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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

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  Total
Respond.^
Very satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied Very dissatisfied
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,880 7,679 46.1 45.1-47.2 8,195 48.5 47.4-49.5 819 4.5 4.1- 4.9 187 0.9 0.8- 1.1
-Guilford County 461 204 42.8 37.1-48.6 236 52.0 46.2-57.8 17 4.7 2.6- 8.4 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4
GENDER
Male 166 69 42.7 33.6-52.4 90 53.0 43.4-62.4 5 3.8 1.3-10.7 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Female 295 135 42.8 36.4-49.5 146 51.1 44.3-57.8 12 5.5 2.7-10.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2
RACE
White 333 152 42.1 35.6-48.9 166 52.5 45.6-59.3 12 4.8 2.2-10.0 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7
Other 127 52 44.3 33.7-55.4 69 50.8 40.0-61.5 5 4.4 1.7-10.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
AGE
18-44 164 68 40.2 31.0-50.1 86 51.9 42.2-61.5 10 7.9 3.9-15.3 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 294 135 45.4 39.0-52.0 148 52.0 45.4-58.5 7 1.5 0.7- 3.5 4 1.0 0.4- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 69 38.6 29.7-48.4 98 53.7 44.0-63.1 8 7.4 3.3-15.7 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Some College + 283 135 45.6 38.4-52.9 136 50.7 43.4-58.0 9 3.0 1.2- 7.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 91 35.5 27.9-43.9 141 59.9 51.4-67.9 7 4.1 1.6-10.3 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
$50,000+ 142 73 48.9 39.6-58.4 67 49.3 39.9-58.7 2 1.8 0.4- 7.0 0 0.0 . - .

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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