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Weight Control
Are you now trying to lose weight?
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
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All Adults |
11286 |
43.2 |
42.1-44.3 |
56.8 |
55.7-57.9 |
Weight loss by Age
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Age Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
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C.I.
|
18-24 |
560 |
36.8 |
32.3-41.4 |
63.2 |
58.6-67.7 |
25-34 |
1561 |
36.9 |
34.2-39.7 |
63.0 |
60.3-65.8 |
35-44 |
2443 |
45.2 |
43.0-47.5 |
54.8 |
52.5-57.0 |
45-54 |
2357 |
49.1 |
46.6-51.5 |
50.9 |
48.5-53.4 |
55-64 |
1698 |
52.4 |
49.6-55.3 |
47.5 |
44.7-50.4 |
65+ |
2474 |
37.7 |
35.5-39.9 |
62.3 |
60.1-64.5 |
Weight loss by Sex
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Gender Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Male |
4499 |
36.3 |
34.6-38.0 |
63.7 |
62.0-65.4 |
Female |
6787 |
49.5 |
48.1-51.0 |
50.5 |
49.0-51.9 |
Weight loss by Income
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Income Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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< $15,000 |
710 |
44.8 |
40.0-49.6 |
55.2 |
50.4-60.0 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1434 |
40.5 |
37.3-43.7 |
59.5 |
56.3-62.7 |
$25,000-34,999 |
1003 |
41.6 |
37.9-45.3 |
58.4 |
54.7-62.1 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1461 |
42.8 |
39.8-45.7 |
57.3 |
54.2-60.3 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1654 |
47.9 |
45.1-50.7 |
52.1 |
49.3-54.9 |
$75,000+ |
3393 |
44.7 |
42.8-46.7 |
55.3 |
53.3-57.2 |
Weight loss by Education
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Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Less than H.S. |
886 |
38.8 |
34.8-42.8 |
61.2 |
57.2-65.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3082 |
43.3 |
41.2-45.4 |
56.7 |
54.6-58.8 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2634 |
45.9 |
43.5-48.2 |
54.1 |
51.8-56.5 |
College Graduate |
4642 |
42.7 |
41.1-44.4 |
57.3 |
55.6-58.9 |
Weight loss by Race/Ethnicity
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Racial/ Ethnic Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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White/Non-Hispanic |
8516 |
44.2 |
42.9-45.4 |
55.8 |
54.6-57.1 |
Black or African American/Non-Hispanic |
1028 |
41.8 |
38.2-45.4 |
58.2 |
54.6-61.8 |
Other Race/Non-Hispanic |
534 |
34.8 |
30.1-39.5 |
65.2 |
60.5-69.9 |
Multiracial/Non-Hispanic |
61 |
43.5 |
28.9-58.1 |
56.5 |
41.9-71.1 |
Hispanic |
995 |
44.4 |
40.7-48.0 |
55.6 |
52.0-59.3 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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