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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction

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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 14,312 6,481 45.2 43.9-46.5 6,971 48.8 47.5-50.1 678 4.7 4.2- 5.4 182 1.3 1.0- 1.6
GENDER
Male 5,168 2,404 44.7 42.6-46.7 2,468 49.2 47.1-51.3 242 4.9 3.9- 6.0 54 1.3 0.8- 1.9
Female 9,144 4,077 45.7 44.2-47.2 4,503 48.4 46.9-50.0 436 4.6 4.0- 5.3 128 1.3 1.0- 1.6
RACE
White 11,247 5,366 49.1 47.7-50.5 5,232 45.4 43.9-46.8 509 4.3 3.7- 5.0 140 1.2 1.0- 1.6
African American 2,086 770 36.8 33.7-39.9 1,162 56.0 52.7-59.1 125 5.8 4.6- 7.3 29 1.5 0.8- 2.7
Asian 96 39 34.8 23.9-47.6 55 64.4 51.7-75.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
Native American 269 96 37.0 29.1-45.8 150 53.7 45.0-62.3 18 7.1 3.8-12.8 5 2.2 0.7- 6.2
Other Minorities 565 187 32.7 27.0-38.9 348 60.0 53.6-66.1 23 6.3 3.2-11.8 7 1.0 0.3- 3.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 571 206 35.8 30.0-42.0 337 59.9 53.7-65.8 22 3.4 1.8- 6.2 6 1.0 0.3- 3.2
-English Speaking 233 106 43.4 34.8-52.4 114 52.3 43.3-61.2 8 2.4 0.9- 6.5 5 1.9 0.5- 6.6
-Spanish Speaking 338 100 33.0 25.8-41.0 223 62.6 54.7-70.0 14 3.7 1.8- 7.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
Non-Hispanic 13,705 6,260 46.0 44.8-47.3 6,615 47.8 46.5-49.1 655 4.9 4.3- 5.5 175 1.3 1.0- 1.6
AGE
18-24 467 188 40.6 34.9-46.5 250 51.7 45.8-57.6 24 6.8 4.0-11.2 5 0.9 0.3- 2.6
25-34 1,455 663 46.3 42.9-49.8 714 49.0 45.5-52.5 63 3.4 2.5- 4.6 15 1.3 0.6- 2.7
35-44 2,266 990 43.0 40.4-45.6 1,141 51.1 48.4-53.8 107 4.5 3.5- 5.8 28 1.4 0.8- 2.4
45-54 2,826 1,174 42.2 39.8-44.5 1,417 50.0 47.6-52.4 182 6.2 5.1- 7.4 53 1.7 1.2- 2.4
55-64 3,001 1,408 48.3 46.0-50.6 1,372 44.3 42.0-46.6 171 5.8 4.7- 7.1 50 1.6 1.1- 2.3
65-74 2,403 1,202 52.4 49.9-54.9 1,092 43.5 41.1-46.0 90 3.3 2.5- 4.3 19 0.7 0.4- 1.2
75+ 1,814 816 47.6 44.6-50.6 945 50.2 47.3-53.2 41 1.8 1.2- 2.5 12 0.4 0.2- 0.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,049 621 31.6 28.0-35.5 1,252 60.3 56.4-64.0 133 5.3 4.2- 6.7 43 2.8 1.7- 4.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,265 1,736 40.6 38.3-42.9 2,234 52.8 50.4-55.1 237 5.4 4.4- 6.6 58 1.3 0.8- 1.9
Some Post-H.S. 3,700 1,693 43.9 41.4-46.4 1,778 49.6 47.1-52.2 171 5.0 3.9- 6.4 58 1.4 1.0- 2.0
College Graduate 4,279 2,419 57.5 55.4-59.6 1,701 38.6 36.6-40.7 137 3.5 2.5- 4.9 22 0.4 0.2- 0.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,467 367 24.8 21.2-28.9 858 60.2 56.0-64.2 172 10.2 8.3-12.5 70 4.8 3.4- 6.9
$15,000- 24,999 2,341 781 32.7 29.5-36.1 1,368 58.6 55.2-62.0 154 6.6 5.1- 8.6 38 2.0 1.2- 3.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,570 608 35.5 32.1-39.0 859 55.9 52.2-59.6 88 7.6 5.6-10.4 15 0.9 0.5- 1.9
$35,000- 49,999 2,048 942 43.7 40.6-46.9 1,013 51.3 48.1-54.4 79 4.2 3.1- 5.8 14 0.8 0.4- 1.6
$50,000-74,999 2,044 1,102 53.4 50.2-56.7 882 43.0 39.8-46.3 52 3.0 2.1- 4.4 8 0.6 0.2- 1.8
$75,000+ 2,877 1,818 62.1 59.5-64.7 1,003 35.4 33.0-38.0 45 2.1 1.2- 3.9 11 0.3 0.1- 0.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,164 1,654 30.2 28.4-32.1 2,891 56.3 54.1-58.4 474 10.2 8.7-11.8 145 3.4 2.6- 4.3
No 8,824 4,688 51.8 50.1-53.4 3,913 45.5 43.9-47.2 188 2.4 1.9- 3.0 35 0.3 0.2- 0.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,125 1,053 48.8 45.8-51.9 959 45.0 41.9-48.1 88 5.1 3.7- 7.0 25 1.1 0.6- 1.9
Non-Veteran 12,184 5,425 44.6 43.2-46.0 6,012 49.4 48.0-50.8 590 4.7 4.1- 5.4 157 1.3 1.0- 1.7

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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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