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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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%)
TOTAL 2,929 1,066 37.1 34.6-39.6 1,622 55.3 52.7-57.8 206 6.5 5.4- 7.9 35 1.1 0.8- 1.7
GENDER
Male 876 333 40.0 35.8-44.4 468 52.3 47.8-56.6 60 6.5 4.6- 9.0 15 1.3 0.7- 2.3
Female 2,053 733 34.5 31.9-37.2 1,154 57.9 55.1-60.6 146 6.6 5.4- 8.0 20 1.0 0.6- 1.7
AGE
18-24 176 49 32.1 23.4-42.3 114 60.6 50.4-69.9 12 7.1 3.4-14.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
25-34 455 135 33.4 27.6-39.8 285 59.6 53.3-65.6 33 6.5 4.2-10.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
35-44 592 220 40.4 35.5-45.6 319 52.0 47.0-57.0 47 6.4 4.6- 8.8 6 1.2 0.4- 3.3
45-54 627 224 35.2 30.4-40.2 334 53.7 48.6-58.8 57 9.0 6.5-12.4 12 2.1 1.1- 3.9
55-64 515 201 39.4 34.2-44.8 274 54.2 48.8-59.6 33 5.1 3.3- 7.8 7 1.2 0.6- 2.8
65-74 339 143 41.3 35.1-47.9 173 51.3 44.8-57.8 18 5.6 3.3- 9.2 5 1.8 0.6- 4.9
75+ 210 92 44.8 36.9-52.9 110 51.2 43.2-59.1 6 3.1 1.3- 7.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 597 190 31.3 26.1-37.1 346 60.6 54.6-66.2 50 6.6 4.6- 9.2 11 1.5 0.8- 2.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,028 333 33.4 29.4-37.6 607 58.4 54.2-62.5 72 6.7 5.0- 9.1 16 1.5 0.8- 2.6
Some Post-H.S. 705 287 42.8 37.6-48.1 364 49.3 44.2-54.5 50 7.2 4.8-10.5 4 0.7 0.2- 2.3
College Graduate 593 255 43.0 38.1-48.1 300 51.0 45.9-56.1 34 5.4 3.4- 8.6 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 596 159 25.0 20.8-29.8 353 61.5 56.3-66.5 70 10.5 7.8-14.0 14 2.9 1.6- 5.2
$15,000- 24,999 688 216 31.5 26.9-36.6 417 61.5 56.5-66.4 46 5.8 4.1- 8.2 9 1.1 0.5- 2.2
$25,000- 34,999 438 164 39.6 33.5-46.0 245 55.7 49.4-61.9 26 4.3 2.7- 6.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3
$35,000- 49,999 328 139 40.9 33.7-48.5 173 53.8 46.0-61.4 13 4.0 2.2- 7.4 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9
$50,000-74,999 236 111 46.4 37.2-55.7 110 46.0 37.1-55.1 13 7.2 3.3-15.2 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8
$75,000+ 217 127 58.3 49.8-66.2 86 39.0 31.3-47.3 4 2.7 0.7- 9.9 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,058 295 27.7 24.3-31.5 613 58.7 54.7-62.6 126 11.2 8.9-14.0 24 2.4 1.5- 3.8
No 1,799 740 41.6 38.4-44.9 971 53.6 50.3-56.9 77 4.2 3.1- 5.6 11 0.6 0.3- 1.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 312 141 47.8 41.0-54.7 146 46.1 39.4-53.0 18 4.1 2.4- 7.0 7 1.9 0.8- 4.5
Non-Veteran 2,614 925 35.6 33.0-38.3 1,473 56.5 53.7-59.2 188 6.9 5.7- 8.3 28 1.0 0.7- 1.6

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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.

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