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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction-WHITES

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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 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
GENDER
Male 4,138 2,014 48.8 46.5-51.1 1,895 45.6 43.3-47.9 187 4.4 3.5- 5.5 42 1.2 0.7- 1.8
Female 7,109 3,352 49.4 47.7-51.1 3,337 45.1 43.4-46.8 322 4.2 3.5- 5.0 98 1.3 1.0- 1.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 111 59 56.3 43.2-68.5 46 40.5 28.6-53.6 4 2.4 0.8- 6.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1
-English Speaking 110 58 56.0 43.0-68.3 46 40.7 28.8-53.9 4 2.4 0.8- 6.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1
-Spanish Speaking 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 11,127 5,303 49.0 47.6-50.4 5,183 45.4 44.0-46.9 504 4.3 3.8- 5.0 137 1.2 0.9- 1.6
AGE
18-24 278 123 43.2 35.8-50.9 140 50.3 42.6-57.9 13 6.1 3.1-11.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
25-34 960 501 54.5 50.4-58.6 416 41.2 37.2-45.3 31 2.9 1.8- 4.4 12 1.4 0.6- 3.3
35-44 1,691 793 47.0 44.0-50.0 798 47.3 44.3-50.3 79 4.3 3.2- 5.6 21 1.5 0.8- 2.5
45-54 2,191 949 44.6 42.0-47.3 1,071 48.1 45.5-50.8 134 5.6 4.6- 7.0 37 1.7 1.1- 2.5
55-64 2,452 1,197 50.7 48.2-53.1 1,078 42.5 40.0-44.9 138 5.2 4.2- 6.4 39 1.6 1.1- 2.5
65-74 2,029 1,038 54.8 52.1-57.4 896 41.3 38.8-43.9 78 3.2 2.5- 4.1 17 0.7 0.4- 1.2
75+ 1,602 741 50.0 47.0-53.1 813 47.6 44.6-50.7 36 1.8 1.2- 2.6 12 0.5 0.3- 1.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,309 411 30.8 26.6-35.4 777 59.1 54.4-63.7 91 6.6 5.0- 8.6 30 3.5 1.9- 6.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,279 1,394 44.3 41.6-47.0 1,671 49.8 47.0-52.5 173 5.0 3.8- 6.4 41 1.0 0.7- 1.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,960 1,416 46.6 43.7-49.4 1,366 46.9 44.1-49.8 129 4.8 3.5- 6.5 49 1.7 1.2- 2.5
College Graduate 3,685 2,136 60.7 58.5-62.8 1,414 36.3 34.2-38.4 116 2.7 2.1- 3.3 19 0.4 0.2- 0.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 982 233 22.9 19.0-27.3 567 57.4 52.6-62.0 132 13.7 10.7-17.3 50 6.0 4.0- 9.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,614 540 33.8 29.7-38.2 931 55.5 51.0-59.8 110 7.8 5.5-11.0 33 2.9 1.7- 5.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,154 476 38.5 34.7-42.6 605 54.1 50.0-58.2 62 6.4 4.4- 9.1 11 0.9 0.4- 2.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,658 793 46.5 43.0-50.0 794 48.8 45.2-52.3 60 4.0 2.7- 5.8 11 0.8 0.3- 1.8
$50,000-74,999 1,754 959 55.4 51.8-58.9 747 42.0 38.5-45.5 41 2.4 1.6- 3.6 7 0.3 0.1- 0.7
$75,000+ 2,612 1,671 63.9 61.3-66.4 892 34.3 31.9-36.9 39 1.5 1.0- 2.2 10 0.3 0.1- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,095 1,370 32.9 30.7-35.1 2,239 54.2 51.9-56.6 373 9.5 8.1-11.0 113 3.4 2.6- 4.6
No 6,944 3,896 56.3 54.5-58.1 2,893 41.4 39.7-43.2 128 2.0 1.5- 2.7 27 0.3 0.2- 0.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,775 908 52.4 49.1-55.7 779 42.7 39.5-46.1 67 3.8 2.7- 5.4 21 1.1 0.6- 1.9
Non-Veteran 9,471 4,457 48.5 47.0-50.1 4,453 45.8 44.3-47.4 442 4.4 3.8- 5.1 119 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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