A survey was conducted involving 366 individuals receiving mental health services from the Egyptian Health Department in Saline, Gallatin, and White counties. The survey was designed to determine the most frequently selected formal and informal networks that would be utilized by the individual receiving services. The Social Network Questionnaire included 10 life situations and asked the individual to select from 1 to 15 possible support networks. More than one answer could be chosen for each situation. The research study was designed to determine is individual characteristics such as gender, education, race, age, marital status, employment or income influenced the selection of support networks. Frequency distributions were generated by summarizing raw datAn analysis determined the percentage and frequency for each answer for the total 10 questions to compare differences in the selection of formal and informal networks. The interpretation of the results revealed characteristics that reflected on the selection of support networks. The characteristics that indicated a difference in the selection of support networks were education level, gender, income, age, marital status, and employment. Formal networks were more frequently selected than informal networks.