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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Emotional Support and Life Satisfaction-WHITES

How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?

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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 11,570 6,450 54.8 53.3-56.3 2,900 26.1 24.8-27.5 1,292 11.3 10.4-12.4 335 3.2 2.6- 4.0 593 4.5 4.0- 5.1
-WHITES 9,050 5,145 56.7 55.1-58.4 2,437 28.2 26.7-29.7 846 8.9 8.0-10.0 233 2.5 2.0- 3.1 389 3.7 3.1- 4.3
GENDER
Male 3,398 1,947 57.1 54.5-59.7 849 26.9 24.7-29.3 305 8.6 7.3-10.2 90 2.2 1.7- 3.0 207 5.1 4.1- 6.3
Female 5,652 3,198 56.4 54.3-58.4 1,588 29.3 27.4-31.2 541 9.2 8.0-10.6 143 2.7 1.9- 3.8 182 2.4 2.0- 3.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 166 92 54.3 43.1-65.2 37 21.7 13.5-33.0 18 13.2 6.6-24.5 7 4.3 1.7-10.1 12 6.5 2.9-13.8
Non-Hispanic 8,879 5,050 56.8 55.1-58.5 2,399 28.4 26.9-29.9 828 8.8 7.9- 9.8 226 2.4 1.9- 3.1 376 3.6 3.0- 4.2
AGE
18-24 225 131 56.7 47.7-65.3 62 26.8 19.8-35.3 19 10.2 5.8-17.1 7 3.5 1.1-10.3 6 2.8 0.9- 8.8
25-34 626 326 52.5 47.3-57.6 214 35.1 30.3-40.2 61 8.9 6.4-12.2 16 2.2 1.1- 4.2 9 1.4 0.7- 2.9
35-44 1,223 655 56.8 53.3-60.3 387 29.4 26.4-32.7 128 9.4 7.6-11.7 27 2.0 1.2- 3.2 26 2.3 1.5- 3.7
45-54 1,659 837 51.7 48.5-54.9 523 32.0 29.1-35.0 206 10.7 9.0-12.7 51 2.7 1.9- 3.9 42 2.9 1.9- 4.3
55-64 2,050 1,112 56.2 53.3-59.1 606 28.2 25.6-30.8 188 8.3 6.8-10.0 55 2.6 1.8- 3.9 89 4.7 3.6- 6.3
65+ 3,202 2,042 65.6 63.4-67.7 631 18.1 16.5-19.8 240 6.7 5.7- 7.9 77 2.4 1.7- 3.2 212 7.3 6.1- 8.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 963 494 47.5 42.1-52.9 137 14.9 11.7-19.0 149 17.1 13.2-21.9 50 7.9 4.4-13.8 133 12.6 9.8-16.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,522 1,471 57.4 54.0-60.6 556 23.8 21.2-26.8 285 11.7 9.7-14.0 69 2.2 1.6- 3.1 141 4.9 3.6- 6.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,304 1,344 58.4 55.0-61.8 632 28.8 25.7-32.1 200 8.1 6.4-10.2 67 2.9 2.0- 4.0 61 1.8 1.3- 2.5
College Graduate 3,249 1,826 57.4 54.9-59.8 1,111 34.6 32.2-37.0 212 5.3 4.4- 6.4 47 1.0 0.7- 1.4 53 1.7 1.2- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 801 343 41.6 36.0-47.4 159 20.3 16.4-24.9 153 19.7 16.0-23.9 56 7.7 5.0-11.5 90 10.8 8.0-14.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,302 686 50.2 45.9-54.6 293 21.3 18.1-24.9 165 16.0 12.5-20.4 67 5.8 4.1- 8.0 91 6.7 5.0- 8.9
$25,000- 34,999 933 528 53.4 48.1-58.7 228 26.1 21.6-31.2 95 8.9 6.7-11.8 28 2.9 1.8- 4.8 54 8.7 5.2-14.2
$35,000-49,999 1,154 653 59.2 55.0-63.4 342 28.3 24.6-32.2 110 8.6 6.5-11.3 18 1.0 0.6- 1.9 31 2.9 1.8- 4.6
$50,000- 74,999 1,295 757 58.5 54.5-62.3 401 31.5 27.9-35.3 104 7.5 5.8- 9.7 15 1.4 0.7- 2.8 18 1.2 0.6- 2.1
$75,000+ 2,179 1,318 60.2 57.0-63.2 722 33.7 30.7-36.8 105 4.7 3.5- 6.4 13 0.5 0.3- 1.0 21 0.9 0.5- 1.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,352 1,676 47.7 44.9-50.5 853 26.9 24.6-29.3 475 15.1 13.1-17.3 158 5.4 4.0- 7.3 190 4.9 4.0- 6.0
No 5,516 3,366 60.9 58.8-63.0 1,533 28.4 26.6-30.4 358 6.3 5.3- 7.4 72 1.2 0.9- 1.7 187 3.1 2.5- 4.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,287 793 58.2 54.1-62.1 269 24.8 21.3-28.7 101 7.7 5.9- 9.9 34 2.3 1.5- 3.5 90 7.0 5.2- 9.4
Non-Veteran 7,761 4,350 56.5 54.7-58.3 2,168 28.7 27.1-30.3 745 9.1 8.1-10.3 199 2.5 1.9- 3.3 299 3.2 2.6- 3.8

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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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