Table 2.13

Self-assessed general health, by social class of head of household
within minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over				1999
Self-assessed general health	Social class of head of household
	Men		Women
	Non-		Non-
	manual	Manual	manual	Manual
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Very good	41	29	37	18
Good	43	34	39	37
Good/very good	84	62	75	55
Fair	13	27	20	31
Bad	2	8	4	9
Very bad	1	3	0	5
Bad/very bad	3	11	5	14
Indian
Very good	32	23	21	17
Good	45	44	49	44
Good/very good	78	67	71	61
Fair	14	22	22	26
Bad	8	7	6	12
Very bad	1	3	2	1
Bad/very bad	9	10	8	13
Pakistani
Very good	31	34	28	26
Good	46	36	46	38
Good/very good	77	70	73	64
Fair	13	19	18	27
Bad	8	9	8	8
Very bad	2	2	1	1
Bad/very bad	10	11	9	9
Bangladeshi
Very good	37	13	31	14
Good	29	39	40	51
Good/very good	67	52	71	65
Fair	19	29	17	25
Bad	11	14	6	9
Very bad	4	5	6	1
Bad/very bad	15	19	12	10
Chinese
Very good	34	26	33	19
Good	48	44	45	50
Good/very good	82	70	79	70
Fair	15	23	20	25
Bad	1	5	1	3
Very bad	2	2	-	2
Bad/very bad	3	7	1	6
Irish
Very good	38	26	41	22
Good	39	40	42	46
Good/very good	77	66	84	68
Fair	18	24	13	23
Bad	2	6	4	7
Very bad	3	3	0	2
Bad/very bad	4	10	4	8
General population
Very good	41	30	36	26
Good	41	39	44	44
Good/very good	82	69	81	70
Fair	15	22	15	21
Bad	3	6	3	7
Very bad	1	3	1	2
Bad/very bad	4	9	4	9
Standardised risk ratios
Good/very good
Black Caribbean	1.04	0.91	0.93	0.78
Standard error	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03
Indian	1.00	0.86	0.89	0.72
Standard error	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Pakistani	0.92	0.81	0.87	0.68
Standard error	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.03
Bangladeshi	0.78	0.65	0.75	0.68
Standard error	0.07	0.03	0.10	0.03
Chinese	1.03	0.92	1.01	0.88
Standard error	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Irish	0.98	0.84	1.08	0.92
Standard error	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03
General population	1.07	0.94	1.05	0.94
Standard error	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01
Bad/very bad
Black Caribbean	0.65	1.29	0.89	1.93
Standard error	0.31	0.24	0.25	0.28
Indian	1.55	1.97	1.47	3.12
Standard error	0.30	0.35	0.29	0.42
Pakistani	2.47	2.66	2.49	2.68
Standard error	0.54	0.41	0.59	0.48
Bangladeshi	2.82	3.64	3.57	2.75
Standard error	0.82	0.44	1.38	0.45
Chinese	0.60	1.28	0.37	1.10
Standard error	0.29	0.38	0.22	0.37
Irish	0.84	1.43	0.60	1.15
Standard error	0.27	0.27	0.17	0.22
General population	0.59	1.39	0.64	1.40
Standard error	0.09	0.15	0.08	0.14
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	110	241	219	251
Indian	262	307	283	300
Pakistani	117	212	110	197
Bangladeshi	24	100	20	92
Chinese	46	45	60	46
Irish	670	856	992	948
General population	20898	21741	26374	23917
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	169	354	325	375
Indian	295	305	323	298
Pakistani	193	378	183	354
Bangladeshi	71	401	64	384
Chinese	141	143	190	145
Irish	225	304	330	363
General population	1709	1790	2145	1962

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