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Weight Control
Are you using physical activity or exercise to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?
Denominator excludes respondents not trying to lose or maintain weight, respondents 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
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C.I.
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All Adults |
9076 |
66.7 |
65.5-67.9 |
33.3 |
32.1-34.5 |
Means of weight loss by Age
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Age Group
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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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18-24 |
395 |
75.1 |
70.2-79.9 |
24.9 |
20.1-29.8 |
25-34 |
1217 |
72.2 |
69.1-75.2 |
27.8 |
24.8-30.9 |
35-44 |
1983 |
70.0 |
67.6-72.4 |
30.0 |
27.6-32.3 |
45-54 |
1990 |
66.5 |
64.0-69.0 |
33.5 |
31.0-36.0 |
55-64 |
1439 |
66.9 |
64.1-69.8 |
33.1 |
30.2-35.9 |
65+ |
1897 |
52.4 |
49.8-55.0 |
47.6 |
45.0-50.2 |
Means of 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 |
3393 |
68.5 |
66.6-70.3 |
31.5 |
29.7-33.4 |
Female |
5683 |
65.3 |
63.8-66.7 |
34.7 |
33.3-36.2 |
Means of 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 |
533 |
50.3 |
44.7-55.8 |
49.7 |
44.2-55.3 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1096 |
55.4 |
51.7-59.0 |
44.6 |
41.0-48.3 |
$25,000-34,999 |
782 |
60.6 |
56.5-64.7 |
39.4 |
35.3-43.5 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1153 |
66.1 |
62.8-69.3 |
33.9 |
30.7-37.2 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1377 |
71.0 |
68.2-73.8 |
29.0 |
26.2-31.8 |
$75,000+ |
2874 |
76.0 |
74.3-77.8 |
23.9 |
22.2-25.7 |
Means of 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. |
659 |
49.3 |
44.5-54.1 |
50.7 |
45.9-55.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
2393 |
60.3 |
57.9-62.6 |
39.7 |
37.4-42.1 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2108 |
69.3 |
66.9-71.6 |
30.8 |
28.4-33.1 |
College Graduate |
3882 |
73.6 |
72.0-75.3 |
26.3 |
24.7-28.0 |
Means of 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
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6943 |
68.4 |
67.2-69.7 |
31.5 |
30.3-32.8 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
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777 |
68.6 |
64.7-72.5 |
31.4 |
27.5-35.3 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
396 |
66.5 |
61.2-71.8 |
33.5 |
28.2-38.8 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
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48 |
62.0 |
45.7-78.2 |
38.0 |
21.8-54.3 |
Hispanic |
804 |
57.0 |
53.0-61.0 |
43.0 |
39.0-47.0 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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