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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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%)
North Carolina 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
-Northeast Partnership II 492 234 47.1 41.7-52.6 122 26.7 22.0-31.9 88 16.6 13.0-20.9 35 6.5 4.5- 9.4 13 3.1 1.7- 5.8
GENDER
Male 165 72 44.5 35.4-53.9 42 27.6 20.0-36.8 32 17.7 12.0-25.5 13 6.0 3.3-10.5 6 4.2 1.7- 9.9
Female 327 162 49.5 43.1-55.8 80 25.9 20.6-31.9 56 15.5 11.6-20.5 22 7.0 4.2-11.3 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8
RACE
White 312 157 50.7 44.3-57.1 86 28.4 23.0-34.5 40 12.1 8.3-17.1 24 7.0 4.5-10.8 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5
Other 179 76 42.5 33.4-52.1 36 24.6 17.0-34.2 48 22.2 16.0-30.1 11 5.9 3.0-11.3 8 4.9 2.2-10.6
AGE
18-44 149 63 43.0 33.8-52.8 45 32.4 23.9-42.2 24 14.2 9.0-21.7 14 8.5 4.8-14.7 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0
45+ 339 169 50.0 43.5-56.4 76 22.5 17.8-28.1 63 18.3 13.7-23.8 21 5.1 3.2- 8.0 10 4.1 2.0- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 126 42.3 35.3-49.6 62 26.7 20.4-34.1 58 19.2 14.3-25.2 26 8.2 5.2-12.5 9 3.7 1.7- 7.9
Some College + 211 108 54.1 45.7-62.2 60 26.6 20.2-34.2 30 12.8 8.2-19.5 9 4.2 2.0- 8.5 4 2.4 0.9- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 296 141 46.2 39.1-53.5 61 23.0 17.2-30.1 61 19.3 14.4-25.3 22 6.7 4.2-10.5 11 4.7 2.4- 9.2
$50,000+ 117 58 50.0 40.0-60.1 43 35.1 26.1-45.3 11 10.7 5.5-19.8 3 2.8 0.8- 9.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4

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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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