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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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 15,022 8,155 53.9 52.8-55.0 3,900 26.6 25.6-27.6 1,741 11.5 10.8-12.3 483 3.3 2.9- 3.8 743 4.7 4.2- 5.2
-Mtn. AHEC 899 495 54.4 49.9-58.8 226 26.5 22.8-30.6 86 9.0 6.9-11.8 40 5.1 3.1- 8.3 52 5.0 3.5- 7.0
GENDER
Male 332 186 52.3 45.3-59.3 77 26.3 20.5-33.1 28 7.5 4.4-12.3 12 5.9 2.5-13.2 29 8.0 5.2-12.2
Female 567 309 56.2 50.7-61.6 149 26.7 22.3-31.7 58 10.4 7.7-14.0 28 4.3 2.8- 6.7 23 2.3 1.4- 3.8
RACE
White 804 445 55.0 50.3-59.7 215 28.2 24.2-32.5 75 9.1 6.8-12.0 32 4.5 2.5- 8.0 37 3.2 2.1- 4.8
Other 91 48 48.4 34.3-62.7 11 10.8 4.2-25.0 11 8.9 4.2-17.8 7 9.3 3.6-21.8 14 22.7 12.5-37.7
AGE
18-44 237 123 52.8 44.3-61.1 67 29.4 22.4-37.4 26 8.7 5.2-14.3 10 5.3 2.0-13.2 11 3.8 1.8- 7.8
45+ 661 371 55.4 50.7-60.0 159 24.6 20.8-28.8 60 9.3 6.8-12.4 30 4.9 3.0- 8.0 41 5.8 4.0- 8.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 377 206 53.0 45.5-60.3 71 21.0 15.7-27.4 37 9.2 5.8-14.4 27 8.9 4.8-15.9 36 7.9 5.1-12.0
Some College + 518 285 55.2 49.7-60.5 155 31.2 26.3-36.5 49 8.9 6.5-12.2 13 2.1 1.1- 3.9 16 2.7 1.4- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 546 296 54.1 48.3-59.7 120 23.7 19.2-29.0 64 11.2 8.1-15.3 27 4.7 2.8- 7.9 39 6.3 4.1- 9.4
$50,000+ 230 130 56.1 48.3-63.6 82 36.8 29.6-44.6 10 4.1 1.9- 8.5 5 1.7 0.6- 4.6 3 1.3 0.4- 4.4

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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