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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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 12,419 6,064 48.7 47.1-50.3 3,566 28.6 27.2-30.0 1,726 14.4 13.2-15.7 507 4.0 3.4- 4.8 556 4.3 3.6- 5.1
-Mecklenburg County 586 286 48.5 43.0-54.0 198 31.5 26.9-36.6 67 13.4 9.3-18.9 18 3.4 1.8- 6.4 17 3.1 1.7- 5.5
GENDER
Male 217 107 48.8 40.7-57.0 67 32.6 25.3-40.8 25 9.8 6.3-15.0 7 3.3 1.2- 8.9 11 5.5 2.8-10.5
Female 369 179 48.3 41.0-55.6 131 30.6 24.9-37.0 42 16.6 10.1-26.1 11 3.5 1.6- 7.7 6 1.0 0.4- 2.5
RACE
White 408 204 49.5 43.3-55.7 149 35.2 29.6-41.2 35 10.0 6.3-15.6 11 3.9 1.7- 8.9 9 1.4 0.7- 2.7
Other 168 78 46.4 36.3-56.8 46 27.3 19.5-36.8 30 18.3 10.3-30.2 7 2.9 1.2- 6.7 7 5.1 2.3-11.2
AGE
18-44 182 88 46.5 37.6-55.7 65 33.7 25.9-42.4 16 12.9 6.5-23.8 8 4.6 1.9-10.6 5 2.3 0.8- 6.8
45+ 398 193 50.4 44.7-56.1 133 29.8 25.1-34.9 50 13.6 10.0-18.2 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 12 4.0 2.1- 7.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 71 47.7 36.2-59.4 39 23.1 15.1-33.8 19 18.1 9.8-31.0 6 5.3 1.8-14.7 7 5.8 2.3-14.0
Some College + 442 213 48.6 42.5-54.8 159 34.8 29.4-40.7 48 11.7 7.4-18.0 12 2.7 1.3- 5.8 10 2.1 1.0- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 102 44.3 34.8-54.2 61 25.4 18.0-34.5 33 18.5 10.2-31.3 11 5.8 2.6-12.3 10 6.0 2.8-12.5
$50,000+ 271 133 50.1 43.1-57.2 107 38.9 32.3-46.0 23 8.1 5.2-12.6 4 1.3 0.4- 3.7 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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