those below the poverty threshold. "Near poor" persons have incomes of 100% to less than 200% of the poverty threshold. "Not poor" persons have incomes of 200% of the poverty threshold or greater. Early Release estimates stratified by poverty status are based on reported income only and may differ from similar estimates produced later that are based on both reported and imputed income. NCHS imputes income when income is unknown, but the imputed income file is not available until a few months after the annual release of National Health Interview Survey microdata. For households with multiple families, household income and household size were calculated as the sum of the multiple measures of family income and family size.
5 In the geographic classification of the U.S. population, states are grouped into the following four regions used by the U.S. Census Bureau. Northeast includes Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Midwest includes Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and Nebraska. South includes Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. West includes Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii.
6 For households with multiple families, home ownership status was determined by considering the reported home ownership status for each family. If any family reported owning the home, then the household level variable was classified as "owned or being bought" for all persons living in the household. If one family reported renting the home and another family reported "other arrangement," then the household level variable was classified as "other arrangement" for all persons living in the household.
DATA SOURCE: National Health Interview Survey, January 2007-December 2008. Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population.
Table 4
|
Household telephone status |
||
|---|---|---|---|
Health-related behaviors |
Landline household1 |
Wireless-only household |
Phoneless household |
|
Percent (95% confidence interval) |
||
Five or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day at least once in past year2 |
19.7 (18.32 - 21.25) |
36.7 (33.87 - 39.70) |
21.5 (14.73 - 30.19) |
Current smoker3 |
18.3 (17.13 - 19.60) |
26.5 (24.36 - 28.74) |
28.4 (21.57 - 36.35) |
Engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity4 |
31.9 (30.32 - 33.50) |
38.0 (34.67 - 41.50) |
19.5 (12.94 - 28.41) |
See footnotes at end of table 4e.
|
Household telephone status |
||
|---|---|---|---|
Health status |
Landline household1 |
Wireless-only household |
Phoneless household |
|
Percent (95% confidence interval) |
||
Health status described as excellent or very good5 |
59.8 (58.18 - 61.39) |
67.8 (65.42 - 70.05) |
44.0 (34.69 - 53.81) |
Experienced serious psychological distress in past 30 days6 |
3.0 (2.57 - 3.52) |
3.3 (2.52 - 4.29) |
*7.2 (3.65 - 13.82) |
Obese (adults aged 20 years and over)7 |
28.8 (27.44 - 30.22) |
26.0 (23.63 - 28.56) |
28.3 (20.78 - 37.15) |
Asthma episode in the past year8 |
3.8 (3.34 - 4.37) |
4.5 (3.47 - 5.90) |
*3.1 (1.39 - 6.97) |
Ever diagnosed with diabetes9 |
9.4 (8.67 - 10.26) |
4.8 (3.75 - 6.09) |
6.5 (3.78 - 11.07) |
See footnotes at end of table 4e.
|
Household telephone status |
||
|---|---|---|---|
Health care service use |
Landline household1 |
Wireless-only household |
Phoneless household |
|
Percent (95% confidence interval) |
||
Received influenza vaccine during past year10 |
36.0 (34.48 - 37.65) |
19.0 (16.57 - 21.63) |
14.7 (9.99 - 21.10) |
Ever been tested for HIV11 |
37.1 (35.55 - 38.61) |
47.0 (43.98 - 50.02) |
39.7 (30.29 - 49.97) |
See footnotes at end of table 4e.
|
Household telephone status |
||
|---|---|---|---|
Health care access |
Landline household1 |
Wireless-only household |
Phoneless household |
|
Percent (95% confidence interval) |
||
Has a usual place to go for medical care12 |
87.0 (85.67 - 88.28) |
72.0 (68.62 - 75.13) |
65.0 (55.92 - 73.08) |
Failed to obtain needed medical care in past year due to financial barriers13 |
7.5 (6.69 - 8.30) |
14.9 (12.96 - 17.02) |
12.9 (8.07 - 20.10) |
Currently uninsured (adults aged 18-64 years)14 |
16.4 (15.07 - 17.86) |
27.5 (25.12 - 29.96) |
46.7 (36.41 - 57.21) |
See footnotes at end of table 4e.
|
Household telephone status |
||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Landline household1 |
Wireless-only household |
Phoneless household |
Number of adults in survey sample (unweighted) |
7,510 |
2,133 |
198 |
* Estimate has a relative standard error greater than 30% and does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards for reliability.
1 In this analysis, landline households include households that also have wireless telephone service.
2 A year is defined as the 12 months prior to the interview. The analyses excluded adults with unknown alcohol consumption (about 2% of respondents each year).
3 Current smokers were defined as those who had smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or some days. The analyses excluded persons with unknown smoking status (about 1% of respondents each year).
4 Regular leisure-time physical activity is defined as engaging in light-moderate leisure-time physical activity for greater than or equal to 30 minutes at a frequency greater than or equal to five times per week or engaging in vigorous leisure-time physical activity for greater than or equal to 20 minutes at a frequency greater than or equal to three times per week. Persons who were known to have not met the frequency recommendations are classified as "not regular," regardless of duration. The analyses excluded persons with unknown physical activity participation (about 3% of respondents each year).
5 Health status data were obtained by asking respondents to assess their own health and that of family members living in the same household as excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor. The analyses excluded persons with unknown health status (about 0.5% of respondents each year).
6 Six psychological distress questions are included in the National Health Interview Survey. These questions ask how often during the past 30 days a respondent experienced certain symptoms of psychological distress (feeling so sad that nothing could cheer you up, nervous, restless or fidgety, hopeless, worthless, that everything was an effort). The response codes of the six items for each person are summed to yield a scale with a 0-24 range. A value of 13 or more for this scale indicates that at least one symptom was experienced "most of the time" and is used here to define serious psychological distress.
7 Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or more. The measure is based on self-reported height and weight. The analyses excluded people with unknown height or weight (about 4% of respondents each year).
8 Information on an episode of asthma or an asthma attack during the past year is self-reported by adults aged 18 years and over. A year is defined as the 12 months prior to the interview. The analyses excluded people with unknown asthma episode status (about 0.3% of respondents each year).
9 Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes is based on self-report of ever having been diagnosed with diabetes by a doctor or other health professional. Persons reporting "borderline" diabetes status and women reporting diabetes only during pregnancy were not coded as having diabetes in the analyses. The analyses excluded persons with unknown diabetes status (about 0.1% of respondents each year).
10 Receipt of flu shots and receipt of nasal spray flu vaccinations were included in the calculation of flu vaccination estimates. Responses to the flu vaccination questions cannot be used to determine when the subject received the flu vaccination during the 12 months preceding the interview. In addition, estimates are subject to recall error, which will vary depending on when the question is asked because the receipt of a flu vaccination is seasonal. The analyses excluded those with unknown flu vaccination status (about 1% of respondents each year).
11 Individuals who received human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing solely as a result of blood donation were considered not to have been tested for HIV. The analyses excluded those with unknown HIV test status (about 4% of respondents each year).
12 The usual place to go for medical care does not include a hospital emergency room. The analyses excluded persons with an unknown usual place to go for medical care (about 0.6% of respondents each year).
13 A year is defined as the 12 months prior to the interview. The analyses excluded persons with unknown responses to the question on failure to obtain needed medical care due to cost (about 0.5% of respondents each year).
14 A person was defined as uninsured if he or she did not have any private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), state-sponsored or other government-sponsored health plan, or military plan at the time of the interview. A person was also defined as uninsured if he or she had only Indian Health Service coverage or had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care. The data on health insurance status were edited using an automated system based on logic checks and keyword searches. The analyses excluded persons with unknown health insurance status (about 1% of respondents each year).
DATA SOURCE: National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2008. Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population.
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