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Injury Module

Risk Factor 1: At Risk for Not Always Wearing a Seat Belt

Respondents Who Reported Not Always Wearing a Seat Belt, 2002

Characteristics

# of
Respondents

# Not Always Wearing a Seat Selt

Percent of Respondents Not Always a Wearing Seat A Belt

% Confidence Interval

Total

2991

1366

47.6

45.5-49.6

 

 

 

 

 

Age Group (years)

18 – 24

303

147

50.4

43.6-57.1

25 – 34

392

178

46.7

40.9-52.6

35 – 44

617

299

48.9

44.7-53.2

45 – 54

603

287

48.3

43.9-52.6

55 – 64

413

191

49.3

44.0-54.6

65+

642

257

43.1

38.7-47.4

 

 

 

 

 

Sex

Male

1261

731

57.6

54.4-60.8

Female

1730

635

37.9

35.3-40.5

 

 

 

 

 

Race

White

2773

1264

47.2

45.0-49.3

Amer. Indian

87

44

59.0

46.8-71.2

Other

101

46

47.9

36.9-59.0

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Less than H.S.

296

151

54.3

47.7-60.8

H.S. Grad

929

442

48.5

44.6-52.3

Some College

936

464

51.5

47.9-55.2

College Grad

824

305

39.3

35.6-43.0

 

 

 

 

 

Household Income

$0 – 14,999

344

156

48.0

41.8-54.2

$15,000 – 24,999

551

247

47.0

42.4-51.8

$25,000 – 49,999

974

504

53.3

49.8-56.8

$50,000 – 74,999

453

194

43.7

38.9-48.6

$75,000+

313

124

39.9

34.0-45.9

 

 

 

 

 

Marital Status

Married

1731

766

45.4

42.9-47.9

Divorced

340

150

45.7

39.7-51.6

Widowed

329

125

39.8

33.6-46.1

Separated

32

19

62.1

42.8-81.3

Never Married

505

278

56.5

50.9-62.1

Member of Unmarried Couple

45

24

54.6

38.5-70.7

 

 

 

 

 

Employment

Employed

1971

973

51.0

48.6-53.5

Not Employed

70

34

47.6

33.7-61.6

Student/Homeworker

331

118

38.7

31.9-45.4

Retired/Unable to Work

614

239

41.0

36.7-45.4

 

 

 

 

 

Health Plan

Health Coverage

2724

1221

46.8

44.6-48.9

Don’t Have Coverage

254

139

55.5

48.6-62.5

 

 

 

 

 

Other variables
Disability

Yes

547

262

48.7

44.1-53.3

No

2346

1059

47.3

45.0-49.6


Respondents Who Reported Not Always Wearing a Seat Belt, 2002, 1996-2002

Characteristics

# of
Respondents

# Not Wearing a Seat Belt

Percent of respondents who are not Wearing Seat a Belt

% Confidence Interval

Total

4791

2412

53.5

51.9-55.1

 

Race

White

4562

2305

53.7

52.1-55.4

Amer. Indian

151

75

53.1

43.8-62.4

Other

65

25

39.0

24.4-53.7


Table Type

Percentage with risk factor

Definition:

 At Risk for Not Always Wearing a Seat Belt: Respondents Who Reported Not Always Wearing a Seat Belt, 2002

Denominator:

All respondents

 Abbreviations:

# at risk = Number within subpopulation with the risk factor

 

Percent at risk = Percentage of subpopulation with the risk factor

 

% Confidence interval = 95% confidence interval

Distribution Table: Table showing characteristics of all persons with the risk factor

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