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Volume
2:
No. 3, July 2005
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
Tracking Healthy Days — A Window on the Health of Older Adults
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Days |
| Women |
Men |
| Low SES |
10.1 |
8.8 |
| Middle SES |
6.4 |
5.3 |
| High SES |
4.0 |
3.5 |
Figure.
Mean number of unhealthy days among adults aged ≥65 years by level of socioeconomic status (SES) and sex, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003. Low SES:
those without a high school diploma or with annual household income of <$15,000. High SES:
those with a college degree and with annual household income of ≥$50,000. Middle SES:
all other respondents.
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