This survey illustrates the satisfaction with ones own health in the United States as of August 2012, based on income. In 2012, 44 percent of the U.S. citizens with an upper income stated they have an excellent health, whereas only 19 percent of the people with a lower income said the same.
Americans - How would you assess your own health - excellent, good, or only fair or poor?
(by social class, 2012)
Percentages may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The source does not provide the exact wording of the question, the phrasing shown here can therefore differ from the original.
Based on adults who identified themselves as
“upper”or “upper-middle”class (n=507); “middle class” (n=1,287);and “lower”or “lower-middle” class (n=670).
“Don’tknow/Refused” responses not shown.
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Pew Research Center. (August 27, 2012). Americans - How would you assess your own health - excellent, good, or only fair or poor? (by social class, 2012) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241887/health-gap-in-the-united-states-upper-middle-and-lower-income-people/
Pew Research Center. "Americans - How would you assess your own health - excellent, good, or only fair or poor? (by social class, 2012)." Chart. August 27, 2012. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241887/health-gap-in-the-united-states-upper-middle-and-lower-income-people/
Pew Research Center. (2012). Americans - How would you assess your own health - excellent, good, or only fair or poor? (by social class, 2012). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241887/health-gap-in-the-united-states-upper-middle-and-lower-income-people/
Pew Research Center. "Americans - How Would You Assess Your Own Health - Excellent, Good, or Only Fair or Poor? (by Social Class, 2012)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241887/health-gap-in-the-united-states-upper-middle-and-lower-income-people/
Pew Research Center, Americans - How would you assess your own health - excellent, good, or only fair or poor? (by social class, 2012) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241887/health-gap-in-the-united-states-upper-middle-and-lower-income-people/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Americans - How would you assess your own health - excellent, good, or only fair or poor? (by social class, 2012) [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 27, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241887/health-gap-in-the-united-states-upper-middle-and-lower-income-people/
