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Currently Had at Least One Child with Asthma?*


Respondents
Characterictics
Total
Household#		 Yes
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 No
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1041 111  13.1  (10.2-16.7) 930  86.9  (83.3-89.8)
GENDER      
Male  355  37  15.6  ( 9.5-24.7) 318  84.4  (75.3-90.5)
Female  686  74  11.9  ( 9.2-15.2) 612  88.1  (84.8-90.8)
RACE      
White  740  69  11.7  ( 8.2-16.4) 671  88.3  (83.6-91.8)
African American  254  36  16.8  (11.7-23.5) 218  83.2  (76.5-88.3)
AGE      
18-24   93  11  12.3  ( 6.4-22.1)  82  87.7  (77.9-93.6)
25-34  308  33  13.1  ( 9.1-18.4) 275  86.9  (81.6-90.9)
35-44  426  42  13.6  ( 8.5-21.1) 384  86.4  (78.9-91.5)
45-54  153  18  10.7  ( 6.3-17.7) 135  89.3  (82.3-93.7)
55-64   45   6  20.6  ( 9.2-39.8)  39  79.4  (60.2-90.8)
65+   14   1   5.1  ( 0.7-30.2)  13  94.9  (69.8-99.3)
EDUCATION      
Less Than H.S.  119  13  12.3  ( 6.3-22.5) 106  87.7  (77.5-93.7)
H.S. or G.E.D.  367  41  12.8  ( 9.1-17.6) 326  87.2  (82.4-90.9)
Some Post-H.S.  280  35  15.0  (10.6-20.7) 245  85.0  (79.3-89.4)
College Graduate  275  22  11.8  ( 5.2-24.6) 253  88.2  (75.4-94.8)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
Less than $15,000   75  13  22.1  (12.5-36.1)  62  77.9  (63.9-87.5)
$15,000- 24,999  185  27  14.2  ( 9.2-21.3) 158  85.8  (78.7-90.8)
$25,000- 34,999  152  19  17.2  (11.2-25.7) 133  82.8  (74.3-88.8)
$35,000- 49,999  178  17  12.2  ( 7.2-19.8) 161  87.8  (80.2-92.8)
$50,000+  353  28  11.2  ( 5.7-20.7) 325  88.8  (79.3-94.3)

*Data in this table were derived from the NC Childhood astma questions 2,3,5,6,8 and 9.
* Data were reweighted to adjust for number of children in the household and residential phone numbers along with the selection probability.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.