R22 Health Conversion Card

Your cohort’s health
over 20 years
2001

70%

rated their health as
very good or excellent.
About 6% reported
fair or poor health.

2021

What are your health and
wellness experiences?
It’s a fact of life that our health becomes increasingly more complex
as we age. Lately, you might be making health a bigger priority — for
general wellness, prevention, or managing a persistent illness or injury.
The NLSY97 interview asks about factors related to your health,
such as whether your employer provides health insurance, how often
you have felt depressed, and how stressful your job is. By sharing
your insights and experiences, you allow researchers to learn about
wellness experiences for your generation, and you can help shape
understanding, initiatives, and policies for all Americans.

%

53

rated their health as
very good or excellent.
About 13% reported
fair or poor health.1

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SLEEP ON A
WEEKNIGHT

INCREASE IN
HEALTHCARE JOBS

From time to time,
participants have shared
how many
hours of
sleep they
get on a
weeknight.

Between 2001 and 2021,
respondents’ jobs in
healthcare increased
about 6 percentage
points.
This was the second largest
occupational increase, next
to executive,
admin, and
managerial
jobs.1

42% said they average
6 hours or less.
Only 5% reported getting
9 or more hours.1

6

% points

IMPACT OF HEALTH
INSURANCE GAPS
Among young adults,
gaps in health
insurance are linked to worse health up to 6 years later.2
Sources: 1 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. National Longitudinal Survey
of Youth 1997 cohort, 2001-2021 (rounds 5- 20). | 2 Sorjonen, Kimmo. (2021). Short- and long-term
health consequences of gaps in health insurance coverage among young adults. Population
Health Management published online. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/pop.2021.0211

TRIVIA TIME:

Test your skills on health
and wellness topics
Answers at bottom right of page.

Q: Which early 2000s
Q: Although the
wearable tech device
human brain
tracked a runner’s
makes up only
speed and distance
about 2% of the
by placing a sensor in the
body’s weight, how much of
runner’s shoe?
the body’s energy does it use?

1

A) Nike+iPod Sport Kit
B) Fitbit Tracker
C) Garmin Forerunner
D) Adidas MiCoach
Q: What’s considered
a normal resting
heart rate for most
healthy adults?
A) 30–50 beats
per minute (bpm)
B) 60–100 bpm
C) 110–130 bpm
D) 100–120 bpm

3

2

A) 5% B) 10% C) 20% D) 35%

1. A) Nike+iPod Sport Kit 2. C) 20%
3. B) 60–100 bpm

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