Table 1.

Survey questions for social-emotional and mental health measures and routine checkups, BRFSS^a, 2009

Measure	Survey question	Response choices	Categories for analysis	Labels
Social-emotional  support	How often do you get the social  and emotional support you need?	Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never	Always Usually Sometimes, rarely,  or never (lowest level)	Always Most of the Time Sometimes or less
Life satisfaction	In general, how satisfied are you with  your life?	Very satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied Very dissatisfied	Very satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied or very  dissatisfied	Very satisfied Satisfied Dissatisfied
Mental distress	Now thinking about your mental  health, which includes stress,  depression, and problems with  emotions, for how many days during  the past 30 days was your mental  health not good?	Number of days (0-30)	<14 days >14 days (frequent  mental distress)	No Yes
Routine checkup	About how long has it been since  you last visited a doctor for a  routine checkup? A routine  checkup is a general physical  exam, not an exam for a specific  injury, illness, or condition.	Within past year Within past 2 years Within past 5 years 5 or more years ago Don’t know/Not sure Never	Within past year Not within the past year	Yes No

^aBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System