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Table 6
Percent of Each Specific Group WHO BELIEVE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS ARE GOOD FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING


  

NATIONAL                                        52%
   By gender:
      Men                                       51%
      Women                                     53%
   By age:
      18-29                                     56%
      30-49                                     53%
      50-64                                     54%
      65+                                       43%
   By race/ethnicity:
      White (non-Hisp)                          53%
      Black (non-Hisp)                          40%
      Hispanic                                  57%
   By HH income:
      <$20K                                     54%
      $20-29.9K                                 56%
      $30-49.9K                                 53%
      $50-74.9K                                 58%
      $75K+                                     45%
   By education:
      <HS Grad                                  46%
      HS Grad                                   50%
      Some college                              59%
      College Grad                              53%
   By region:
      East                                      54%
      MW                                        51%
      South                                     49%
      West                                      56%
   By urban/rural:
      Urban                                     49%
      Suburban                                  52%
      Rural                                     56%
   By party ID:     
      Republican                                54%
      Democrat                                  48%
      Independent                               54%
   By use of supplements:
      Regular                                   85%
      Sometimes                                 76%
      Hardly ever/Never                         38%


Source: NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation/Kennedy School of Government Survey of Americans on Dietary Supplements, February 1999