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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 386 189 48.3 40.3-56.3 124 38.3 30.7-46.5 43 8.5 5.9-12.1 11 2.1 1.0- 4.1 19 2.9 1.6- 5.1
GENDER
Male 142 62 42.7 30.7-55.7 50 43.0 30.8-56.1 14 8.0 4.1-15.0 4 2.1 0.7- 6.2 12 4.1 1.9- 8.6
Female 244 127 53.2 43.3-62.8 74 34.0 25.4-44.0 29 8.9 5.9-13.2 7 2.1 0.9- 4.8 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9
RACE
White 332 166 48.5 39.8-57.2 109 39.1 30.7-48.2 32 7.4 4.8-11.2 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8 15 2.7 1.4- 5.2
Other 53 22 46.5 27.9-66.2 15 34.5 19.2-53.8 11 14.3 6.9-27.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 4 4.0 1.4-11.0
AGE
18-44 79 36 47.3 32.7-62.5 35 45.7 31.3-60.8 5 4.8 1.8-12.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 2 1.6 0.3- 7.4
45+ 300 151 49.7 42.9-56.5 86 31.2 25.2-37.9 37 11.7 8.3-16.2 9 3.3 1.5- 6.9 17 4.1 2.5- 6.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 117 55 45.1 30.4-60.8 34 37.2 23.3-53.7 15 10.6 5.6-19.0 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 10 5.3 2.3-11.8
Some College + 269 134 49.7 40.6-58.9 90 38.8 30.2-48.1 28 7.5 4.7-11.7 8 2.2 1.0- 5.1 9 1.8 0.9- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 79 38.6 28.0-50.4 45 46.2 33.4-59.4 21 9.6 5.8-15.3 7 3.2 1.3- 7.4 8 2.5 1.2- 5.4
$50,000+ 168 81 54.7 44.6-64.5 64 33.8 25.6-43.1 16 7.2 4.1-12.5 2 1.3 0.3- 5.9 5 2.8 1.0- 8.0

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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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