Table 8. Percent of individuals whose health limits the kind or amount of work they can do by age, educational attainment, sex, race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Table 8.  Percent of individuals whose health limits the kind or amount of work they can do by age, 
educational attainment, sex, race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

				
		Characteristic						Percent of individuals				
					        Age 24	        Age 34           	Age 44			Age 56          	
					        (in 1980-1989)  (in 1990-1998) (3)	(in 2000-2009)		(in 2012-2021)
Total ...................................	3.5		4.8			10.0			21.3	
  Less than a high school diploma ....... 	5.7		5.9		        22.4			46.4	
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 	3.7		5.2		        12.1			24.9	
  Some college or associate degree ......	3.2		5.4		        10.1			21.4	
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2)....... 	3.1		3.5			 4.5			10.5	
					
Men .....................................	2.3		3.6			 7.7			19.2	
  Less than a high school diploma ....... 	2.1		5.0			18.5			41.4	
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 	2.6		4.5			10.2			22.3	
  Some college or associate degree ......	1.6		2.5			 6.6			16.7	
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2)....... 	2.6		2.7			 2.5			10.7	
 					
Women ................................... 	4.7		6.1			12.3			23.5	
  Less than a high school diploma........      11.0		7.4			27.7			53.6	
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 	5.0		6.1			14.1			27.8	
  Some college or associate degree ......	4.5		7.9			13.0			25.4	
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2).......  	3.6		4.3			 6.6			10.3	
					
White non-Hispanic ......................	3.4		4.7			 9.0			19.7	
  Less than a high school diploma .......	5.6		6.8			21.9			47.9	
  High school graduates, no college (1)..	3.6		5.1			11.1			23.0	
  Some college or associate degree ......	3.0		5.2			 9.1			20.3	
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2)....... 	3.1		3.6			 4.4			10.1	
					
Black non-Hispanic ...................... 	4.5		5.7			15.5			29.9	
  Less than a high school diploma ....... 	7.8		4.7			27.9			50.9	
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 	4.1		5.5			16.7			33.6	
  Some college or associate degree ......	4.5		7.1			15.4			26.3	
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2).......	3.9		4.1			 6.0			15.8	
					
Hispanic or Latino ......................	2.6		3.8			10.6			23.0	
  Less than a high school diploma ....... 	3.4		3.8			17.0			34.7	
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 	3.2		5.3			12.1			24.8	
  Some college or associate degree ...... 	1.7		3.5			 8.2			22.6	
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2).......  	2.2		0.5			 4.3			 5.8	
					
  (1) Includes individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent.					
  (2) Includes individuals with bachelor's, master's, professional, or doctoral degrees.					
  (3) Interviews were not conducted in 1999.					
Note: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 consists of men and women who were born in the years 1957-64 and were ages 14 to 22 when first interviewed in 1979.  
These individuals were ages 55 to 64 in 2020-21.  Educational attainment is determined as of the 2020-21 survey.  Health limit is determined for the interview date in 
which the respondent first turned age 24, age 34, age 44, or age 56.  If not interviewed at that age, then health limit is determined using data from the prior age.  
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity groups are mutually exclusive but not exhaustive.  Other race groups, which are included in the overall totals, are not shown 
separately because their representation in the survey sample is not sufficiently large to provide statistically reliable estimates.