Table B
Social support questions in National Population Health Survey, by year and cycle

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Table B
Social support questions in National Population Health Survey, by year and cycle.
Table summary
This table displays the results of Social support questions in National Population Health Survey. This information is grouped by Year/Cycle appearing as row headers and is grouped by Questions appearing as column headers,
Year/Cycle Questions
1994/1995 and 1996/1997 † Cycles 1 and 2 Do you have someone…
1. you can confide in or talk to about your private feelings or concerns?
2. you can really count on to help you out in a crisis situation?
3. you can really count on to give you advice when you are making important personal decisions?
4. who makes you feel loved and cared for?
1998/1999 to 2008/2009 ‡ Cycles 3 to 8 How often is support available to you if you need someone…
1. to listen to you when you need to talk?
2. to give you advice about a crisis?
3. to give you information in order to help you understand a situation?
4. to confide in or talk to about yourself or your problems?
5. whose advice you really want?
6. to share your most private worries and fears with?
7. to turn to for suggestions about how to deal with a personal problem?
8. who understands your problems?
† Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada.
‡ Sherbourne CD, Stewart AL. The MOS social support survey. Social Science and Medicine 1991; 32(6): 705-14.