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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 16,782 8,665 51.5 50.5-52.6 4,565 27.9 27.0-28.8 2,238 13.2 12.5-13.9 756 4.3 3.9- 4.8 558 3.1 2.7- 3.4
GENDER
Male 5,970 3,047 51.3 49.5-53.0 1,553 26.9 25.4-28.5 827 13.8 12.7-15.1 289 4.4 3.8- 5.2 254 3.5 3.0- 4.2
Female 10,812 5,618 51.7 50.5-53.0 3,012 28.8 27.7-29.9 1,411 12.6 11.8-13.4 467 4.3 3.8- 4.8 304 2.7 2.3- 3.1
RACE
White 12,717 6,738 53.6 52.4-54.8 3,687 29.3 28.2-30.3 1,470 11.3 10.6-12.1 508 3.6 3.3- 4.1 314 2.2 1.9- 2.6
African American 2,913 1,397 46.7 44.1-49.2 589 22.6 20.4-24.9 604 20.7 18.8-22.8 173 5.8 4.8- 6.9 150 4.3 3.5- 5.3
Asian 111 55 49.4 38.4-60.4 28 24.5 16.3-35.3 14 14.8 8.2-25.3 5 3.2 1.1- 8.9 9 8.0 3.4-17.8
Native American 281 141 53.5 45.9-61.0 60 19.8 14.3-26.9 50 16.2 11.4-22.5 12 4.6 2.2- 9.4 18 5.9 3.3-10.3
Other Minorities 705 304 42.2 37.0-47.5 194 28.7 24.3-33.6 90 13.4 10.0-17.6 54 7.9 5.4-11.5 63 7.8 5.7-10.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 860 367 40.2 35.8-44.8 243 31.2 27.1-35.6 117 14.4 11.3-18.2 68 7.6 5.5-10.5 65 6.6 4.9- 8.9
-English Speaking 264 126 44.6 37.0-52.4 63 24.5 18.5-31.7 44 20.0 14.0-27.7 18 6.1 3.4-10.9 13 4.8 2.3- 9.6
-Spanish Speaking 596 241 39.0 33.7-44.5 180 33.1 28.2-38.5 73 12.8 9.3-17.3 50 8.0 5.5-11.6 52 7.1 5.1- 9.9
Non-Hispanic 15,909 8,289 52.6 51.6-53.7 4,321 27.6 26.7-28.5 2,118 13.0 12.3-13.8 688 4.0 3.7- 4.4 493 2.7 2.4- 3.1
AGE
18-24 794 392 52.1 47.6-56.6 225 27.5 23.8-31.6 113 13.1 10.5-16.2 39 4.5 3.0- 6.6 25 2.8 1.7- 4.5
25-34 2,342 1,117 47.7 45.2-50.2 741 31.9 29.6-34.3 317 13.7 11.9-15.6 106 4.3 3.4- 5.4 61 2.4 1.8- 3.4
35-44 3,122 1,488 48.2 46.0-50.3 1,003 31.5 29.5-33.5 414 13.4 11.9-15.2 132 4.0 3.2- 5.0 85 2.9 2.2- 3.8
45-54 3,272 1,581 48.8 46.6-50.9 920 28.9 27.0-30.9 513 14.6 13.2-16.1 176 5.2 4.3- 6.2 82 2.6 1.9- 3.4
55-64 3,073 1,591 53.4 51.2-55.5 813 26.4 24.5-28.3 384 11.9 10.5-13.4 146 4.2 3.4- 5.1 139 4.2 3.4- 5.2
65-74 2,308 1,387 61.1 58.8-63.5 479 19.1 17.3-21.0 285 12.5 11.0-14.3 82 3.9 3.0- 5.0 75 3.4 2.6- 4.4
75+ 1,794 1,068 61.1 58.4-63.8 364 19.3 17.2-21.6 204 11.1 9.5-13.0 72 3.9 3.0- 5.1 86 4.5 3.5- 5.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,612 1,194 44.6 41.6-47.5 521 22.6 20.1-25.4 499 18.2 16.1-20.5 196 7.9 6.4- 9.6 202 6.8 5.6- 8.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,060 2,629 50.7 48.7-52.6 1,213 25.2 23.6-26.8 741 15.3 13.9-16.8 287 5.4 4.6- 6.2 190 3.5 2.9- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 4,107 2,163 54.0 51.9-56.0 1,176 28.3 26.5-30.2 516 11.8 10.6-13.2 165 3.9 3.2- 4.7 87 2.0 1.5- 2.7
College Graduate 4,974 2,665 54.4 52.6-56.1 1,649 33.5 31.9-35.1 478 9.2 8.2-10.3 108 1.6 1.3- 2.0 74 1.3 1.0- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,016 835 40.7 37.7-43.9 417 22.1 19.5-25.0 412 19.8 17.6-22.2 194 9.3 7.7-11.1 158 8.0 6.4-10.0
$15,000- 24,999 3,005 1,410 44.7 42.1-47.4 703 24.9 22.7-27.3 548 18.4 16.4-20.7 206 7.6 6.3- 9.1 138 4.3 3.5- 5.4
$25,000- 34,999 2,077 1,073 51.2 48.1-54.3 536 25.2 22.7-27.8 304 15.8 13.6-18.2 96 4.5 3.5- 5.8 68 3.3 2.5- 4.5
$35,000- 49,999 2,297 1,195 52.9 50.2-55.5 712 31.1 28.8-33.6 277 11.5 10.0-13.3 75 3.2 2.4- 4.2 38 1.3 0.9- 1.9
$50,000-74,999 2,207 1,229 56.5 53.8-59.2 695 30.0 27.7-32.5 205 9.8 8.2-11.6 48 2.0 1.4- 2.8 30 1.7 1.0- 2.8
$75,000+ 2,749 1,558 55.9 53.6-58.1 937 35.0 32.8-37.2 196 7.4 6.3- 8.7 36 1.1 0.7- 1.6 22 0.7 0.4- 1.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,280 2,356 43.9 42.0-45.7 1,315 25.6 24.0-27.2 956 18.1 16.8-19.6 387 7.8 6.8- 8.9 266 4.6 3.9- 5.5
No 11,233 6,190 54.7 53.4-55.9 3,184 28.8 27.7-30.0 1,233 11.1 10.3-11.9 351 3.0 2.6- 3.4 275 2.4 2.0- 2.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,238 1,247 57.8 55.2-60.4 525 24.7 22.5-27.1 249 9.8 8.4-11.4 122 4.7 3.8- 5.9 95 2.9 2.3- 3.7
Non-Veteran 14,534 7,412 50.5 49.4-51.7 4,039 28.4 27.4-29.4 1,988 13.7 12.9-14.5 634 4.3 3.8- 4.8 461 3.1 2.7- 3.5

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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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