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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 6,048 2,792 46.9 45.2-48.6 2,921 48.1 46.4-49.8 274 4.3 3.6- 5.1 61 0.7 0.5- 1.0
Female 10,832 4,887 45.4 44.2-46.6 5,274 48.8 47.6-50.0 545 4.7 4.2- 5.2 126 1.1 0.9- 1.4
RACE
White 12,783 6,196 49.9 48.7-51.1 5,889 45.3 44.1-46.5 562 3.9 3.5- 4.3 136 0.9 0.7- 1.1
African American 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
Asian 112 44 38.1 28.0-49.4 64 60.0 48.9-70.3 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 287 126 45.3 37.9-52.9 143 49.1 41.7-56.6 11 4.1 2.0- 8.3 7 1.5 0.6- 3.9
Other Minorities 712 225 31.0 26.4-36.0 448 62.6 57.4-67.6 33 5.9 3.5- 9.7 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 867 264 32.0 27.7-36.5 556 62.4 57.8-66.9 41 4.9 3.1- 7.8 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8
-English Speaking 264 100 37.9 30.6-45.8 139 49.0 41.2-56.8 21 10.9 6.2-18.6 4 2.2 0.7- 6.9
-Spanish Speaking 603 164 30.3 25.3-35.7 417 66.3 60.7-71.4 20 3.2 1.5- 6.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
Non-Hispanic 15,999 7,410 47.5 46.5-48.6 7,631 47.1 46.0-48.1 777 4.4 4.0- 4.9 181 1.0 0.8- 1.2
AGE
18-24 801 321 42.2 37.7-46.7 437 51.8 47.2-56.3 39 5.5 3.7- 8.0 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7
25-34 2,342 988 43.9 41.4-46.4 1,236 51.9 49.3-54.4 104 3.9 3.0- 4.9 14 0.4 0.2- 0.7
35-44 3,127 1,409 46.0 43.8-48.1 1,526 48.2 46.0-50.4 162 4.7 3.9- 5.8 30 1.1 0.7- 1.8
45-54 3,269 1,423 44.8 42.7-46.9 1,587 48.5 46.4-50.7 200 5.2 4.4- 6.1 59 1.5 1.1- 2.0
55-64 3,087 1,451 49.1 47.0-51.3 1,430 45.3 43.1-47.4 156 4.3 3.6- 5.2 50 1.3 0.9- 1.9
65-74 2,331 1,197 53.0 50.6-55.4 1,030 42.6 40.2-45.0 86 3.6 2.8- 4.6 18 0.8 0.4- 1.5
75+ 1,842 861 49.0 46.2-51.8 902 47.1 44.4-49.9 67 3.3 2.5- 4.4 12 0.6 0.3- 1.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,657 884 32.9 30.1-35.7 1,526 58.7 55.7-61.6 196 6.7 5.4- 8.3 51 1.7 1.2- 2.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,081 2,111 41.4 39.6-43.3 2,645 52.9 51.0-54.8 261 4.7 3.9- 5.5 64 1.0 0.7- 1.3
Some Post-H.S. 4,123 1,929 48.7 46.6-50.8 1,950 45.8 43.8-47.9 204 4.6 3.8- 5.6 40 0.9 0.6- 1.3
College Graduate 4,988 2,741 56.6 54.9-58.3 2,058 40.0 38.4-41.7 158 2.9 2.3- 3.5 31 0.5 0.3- 0.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,026 560 27.7 24.9-30.7 1,159 58.4 55.2-61.4 229 10.6 8.9-12.7 78 3.3 2.4- 4.5
$15,000- 24,999 3,025 1,068 35.5 33.0-38.2 1,728 57.7 55.1-60.4 187 5.5 4.5- 6.8 42 1.2 0.8- 1.8
$25,000- 34,999 2,087 885 41.7 38.8-44.8 1,082 52.7 49.6-55.7 104 5.0 3.7- 6.8 16 0.6 0.3- 1.0
$35,000- 49,999 2,309 1,079 46.3 43.7-49.0 1,142 49.8 47.2-52.5 75 3.2 2.3- 4.4 13 0.6 0.3- 1.1
$50,000-74,999 2,218 1,177 53.4 50.7-56.1 977 43.5 40.9-46.2 57 2.6 1.8- 3.7 7 0.4 0.2- 1.1
$75,000+ 2,759 1,782 63.5 61.3-65.7 928 34.6 32.4-36.8 37 1.3 0.9- 2.0 12 0.6 0.3- 1.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,289 1,735 32.7 30.9-34.4 2,890 55.2 53.4-57.1 528 9.7 8.7-10.9 136 2.3 1.9- 2.9
No 11,327 5,828 51.2 50.0-52.5 5,166 45.9 44.6-47.1 284 2.5 2.1- 3.0 49 0.4 0.3- 0.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,277 1,168 52.4 49.7-55.0 993 43.6 41.0-46.2 92 3.1 2.4- 4.0 24 0.9 0.5- 1.5
Non-Veteran 14,593 6,509 45.2 44.0-46.3 7,194 49.2 48.1-50.3 727 4.7 4.2- 5.2 163 0.9 0.8- 1.2

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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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