Table 13.4
Self-assessed general health, by minority ethnic group
| Aged 2-15 |
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1999 |
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| Self-assessed general
health |
Minority ethnic group
|
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|
General
population
(1997) |
| |
Black |
|
|
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|
|
| |
Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
|
| Boys |
|
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|
|
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|
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| Observed % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Very good |
47 |
42 |
46 |
27 |
44 |
54 |
56 |
| Good |
41 |
48 |
41 |
57 |
47 |
40 |
35 |
| Good/very good |
88 |
89 |
87 |
84 |
91 |
94 |
91 |
| Fair |
11 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
| Bad |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Very bad |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bad/very bad |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
| Ratios |
| Good/very good |
0.97 |
0.98 |
0.96 |
0.92 |
1.00 |
1.04 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
| Bad/very bad |
1.02 |
0.80 |
1.96 |
2.18 |
1.97 |
0.00 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.62 |
0.58 |
0.80 |
0.86 |
1.27 |
- |
|
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| Girls |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Observed % |
| Very good |
54 |
38 |
47 |
23 |
45 |
48 |
58 |
| Good |
36 |
50 |
45 |
65 |
46 |
43 |
34 |
| Good/very good |
90 |
87 |
92 |
89 |
91 |
91 |
92 |
| Fair |
9 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
8 |
| Bad |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Very bad |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bad/very bad |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
| Ratios |
| Good/very good |
0.98 |
0.95 |
1.01 |
0.97 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
| Bad/very bad |
1.68 |
0.94 |
1.95 |
2.10 |
0.00 |
1.73 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.83 |
0.74 |
0.82 |
0.89 |
- |
0.91 |
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| Bases (weighted): |
| Boys |
207 |
275 |
243 |
105 |
43 |
852 |
a |
| Girls |
217 |
209 |
245 |
98 |
42 |
894 |
a |
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| Bases (unweighted): |
| Boys |
300 |
268 |
397 |
384 |
138 |
270 |
3485 |
| Girls |
312 |
203 |
393 |
358 |
126 |
265 |
3479 |
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a The 1997 general population data are weighted according
to the weighting scheme for that year's survey. Weighted bases are not
shown because they do not follow the 1999 weighting scheme.
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Prepared 10 January 2001 |
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