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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 568 266 48.1 42.3-54.0 191 32.6 27.7-37.9 75 13.6 9.7-18.8 19 3.5 1.9- 6.2 17 2.2 1.3- 3.9
GENDER
Male 216 108 51.7 42.2-61.1 68 29.0 21.9-37.2 27 15.1 8.6-25.1 6 2.1 0.7- 6.2 7 2.1 0.9- 5.1
Female 352 158 44.3 37.9-50.9 123 36.4 30.2-43.0 48 12.0 8.8-16.3 13 4.9 2.4- 9.6 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8
RACE
White 440 209 48.6 42.6-54.7 166 37.2 31.6-43.0 48 11.1 7.5-16.3 9 1.8 0.8- 3.9 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9
Other 123 55 48.0 34.7-61.6 23 20.4 12.2-32.1 26 19.4 10.4-33.4 10 7.6 3.3-16.5 9 4.6 2.0- 9.9
AGE
18-44 206 93 47.6 38.7-56.7 77 32.8 25.4-41.1 27 14.5 8.6-23.4 7 4.0 1.7- 8.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3
45+ 354 168 48.5 42.7-54.4 113 32.7 27.4-38.4 47 12.4 9.0-16.7 12 2.7 1.5- 4.9 14 3.8 2.1- 6.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 45 41.0 26.2-57.6 26 24.2 14.0-38.6 27 24.8 13.2-41.7 10 7.1 2.9-16.2 6 3.0 1.2- 7.2
Some College + 454 221 50.4 44.7-56.1 165 35.3 30.2-40.9 48 10.0 7.0-14.0 9 2.3 1.0- 5.1 11 2.0 1.0- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 59 35.5 24.9-47.7 46 26.8 18.3-37.4 34 25.2 15.2-38.8 15 6.7 3.7-11.9 12 5.8 3.0-11.0
$50,000+ 324 160 49.9 43.2-56.6 125 39.6 33.2-46.3 34 8.5 5.6-12.5 3 1.8 0.5- 6.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3

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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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