Marital Status, the Economic Benefits of Marriage, and Days of Inactivity due to Poor Health

Table 1

Weighted means or percentages by marital status: national health and nutrition examination surveys, 2001–2006.

	Married	Widowed	Divorced/separated	Never married	Cohabiting	Total
Overall, number	7338	1319	1615	2550	856	13678
%	59	6	12	16	7	100
Age, %
20–39	32	2	24	78	66	39
40–64	52	22	63	19	32	45
65+	15	76	13	3	2	16
Female, %	49	82	59	46	46	52
Race/ethnicity, %
Non-Hispanic White	78	78	70	61	69	77
Non-Hispanic Black	7	12	16	19	14	13
Hispanic	11	6	10	14	13	14
Other ethnicity	5	5	4	6	4	5
Household size, number	3.2	1.7	2.2	2.8	2.9	2.9
Education, %
<High school	15	31	18	18	21	19
High school	25	34	29	23	27	27
>High school	60	35	53	59	52	59
Current smoker, %	16	15	30	27	34	23
Obese, %	33	33	36	28	26	34
Usual source of care, %	90	95	85	74	72	87
Any health insurance, %	87	93	79	70	66	84
Family income/poverty ratio, %
0–0.99	7	16	18	20	22	13
1–3.99	48	66	55	52	52	53
4-5	45	18	27	27	26	39
Days of inactivity due to poor physical or mental health, number	1.4	1.8	2.5	1.7	1.9	1.6