Table 9. 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 9.  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 27 	      	             Age 37 
					   	 (in 2007-2012)(3)  		(in 2016(*)-2022) 
          	         		
Total ...................................	 	 6.6				9.1
  Less than a high school diploma ....... 		20.2			       22.6
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 		 8.8			       11.8
  Some college or associate degree ......	 	 6.6				9.7
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2)....... 		 2.8				4.5
					
Men .....................................	 	 5.8				7.1
  Less than a high school diploma ....... 		13.6			       14.3
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 		 8.0				8.5
  Some college or associate degree ......	 	 5.6				8.3
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2)....... 		 2.5				3.0
					
Women ................................... 		 7.4			       11.1
  Less than a high school diploma........ 		28.2			       31.9
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 		10.1			       16.7
  Some college or associate degree ......	 	 7.6			       11.1
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2).......  		 3.0				5.7
					
White non-Hispanic ......................	 	 6.5				8.8
  Less than a high school diploma .......		21.9			       25.4
  High school graduates, no college (1)..	 	 7.9			       11.9
  Some college or associate degree ......	 	 7.3				9.6
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2)....... 		 2.9				4.6
					
Black non-Hispanic ...................... 		 8.0			       11.5
  Less than a high school diploma ....... 		21.7			       24.5
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 		10.5			       12.3
  Some college or associate degree ......	 	 6.1			       12.4
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2).......	 	 3.5				4.1
					
Hispanic or Latino ......................	 	 6.3				7.3
  Less than a high school diploma ....... 		13.1			       11.9
  High school graduates, no college (1).. 		 9.7			       11.8
  Some college or associate degree ...... 		 4.2				5.1
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2).......  		 2.6				3.7
	
					
  (1) Includes individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent (General Education Development (GED)) credential.
  (2) Includes individuals with bachelor's, master's, professional, or doctoral degrees.
  (3) In 2007, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 began asking respondents whether health limits the kind or amount of work they can do.
NOTE: This table excludes individuals who had not yet turned Age 37 when interviewed in 2021-22. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 
consists of young men and women who were ages 12 to 16 on December 31, 1996. 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. Educational attainment is determined during the month of the respondent's 37th 
birthday. (*)Health limit is determined for the interview date in which the respondent first turned Age 27 or Age 37. If not interviewed at that age, then 
health limit is determined using data from the prior age.