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Self-Reported Health Status and Utilization Worry About Paying Rent or Mortgage Yes (n = 28,704) No (n = 199,427) P Value n % n % Number of Chronic Conditions 0 910 30.8 10,984 43.5 <.001 1 919 27.7 8,620 26 .6397 2 or more 1,973 41.5 12,312 30.4 <.001 Health services utilization Deferred care due to cost 11,009 42.8 14,899 10.2 <.001 Had a routine check-up within past year 18,821 64.0 148,768 73.8 <.001 No usual source of care 6,168 29.0 26,682 19.4 <.001 Self-reported health (mean number of days in last month) Poor physical health 8.6 3.9 <.001 Poor mental health 9.5 2.6 <.001 Poor overall health 8.0 3.3 <.001 Source: Author analysis of 2011 to 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) data. Between 2011 to 2015, 23 states implemented the Social Context Module that included this question. BRFSS asks about self-reported health by determining the responses to three questions that inquire about the specific number of days within the past month that physical, mental, and overall health were not good.
Characteristic Worry About Paying Rent or Mortgage In sample (n = 228,131) Not in sample (n = 2,151,916) P Value N % N % Sex Male 91,362 47.7 880,370 48.7 .2232 Female 136,769 52.3 1271546 51.3 <.001 Age 18–24 years 8,676 9.8 114,874 13.2 <.001 25–34 years 21,207 15.9 212,688 17.5 <.001 35–44 years 28,776 17.6 262,639 16.7 <.001 45–54 years 40,465 19.4 368,741 17.9 <.001 55–64 years 52,992 17.8 482,443 16.1 <.001 65 and over 76,015 19.5 710,531 18.6 <.001 Education Less than 12 years 18,415 14.1 183,753 14.9 <.001 Completed 12 years 64,801 28.9 621,592 28.4 .0188 Some college or technical school (<3 years) 62,426 30.9 582,443 30.4 .0143 College (4 years or more) 82,099 26.1 752,855 25.6 <.001 Income Less than 15k 20,692 9.4 220,649 11.3 <.001 Greater than 15k and less than 25k 34,117 15.9 323,625 15.3 <.001 Greater than 25 - less than 50k 52,042 22.5 474795 21.0 <.001 Greater than 50k 91,179 39.4 800,336 37.3 <.001 Race Non-Hispanic white 174,985 68.9 1,648,547 63.0 <.001 Non-Hispanic black 26,239 17.2 163,025 10.9 <.001 Non-Hispanic other 13,076 5.4 134,593 7.7 <.001 Hispanic 11,268 7.5 172,007 16.8 <.001 Marital status Married 124,472 55.1 1,125,375 50.0 <.001 Divorced 31,600 11.1 299,008 10.6 <.001 Widowed 30,719 7.1 286,431 6.8 <.001 Separated 4,781 2.5 45,466 2.6 <.001 Never married 30,718 20.3 322,395 24.6 <.001 Unmarried, with partner 5,049 3.6 57,921 4.7 <.001 Number of children 0 166,876 63.0 1,570,583 62.1 <.001 1 24,293 15.1 231,474 15.3 .2636 2 21,931 13.2 204,959 13.2 .829 3 9,438 5.6 87,057 5.7 .2745 4 or more 4,909 2.8 45,144 3.0 .1448 Family size 1 60,641 13.6 558,283 12.7 <.001 2 75,663 27.8 709,384 25.2 <.001 3 23,957 13.8 234,100 13.7 .4744 4 20,564 12.9 198,828 13.2 .0341 5 9,742 6.3 94,870 6.9 <.001 6 or more 6,139 4.4 63,050 5.4 <.001 Reported health status Excellent 39,008 17.7 377,213 19.0 <.001 Very good 75,266 32.4 693,445 31.5 <.001 Good 70,194 31.3 660,926 31.2 .4132 Fair 30,354 13.3 291,987 13.2 .4565 Poor 12,766 5.0 120,394 4.8 .0016 Missing 543 0.3 7,951 0.4 Number of chronic conditions 0 82,846 41.5 821,662 43.0 <.001 1 63,801 26.3 601,230 25.8 <.001 2 or more 75,064 32.2 661,783 31.2 <.001 High cost 25,908 15.3 250,507 15.4 <.001 Routine check-up 167,589 72.3 1,558,547 69.4 <.001 No USC 32,850 20.9 324,193 22.6 <.001 Source: Author analysis of 2011 to 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). Between 2011 to 2015, 23 states implemented the Social Context Module that included this question.
Characteristic Worry About Paying Rent or Mortgage Yes (n = 28,704) No (n = 199,427) P Value n % n % Sex Male 9,996 42.7 81,366 48.6 <.001 Female 18,708 57.3 118,061 51.4 Age 18–24 years 1,435 10.4 7,241 9.7 <.1346 25–34 years 3,622 18.9 17,585 15.4 <.001 35–44 years 4,891 21.3 23,885 16.9 <.001 45–54 years 6,845 23.4 33,620 18.7 <.001 55–64 years 6,868 16.6 46,124 18.0 <.001 65 and over 5,043 9.5 70,972 21.3 <.001 Education Less than 12 years 4,423 24.0 13,992 12.2 <.001 Completed 12 years 9,983 32.6 54,818 28.2 <.001 Some college or technical school (<3 years) 8,700 31.1 53,726 30.8 .6321 College (4 years or more) 5,543 12.1 76,556 28.6 <.001 Income Less than 15k 7,197 23.9 13,495 6.7 <.001 Greater than 15k and less than 25k 7,817 28.0 26,300 13.7 <.001 Greater than 25k and less than 50k 6,262 21.1 45,780 22.7 <.001 Greater than 50k 4,240 15.1 86,939 43.8 <.001 Race Non-Hispanic white 19,071 61.6 155,914 70.2 <.001 Non-Hispanic black 4,972 22.5 21,267 16.3 <.001 Non-Hispanic other 2,228 6.0 10,848 5.3 .0043 Hispanic 2,059 9.0 9,209 7.2 <.001 Marital status Married 11,106 40.3 113,366 57.8 <.001 Divorced 6,576 17.4 25,024 9.9 <.001 Widowed 3,041 6.0 27,678 7.4 <.001 Separated 1,549 5.7 3,232 1.9 <.001 Never married 5,334 25.2 25,384 19.4 <.001 Unmarried, with partner 985 5.0 4,064 3.4 <.001 Number of children 0 18,241 55.1 148,635 64.4 <.001 1 4,293 18.6 20,000 14.5 <.001 2 3,511 15.4 18,420 12.8 <.001 3 1,601 6.8 7,837 5.3 <.001 4 or more 969 3.8 3,940 2.7 <.001 Reported health status Excellent 2,278 8.7 36,730 19.3 <.001 Very good 5,675 20.4 69,591 34.7 <.001 Good 9,100 32.8 61,094 31.1 <.001 Fair 7,042 24.2 23,312 11.3 <.001 Poor 4,490 13.5 8,276 3.5 <.001 Source: Author analysis of 2011 to 2015 BRFSS. Between 2011 and 2015, 23 states implemented the Social Context Module that included this question.
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