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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction-WHITES

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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 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
GENDER
Male 4,702 2,287 50.5 48.6-52.4 2,174 45.1 43.3-47.0 199 3.7 3.1- 4.4 42 0.6 0.4- 0.9
Female 8,081 3,909 49.3 47.9-50.7 3,715 45.5 44.0-46.9 363 4.1 3.6- 4.7 94 1.1 0.9- 1.5
AGE
18-24 508 236 48.1 42.6-53.6 246 46.4 41.0-51.8 23 4.8 3.0- 7.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6
25-34 1,529 736 49.4 46.3-52.5 726 47.1 44.0-50.1 58 3.2 2.3- 4.4 9 0.4 0.2- 0.8
35-44 2,242 1,085 49.7 47.2-52.2 1,038 45.3 42.8-47.8 100 4.0 3.1- 5.0 19 1.0 0.6- 1.7
45-54 2,467 1,135 47.5 45.0-49.9 1,158 47.0 44.6-49.4 131 4.2 3.4- 5.2 43 1.3 0.9- 1.9
55-64 2,466 1,204 51.4 49.1-53.8 1,104 43.1 40.8-45.5 118 4.2 3.4- 5.2 40 1.3 0.9- 1.9
65-74 1,932 1,028 55.4 52.8-58.0 825 40.7 38.2-43.3 67 3.3 2.5- 4.4 12 0.6 0.3- 1.3
75+ 1,586 749 50.1 47.1-53.1 767 46.1 43.1-49.0 60 3.3 2.5- 4.4 10 0.6 0.3- 1.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,605 563 35.9 32.2-39.8 883 54.6 50.8-58.3 124 7.2 5.7- 9.1 35 2.4 1.5- 3.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,774 1,687 45.1 42.9-47.3 1,864 49.9 47.7-52.1 181 4.2 3.4- 5.1 42 0.8 0.5- 1.2
Some Post-H.S. 3,223 1,561 50.2 47.8-52.5 1,485 44.9 42.6-47.3 144 4.1 3.3- 5.1 33 0.8 0.5- 1.2
College Graduate 4,161 2,375 59.2 57.3-61.0 1,648 38.1 36.2-39.9 113 2.3 1.8- 2.8 25 0.5 0.3- 0.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,231 353 30.5 26.7-34.6 680 54.9 50.8-59.0 140 10.4 8.4-12.8 58 4.2 2.8- 6.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,969 732 38.2 35.0-41.4 1,077 54.3 51.0-57.5 130 6.1 4.8- 7.7 30 1.5 0.9- 2.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,525 673 43.8 40.4-47.2 765 50.7 47.2-54.1 75 4.8 3.7- 6.4 12 0.7 0.4- 1.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,884 901 47.8 45.0-50.7 915 48.7 45.8-51.5 58 3.0 2.1- 4.4 10 0.5 0.3- 1.0
$50,000-74,999 1,909 1,030 54.5 51.6-57.4 830 42.9 40.1-45.8 44 2.1 1.5- 3.0 5 0.4 0.1- 1.3
$75,000+ 2,437 1,598 64.5 62.2-66.9 801 34.0 31.7-36.4 28 1.0 0.6- 1.5 10 0.4 0.2- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,921 1,351 35.0 33.0-37.1 2,100 53.6 51.5-55.8 366 8.9 7.8-10.1 104 2.4 1.9- 3.2
No 8,699 4,772 55.3 53.9-56.7 3,705 42.3 40.9-43.7 192 2.1 1.7- 2.5 30 0.3 0.2- 0.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,868 979 53.4 50.5-56.3 801 42.8 39.9-45.8 72 3.0 2.3- 4.0 16 0.7 0.4- 1.4
Non-Veteran 10,910 5,215 49.3 48.0-50.6 5,085 45.7 44.5-47.0 490 4.0 3.6- 4.6 120 0.9 0.7- 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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