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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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
-Northeast Partnership I 415 228 49.6 43.2-55.9 76 19.5 15.2-24.6 56 16.8 12.0-23.1 12 2.9 1.4- 5.8 43 11.2 7.9-15.8
GENDER
Male 145 68 44.3 33.6-55.6 29 19.4 13.0-27.9 27 22.0 13.5-33.9 4 2.5 0.8- 7.4 17 11.7 6.9-19.2
Female 270 160 53.9 46.5-61.1 47 19.5 14.1-26.3 29 12.6 8.1-18.9 8 3.2 1.3- 7.7 26 10.8 6.7-17.1
RACE
White 197 118 56.4 47.6-64.7 44 24.0 17.5-32.1 19 10.2 5.7-17.6 6 3.9 1.4-10.1 10 5.5 2.7-11.1
Other 217 109 43.9 35.1-53.2 32 16.0 10.8-23.0 37 22.1 14.7-31.9 6 2.2 0.9- 5.3 33 15.8 10.5-23.1
AGE
18-44 103 52 45.5 33.2-58.4 21 18.6 11.4-28.9 16 21.4 11.9-35.7 2 2.1 0.4-10.5 12 12.3 6.5-22.2
45+ 308 174 52.2 45.9-58.5 55 20.2 15.4-26.1 39 13.6 9.8-18.7 10 3.5 1.7- 7.0 30 10.4 7.0-15.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 128 47.4 38.8-56.2 39 16.6 11.5-23.3 37 19.5 12.7-28.7 10 4.3 2.0- 8.8 30 12.3 7.9-18.6
Some College + 170 99 52.9 44.1-61.5 37 24.5 17.6-33.0 19 12.4 7.4-20.1 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 13 9.5 5.2-16.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 149 46.5 39.5-53.7 47 20.0 14.7-26.8 38 16.6 11.6-23.2 7 3.3 1.3- 7.7 31 13.6 9.0-20.1
$50,000+ 76 46 60.7 48.1-72.1 19 24.1 15.3-36.0 8 10.9 5.1-21.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.3 1.3-12.9

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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, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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