Table 3 Adjusted proportions of global life satisfaction, global happiness, and domain-specific life satisfaction by demographic characteristics, chronic health condition status, select behavioral risk factors, and state—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Washington, 2010

N

18,489

18,530

9,696

18,442

18,396

Overall

94.6 (93.9, 95.2)

88.6 (87.7, 89.4)

87.7 (86.6, 88.8)

92.8 (92, 93.5)

88.8 (88.0, 89.6)

Gender

Male

94.3 (93.1, 95.3)

87.6 (86.1, 88.9)

86.6 (84.8, 88.2)

93.2 (92.0, 94.3)

88.8 (87.5, 90.1)

Female

94.9 (94.0, 95.7)

89.5 (88.4, 90.5)

89.1 (87.6, 90.4)

92.4 (91.2, 93.5)

88.8 (87.6, 89.8)

Age

18–24

94.6 (91.1, 96.7)

90.4 (86.3, 93.4)

88.9 (82.4, 93.2)

87.4 (79.3, 92.6)

87.5 (81.1, 92.0)

25–34

93.7 (91.2, 95.6)

87.7 (84.9, 90.1)

84.6 (80.9, 87.7)

89.2 (86.3, 91.5)

86.8 (84.1, 89.1)

35–44

93.7 (92.0, 95.0)

87.4 (85.4, 89.2)

86.0 (83.6, 88.1)

91.8 (90.0, 93.3)

86.1 (84.0, 87.9)

45–54

94.2 (93.0, 95.1)

86.3 (84.6, 87.8)

87.6 (85.7, 89.2)

93.8 (92.6, 94.9)

88.9 (87.3, 90.3)

55–64

95.0 (94.2, 95.8)

88.6 (87.2, 89.8)

90.4 (88.8, 91.7)

95.6 (94.8, 96.4)

91.3 (90.0, 92.3)

65–74

96.3 (95.1, 97.2)

91.6 (90.0, 93.0)

94.4 (92.3, 96.0)

96.2 (94.9, 97.1)

92.2 (90.4, 93.7)

75 or older

96.9 (95.4, 97.9)

92.0 (89.9, 93.7)

98.3 (96.6, 99.2)

96.8 (95.2, 97.9)

92.7 (90.5, 94.4)

Race/ethnicity

White

94.7 (94.0, 95.4)

88.6 (87.7, 89.5)

87.8 (86.6, 89.0)

92.8 (91.9, 93.6)

89.0 (88.0, 89.8)

Black

92.2 (85.1, 96.1)

82.2 (73.5, 88.5)

75.1 (63.0, 84.2)

91.4 (84.5, 95.4)

84.3 (74.0, 91.0)

Hispanic

95.1 (91.4, 97.3)

90.1 (86.4, 92.9)

85.7 (78.3, 90.9)

91.9 (87.7, 94.7)

87.7 (83.7, 90.9)

Asian/Pacific Islander

94.9 (89.8, 97.5)

90.3 (85.6, 93.5)

92.7 (86.6, 96.1)

95.0 (90.7, 97.4)

90.1 (84.2, 93.9)

American Indian/Alaskan Native

91.5 (84.3, 95.6)

86.5 (78.4, 91.9)

87.7 (75.1, 94.4)

93.4 (86.8, 96.8)

89.0 (81.6, 93.6)

Other

92.6 (84.8, 96.5)

83.5 (74.0, 90.1)

88.0 (70.9, 95.7)

95.8 (90.2, 98.2)

90.2 (81.3, 95.1)

Education

Less than high school

96.7 (94.9, 97.9)

86.9 (83.1, 90.0)

94.1 (90.3, 96.5)

91.4 (87.8, 94.0)

69.5 (63.3, 75.1)

High school graduate

95.0 (93.7, 96.0)

88.4 (86.7, 89.8)

88.9 (86.5, 90.9)

92.7 (91.2, 94.0)

85.3 (83.4, 87.0)

More than high school

94.1 (93.2, 94.9)

88.9 (87.8, 89.9)

86.7 (85.2, 88.1)

93.0 (92.0, 93.9)

92.0 (91.1, 92.9)

Marital status

Married/living with partner

96.1 (95.3, 96.7)

91.2 (90.3, 92.1)

88.6 (87.3, 89.9)

92.4 (91.2, 93.5)

88.6 (87.4, 89.7)

Divorced/septed

92.1 (90.0, 93.8)

82.9 (80.3, 85.2)

87.0 (83.3, 90.0)

92.2 (90.1, 93.9)

86.1 (83.6, 88.3)

Widowed

93.1 (90.1, 95.3)

84.1 (80.5, 87.1)

87.9 (82.5, 91.9)

93.1 (90.3, 95.1)

89.8 (87.2, 91.9)

Never married

93.2 (91.3, 94.6)

85.2 (82.4, 87.6)

84.1 (80.1, 87.5)

94.1 (91.5, 96.0)

91.1 (88.5, 93.2)

Employment status

Employed

95.9 (94.8, 96.7)

90.1 (88.9, 91.1)

--

92.6 (91.6, 93.5)

89.1 (87.9, 90.1)

Unemployed/unable to Work

90.8 (88.7, 92.5)

82.1 (79.2, 84.6)

--

92.0 (89.7, 93.9)

85.2 (82.3, 87.6)

Retired

96.6 (95.6, 97.3)

91.8 (90.2, 93.2)

--

94.6 (92.8, 96.0)

91.7 (89.7, 93.3)

Homemaker/student

94.6 (91.8, 96.5)

87.8 (84.3, 90.5)

--

93.1 (90.1, 95.2)

89.6 (86.6, 91.9)

Income

< $15,000

91.0 (87.2, 93.8)

83.2 (79.1, 86.6)

76.0 (66.7, 83.4)

90.5 (87.3, 93.0)

87.8 (84.2, 90.7)

$15,000–$19,999

90.6 (86.8, 93.4)

83.3 (79.0, 86.8)

78.1 (67.6, 85.9)

90.0 (85.6, 93.1)

84.5 (80.4, 87.8)

$20,000–$24,999

93.0 (90.2, 95.1)

85.1 (82.0, 87.7)

84.6 (78.6, 89.1)

89.4 (85.6, 92.3)

87.1 (84.3, 89.5)

$25,000–$34,999

93.4 (91.2, 95.1)

87.9 (85.4, 90.1)

83.0 (78.2, 87.0)

91.7 (88.9, 93.8)

87.2 (84.7, 89.4)

$35,000–$49,999

94.7 (92.9, 96.1)

88.3 (85.9, 90.3)

85.2 (82.0, 88.0)

92.7 (90.7, 94.4)

87.3 (85.2, 89.1)

$50,000–$74,999

96.3 (94.9, 97.3)

90.3 (88.3, 92.0)

87.1 (84.3, 89.4)

93.4 (91.5, 94.8)

89.2 (87.1, 91.0)

≥ $75,000

97.5 (96.4, 98.3)

92.5 (90.9, 93.8)

91.6 (90.1, 93.0)

94.8 (93.3, 96.0)

91.8 (89.9, 93.4)

Disability Status

Yes

91.0 (89.2, 92.5)

83.3 (81.4, 85.1)

82.1 (79.1, 84.7)

90.1 (88.1, 91.8)

85.2 (83.3, 86.9)

No

96.5 (95.7, 97.1)

91.0 (90.0, 91.9)

89.0 (87.7, 90.1)

93.8 (92.9, 94.5)

90.2 (89.3, 91.1)

Veteran

Yes

94.5 (91.9, 96.3)

88.9 (86.7, 90.8)

86.8 (82.9, 89.8)

92.4 (90.1, 94.3)

88.5 (86.2, 90.5)

No

94.7 (93.9, 95.3)

88.5 (87.6, 89.4)

87.8 (86.6, 88.9)

92.9 (92.0, 93.6)

88.9 (87.9, 89.7)

Chronic health condition

Yes

94.3 (93.0, 95.4)

88.1 (86.6, 89.6)

86.5 (83.9, 88.8)

92.0 (90.3, 93.3)

89.3 (87.7, 90.6)

No

94.8 (94.0, 95.5)

88.8 (87.7, 89.7)

88.0 (86.8, 89.2)

93.1 (92.2, 94.0)

88.6 (87.6, 89.6)

Exercise in past 30 days

Yes

95.1 (94.3, 95.8)

89.6 (88.6, 90.4)

87.8 (86.6, 89.0)

92.6 (91.7, 93.4)

89.3 (88.4, 90.2)

No

93.2 (91.9, 94.3)

84.9 (83.0, 86.7)

87.2 (84.3, 89.6)

93.6 (92.0, 94.8)

87.1 (85.1, 88.8)

Current smoker

Yes

92.4 (90.4, 94.0)

84.6 (82.2, 86.7)

84.6 (81.2, 87.5)

89.8 (87.2, 91.9)

84.9 (82.5, 87.0)

No

95.3 (94.6, 96.0)

89.6 (88.7, 90.5)

88.3 (87.1, 89.4)

93.5 (92.7, 94.2)

89.8 (88.9, 90.7)

Obesity

Normal/underweight

93.2 (91.8, 94.4)

88.4 (86.9, 89.7)

87.5 (85.6, 89.2)

93.1 (91.8, 94.2)

88.8 (87.4, 90.1)

Overweight

95.5 (94.7, 96.2)

89.5 (88.2, 90.7)

87.6 (85.7, 89.3)

92.5 (90.9, 93.8)

89.0 (87.4, 90.4)

Obese

95.2 (94.1, 96.1)

87.8 (86.1, 89.3)

88.1 (86.0, 90.0)

92.8 (91.4, 94.0)

88.6 (87.2, 89.9)

State

New Hampshire

94.3 (92.8, 95.6)

86.9 (85.0, 88.6)

84.5 (82.1, 86.5)

93.7 (92.2, 95.0)

89.4 (87.7, 90.9)

Oregon

94.8 (93.0, 96.3)

87.6 (85.3, 89.6)

86.2 (82.4, 89.3)

92.3 (89.8, 94.2)

89.4 (86.9, 91.4)

Washington

94.6 (93.9, 95.2)

89.2 (88.2, 90.0)

88.9 (87.6, 90.0)

92.9 (92.0, 93.6)

88.6 (87.6, 89.4)