2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Context

How often in the past 12 months would you say you were worried or stressed about having enough money to pay
your rent/mortgage? Would you say you were worried or stressed-
Always, Usually, Sometimes, Rarely or Never?*

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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%)
TOTAL 9,280 992 12.5 11.4-13.7 427 5.5 4.8- 6.4 1,610 19.3 18.1-20.7 1,282 15.6 14.4-16.9 4,969 47.0 45.4-48.7
GENDER
Male 3,449 296 10.9 9.2-12.8 145 4.6 3.7- 5.8 517 17.1 15.2-19.2 498 17.0 15.0-19.2 1,993 50.4 47.7-53.0
Female 5,831 696 13.9 12.6-15.4 282 6.3 5.2- 7.6 1,093 21.4 19.7-23.2 784 14.4 13.0-15.9 2,976 44.0 42.0-46.1
RACE
White 7,122 688 11.5 10.3-12.7 316 5.6 4.8- 6.7 1,109 17.1 15.7-18.6 995 15.5 14.2-16.9 4,014 50.3 48.4-52.2
African American 1,447 194 14.9 12.1-18.1 59 4.0 2.7- 5.9 350 24.7 21.5-28.2 187 14.4 11.6-17.8 657 42.0 37.9-46.1
Native American 213 *** *** *** 13 4.6 2.3- 9.0 39 16.9 9.9-27.2 23 12.1 5.9-23.1 97 37.1 27.5-47.8
Other Minorities 442 61 10.4 6.7-15.8 36 8.5 5.3-13.4 101 27.4 21.5-34.3 66 21.3 15.0-29.3 178 32.3 26.3-39.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 429 60 11.9 8.1-17.2 37 8.9 5.6-13.7 111 28.4 22.4-35.2 61 21.7 15.5-29.5 160 29.1 23.4-35.6
-English Speaking 185 26 13.8 8.2-22.4 11 6.0 2.6-13.2 30 21.6 13.3-33.3 21 12.0 6.9-20.1 *** *** ***
-Spanish Speaking 244 34 11.1 6.5-18.3 26 10.2 6.0-16.8 81 31.3 23.8-40.1 40 26.0 17.7-36.3 63 21.5 15.5-28.9
Non-Hispanic 8,830 929 12.5 11.4-13.8 389 5.3 4.5- 6.1 1,496 18.7 17.4-20.0 1,219 15.2 14.0-16.5 4,797 48.3 46.6-50.0
AGE
18-34 1,017 126 12.1 9.8-14.9 71 7.0 5.1- 9.4 226 22.1 19.0-25.5 213 21.6 18.3-25.2 381 37.2 33.3-41.4
35-44 1,326 172 14.4 11.8-17.4 90 7.7 5.7-10.1 281 21.6 18.4-25.1 228 15.6 13.0-18.5 555 40.8 37.0-44.7
45-54 1,822 279 16.7 14.1-19.7 114 5.8 4.5- 7.6 360 19.1 16.6-21.9 282 15.6 13.1-18.4 787 42.8 39.5-46.2
55-64 2,098 244 12.9 10.8-15.5 97 3.9 3.0- 5.0 352 18.0 15.6-20.6 284 13.4 11.4-15.6 1,121 51.8 48.6-55.0
65-74 1,687 106 6.2 4.6- 8.5 31 2.6 1.4- 4.8 232 13.6 11.5-16.0 160 10.4 8.1-13.4 1,158 67.1 63.5-70.5
75+ 1,247 57 4.8 3.4- 6.7 22 1.4 0.9- 2.4 145 14.4 11.2-18.3 100 7.1 5.4- 9.3 923 72.3 68.1-76.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,092 226 21.3 17.7-25.4 58 6.3 4.1- 9.3 246 24.1 20.3-28.4 88 13.1 9.6-17.6 474 35.2 30.9-39.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,583 330 14.4 12.2-17.0 124 4.8 3.7- 6.3 539 22.9 20.4-25.6 333 14.6 12.4-17.0 1,257 43.3 40.1-46.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,338 268 11.5 9.8-13.6 127 6.8 5.4- 8.6 422 20.0 17.5-22.7 356 16.9 14.6-19.5 1,165 44.7 41.6-47.9
College Graduate 3,251 165 5.8 4.7- 7.1 118 4.1 3.1- 5.5 400 11.6 10.2-13.2 505 16.9 15.1-18.9 2,063 61.5 59.0-63.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,019 319 31.4 27.1-36.2 75 7.8 5.4-11.1 246 26.6 22.3-31.4 81 9.7 6.8-13.8 298 24.4 20.4-28.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,562 274 21.3 17.9-25.1 116 7.5 5.8- 9.8 373 27.9 24.3-31.7 174 13.2 10.4-16.7 625 30.1 26.6-33.8
$25,000- 34,999 916 100 13.0 9.9-16.9 45 6.3 4.2- 9.3 196 21.8 18.0-26.2 131 19.5 15.0-24.9 444 39.4 34.5-44.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,187 87 9.2 6.8-12.4 47 4.3 2.8- 6.7 216 20.0 16.7-23.8 203 18.3 15.2-22.0 634 48.1 43.7-52.5
$50,000-74,999 1,175 51 5.4 3.8- 7.7 56 6.8 4.6-10.0 181 15.6 12.4-19.3 187 17.3 14.2-20.9 700 55.0 50.3-59.5
$75,000+ 2,012 38 2.1 1.4- 3.2 41 2.5 1.6- 3.9 196 10.6 8.7-12.8 355 19.2 16.5-22.1 1,382 65.6 62.3-68.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,792 503 20.1 17.8-22.7 173 8.6 6.9-10.8 524 20.8 18.4-23.4 287 10.5 8.8-12.6 1,305 39.9 37.0-42.9
No 6,455 482 10.0 8.8-11.3 251 4.5 3.7- 5.4 1,083 18.9 17.4-20.5 993 17.3 15.8-18.9 3,646 49.4 47.4-51.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,297 77 6.6 4.8- 8.9 39 3.9 2.5- 6.2 143 11.8 9.4-14.7 178 17.1 13.9-20.8 860 60.6 56.4-64.8
Non-Veteran 7,981 914 13.3 12.1-14.7 388 5.7 4.9- 6.7 1,467 20.5 19.0-22.0 1,104 15.4 14.1-16.8 4,108 45.0 43.3-46.8

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*Asked only of those who rent or own their home.

These questions have not been asked in previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

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