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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 14,165 7,165 49.9 48.6-51.2 3,815 28.0 26.8-29.1 2,030 14.2 13.4-15.2 566 3.8 3.3- 4.4 589 4.1 3.6- 4.7
GENDER
Male 5,073 2,607 50.1 48.0-52.2 1,292 26.4 24.5-28.4 672 14.0 12.6-15.6 217 4.2 3.3- 5.2 285 5.3 4.4- 6.4
Female 9,092 4,558 49.8 48.2-51.3 2,523 29.4 28.0-30.8 1,358 14.4 13.4-15.5 349 3.5 3.0- 4.0 304 2.9 2.5- 3.5
RACE
White 11,140 5,763 51.9 50.4-53.3 3,237 30.8 29.5-32.2 1,367 11.8 10.9-12.8 416 3.1 2.7- 3.5 357 2.5 2.1- 2.9
African American 2,060 994 47.4 44.1-50.6 350 20.4 17.6-23.6 492 22.2 19.8-24.9 94 4.3 3.2- 5.7 130 5.6 4.4- 7.3
Asian 89 38 43.4 30.4-57.4 20 26.4 15.7-41.0 18 17.1 9.1-29.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 10 12.3 6.1-23.1
Native American 264 118 47.5 38.8-56.3 59 20.2 14.5-27.3 53 19.1 13.5-26.4 15 7.9 4.1-14.9 19 5.3 3.1- 9.0
Other Minorities 564 226 39.6 33.7-45.9 140 22.0 17.7-27.1 88 15.6 11.9-20.1 38 9.0 5.4-14.5 72 13.8 9.9-18.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 569 234 42.0 36.0-48.2 133 21.1 17.0-25.9 92 16.1 12.3-20.8 33 6.5 4.1-10.4 77 14.3 10.4-19.3
-English Speaking 232 110 48.1 39.2-57.1 52 24.4 17.2-33.5 42 18.3 12.1-26.7 8 2.6 1.0- 6.5 20 6.6 3.6-11.7
-Spanish Speaking 337 124 39.8 32.4-47.7 81 19.9 15.1-25.7 50 15.3 10.9-21.1 25 8.0 4.7-13.2 57 17.1 12.1-23.7
Non-Hispanic 13,566 6,915 50.6 49.3-51.9 3,678 28.6 27.4-29.8 1,932 14.0 13.1-14.9 533 3.6 3.1- 4.1 508 3.2 2.8- 3.7
AGE
18-24 466 243 50.7 44.7-56.6 119 26.9 21.8-32.6 75 14.9 11.3-19.3 15 3.8 1.8- 7.7 14 3.8 2.0- 7.3
25-34 1,454 711 48.8 45.3-52.4 440 30.0 26.9-33.4 209 14.3 12.0-17.0 56 3.4 2.4- 4.8 38 3.4 2.2- 5.2
35-44 2,265 1,038 45.1 42.5-47.8 750 33.0 30.5-35.6 321 14.4 12.5-16.4 97 4.4 3.4- 5.8 59 3.1 2.2- 4.3
45-54 2,823 1,301 47.4 45.0-49.8 828 29.5 27.4-31.7 433 14.1 12.5-15.7 136 4.6 3.7- 5.7 125 4.4 3.5- 5.5
55-64 2,965 1,499 50.9 48.6-53.2 780 25.6 23.7-27.7 435 15.1 13.5-16.9 118 3.5 2.8- 4.4 133 4.8 3.9- 6.0
65-74 2,358 1,319 56.5 54.0-59.0 526 22.7 20.6-24.9 316 12.7 11.1-14.5 80 2.9 2.2- 3.7 117 5.2 4.2- 6.5
75+ 1,757 1,007 59.4 56.5-62.3 355 18.1 16.1-20.4 233 13.7 11.7-16.0 63 3.2 2.3- 4.4 99 5.6 4.4- 7.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,005 852 42.2 38.4-46.1 355 17.9 15.3-20.8 454 21.7 18.8-24.8 107 4.9 3.8- 6.5 237 13.3 10.8-16.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,208 2,134 49.4 47.0-51.7 970 24.4 22.3-26.5 678 16.4 14.7-18.3 223 5.3 4.3- 6.5 203 4.6 3.7- 5.6
Some Post-H.S. 3,669 1,943 50.6 48.0-53.2 987 30.2 27.7-32.9 496 14.0 12.3-15.8 142 3.0 2.4- 3.8 101 2.2 1.6- 2.9
College Graduate 4,267 2,226 53.5 51.4-55.6 1,501 34.4 32.5-36.5 399 8.8 7.7-10.0 94 2.5 1.6- 3.9 47 0.8 0.6- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,449 575 38.5 34.3-42.8 267 19.3 16.4-22.7 335 23.4 20.1-27.1 128 8.6 6.7-11.1 144 10.2 8.2-12.6
$15,000- 24,999 2,308 1,083 45.6 42.1-49.0 495 22.3 19.4-25.6 459 21.2 18.5-24.1 130 4.3 3.4- 5.4 141 6.7 5.1- 8.6
$25,000- 34,999 1,560 746 45.2 41.5-48.9 389 25.5 22.2-29.1 266 18.3 15.5-21.5 81 6.3 4.5- 8.6 78 4.7 3.3- 6.6
$35,000- 49,999 2,040 1,048 50.0 46.8-53.1 596 29.8 26.9-32.8 267 14.5 12.2-17.1 67 3.1 2.3- 4.3 62 2.7 1.9- 3.7
$50,000-74,999 2,041 1,071 52.2 48.9-55.4 692 34.3 31.2-37.5 196 9.6 7.9-11.6 50 2.7 1.7- 4.2 32 1.2 0.8- 1.9
$75,000+ 2,859 1,622 55.9 53.3-58.5 942 33.6 31.2-36.1 221 7.0 5.9- 8.3 50 2.4 1.4- 4.1 24 1.1 0.6- 2.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,109 2,231 41.7 39.6-43.8 1,250 25.5 23.6-27.5 993 20.6 18.8-22.5 345 6.6 5.4- 8.0 290 5.6 4.7- 6.7
No 8,743 4,781 53.3 51.7-54.9 2,496 29.4 27.9-30.9 987 11.4 10.4-12.4 208 2.6 2.1- 3.2 271 3.3 2.7- 4.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,079 1,178 57.1 53.9-60.2 465 23.6 20.8-26.8 242 11.2 9.5-13.3 92 4.1 3.0- 5.7 102 3.9 3.0- 5.1
Non-Veteran 12,083 5,984 48.8 47.4-50.2 3,350 28.6 27.4-29.9 1,788 14.7 13.7-15.7 474 3.8 3.2- 4.4 487 4.1 3.6- 4.8

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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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