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Use special equipment or help from others to get around?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	No   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Yes   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	2998	2790  94.2  (93.2-95.0)	208   5.8  ( 5.0- 6.8)
GENDER
Male	1140	1074  95.0  (93.5-96.1)	66   5.0  ( 3.9- 6.5)
Female	1858	1716  93.4  (92.1-94.5)	142   6.6  ( 5.5- 7.9)
RACE
White	2305	2156  94.3  (93.2-95.2)	149   5.7  ( 4.8- 6.8)
African American	588	537  93.5  (91.2-95.2)	51   6.5  ( 4.8- 8.8)
AGE
18-24	242	240  98.7  (94.8-99.7)	2   1.3  ( 0.3- 5.2)
25-34	542	537  98.6  (96.4-99.5)	5   1.4  ( 0.5- 3.6)
35-44	622	606  97.3  (95.6-98.4)	16   2.7  ( 1.6- 4.4)
45-54	550	517  94.1  (91.5-95.9)	33   5.9  ( 4.1- 8.5)
55-64	406	364  90.8  (87.4-93.4)	42   9.2  ( 6.6-12.6)
65+	620	511  84.4  (81.1-87.1)	109  15.6  (12.9-18.9)
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	502	433  89.5  (86.5-91.9)	69  10.5  ( 8.1-13.5)
H.S. or G.E.D.	935	868  93.2  (91.2-94.8)	67   6.8  ( 5.2- 8.8)
Some Post-H.S.	753	711  95.3  (93.5-96.6)	42   4.7  ( 3.4- 6.5)
College Graduate	801	774  97.4  (96.1-98.3)	27   2.6  ( 1.7- 3.9)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	333	269  83.5  (78.8-87.3)	64  16.5  (12.7-21.2)
$15,000- 24,999	556	506  92.0  (89.2-94.1)	50   8.0  ( 5.9-10.8)
$25,000- 34,999	424	396  93.1  (89.8-95.5)	28   6.9  ( 4.5-10.2)
$35,000- 49,999	445	430  96.9  (94.6-98.2)	15   3.1  ( 1.8- 5.4)
$50,000+	771	761  98.8  (97.6-99.4)	10   1.2  ( 0.6- 2.4)

*Data for this table constructed from the disability question 5, 'If you use special equipment or help from others to get around, what type do you use?'

'YES'=a respondent reported using special equipment or help from others to get around.

#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.