Percentage of Adults Who Reported Watching TV, Video Tapes or DVDs
4 or More Hours Per Non-Work Day

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 663 29.4 2.7 24.0 34.7
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 276 33.2 1.6 30.0 36.4
Female 387 25.7 3.5 18.8 32.6
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 55 39.4 6.2 27.2 51.5
25-34 years 116 25.7 3.9 18.2 33.3
35-44 years 126 26.9 3.8 19.5 34.3
45-54 years 142 27.4 6.4 14.9 40.0
55-64 years 94 21.2 2.9 15.5 27.0
65+ years 126 35.3 3.1 29.2 41.3
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 223 27.3 4.0 19.4 35.1
Non-Hispanic 440 29.6 3.2 23.3 35.8
RACE . . . . .
White Only 198 27.2 3.2 20.9 33.5
Black Only 274 45.1 3.1 39.0 51.2
Other Race Only 167 31.9 6.7 18.8 45.0
More than One Race 20 47.3 9.9 27.8 66.8
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 138 38.7 3.8 31.3 46.0
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 240 37.5 2.6 32.4 42.5
Some College 173 29.2 6.5 16.4 42.0
College Graduate 109 19.3 3.2 13.0 25.6
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 79 24.9 4.6 16.0 33.9
$15,000 - $24,999 196 42.6 3.1 36.5 48.8
$25,000 - $34,999 136 35.6 2.7 30.4 40.9
$35,000 - $49,999 82 30.2 3.9 22.5 38.0
$50,000+ 114 17.7 2.6 12.7 22.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 375 24.5 4.9 14.8 34.2
Out of Work 37 62.1 11.0 40.4 83.7
Homemaker / Student 59 20.4 4.6 11.4 29.5
Retired 137 36.2 2.8 30.7 41.6
Unable to Work 53 46.6 9.4 28.2 65.0
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 129 33.0 1.7 29.7 36.4
1-19 Hours 24 33.5 26.3 0.0 85.2
20-39 Hours 68 30.4 5.6 19.5 41.3
40 + Hours 300 22.9 3.5 16.0 29.8
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 352 27.2 2.4 22.5 31.9
Divorced / Separated 122 22.8 5.0 12.9 32.6
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 16 12.7 5.9 1.1 24.3
Rural 36 32.0 5.9 20.5 43.5
Densely-settled Rural 83 31.2 2.7 25.9 36.5
Semi-urban 67 26.9 2.3 22.5 31.3
Urban 454 30.1 3.7 22.8 37.4
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 188 41.9 1.0 39.9 43.9
Excellent to Good 475 26.7 3.3 20.2 33.2
DIABETES STATUS . . . . .
Has Diabetes 102 57.4 7.9 41.9 72.8
No Diabetes 561 27.1 3.7 20.0 34.3
HYPERTENSION STATUS . . . . .
Hypertension 256 43.3 2.4 38.7 47.9
No Hypertension 406 23.1 3.4 16.5 29.7
MENTAL HEALTH INDICATOR . . . . .
14+ days mental health not good 89 37.8 8.4 21.3 54.2
<14 days mental health not good 571 28.9 2.4 24.3 33.6
WEIGHT CATEGORY . . . . .
Normal or Underweight (BMI <25) 175 24.7 3.5 17.9 31.6
Overweight (25 <= BMI < 30) 205 25.7 2.4 21.0 30.4
Obese (BMI >= 30) 227 41.6 4.2 33.4 49.7
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . . . .
Meets Recommendation 209 25.9 2.2 21.6 30.2
Insufficient 286 30.1 4.0 22.2 38.0
No Activity 156 42.1 3.9 34.4 49.7

Numerator: Respondents reporting they watch 4 or more hours of
tv, video tapes or DVDs on a typical (non-work) day.
Denominator: All respondents, excluding unknowns and refusals.