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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,107 | 5,046 | 79.0 | 77.3-80.7 | 1,061 | 21.0 | 19.3-22.7 |
| Buncombe County | 419 | 353 | 81.3 | 76.0-85.6 | 66 | 18.7 | 14.4-24.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 163 | 137 | 80.3 | 71.6-86.8 | 26 | 19.7 | 13.2-28.4 |
| Female | 256 | 216 | 82.3 | 75.5-87.5 | 40 | 17.7 | 12.5-24.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 374 | 315 | 81.1 | 75.4-85.8 | 59 | 18.9 | 14.2-24.6 |
| Other | 41 | 36 | 85.4 | 68.9-93.9 | 5 | 14.6 | 6.1-31.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 178 | 130 | 68.8 | 59.6-76.6 | 48 | 31.2 | 23.4-40.4 |
| 45+ | 239 | 221 | 92.5 | 88.0-95.4 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.6-12.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 173 | 139 | 74.2 | 64.6-82.0 | 34 | 25.8 | 18.0-35.4 |
| Some College + | 244 | 212 | 86.5 | 80.8-90.7 | 32 | 13.5 | 9.3-19.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 249 | 200 | 76.7 | 69.3-82.8 | 49 | 23.3 | 17.2-30.7 |
| $50,000+ | 94 | 90 | 96.0 | 88.1-98.7 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.3-11.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 423 | 333 | 70.2 | 59.7-78.9 | 90 | 29.8 | 21.1-40.3 |
| Durham | 394 | 327 | 78.1 | 70.6-84.0 | 67 | 21.9 | 16.0-29.4 |
| Forsyth | 449 | 391 | 86.5 | 82.3-89.9 | 58 | 13.5 | 10.1-17.7 |
| Gaston | 464 | 397 | 83.0 | 78.4-86.8 | 67 | 17.0 | 13.2-21.6 |
| Guilford | 406 | 342 | 84.5 | 80.3-88.0 | 64 | 15.5 | 12.0-19.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 424 | 355 | 80.8 | 75.6-85.2 | 69 | 19.2 | 14.8-24.4 |
| New Hanover | 402 | 340 | 79.2 | 70.4-85.9 | 62 | 20.8 | 14.1-29.6 |
| Onslow | 428 | 333 | 72.5 | 64.7-79.1 | 95 | 27.5 | 20.9-35.3 |
| Wake | 422 | 355 | 80.4 | 74.9-84.9 | 67 | 19.6 | 15.1-25.1 |
| Western NC | 610 | 509 | 81.7 | 77.8-85.0 | 101 | 18.3 | 15.0-22.2 |
| Piedmont NC | 658 | 533 | 79.3 | 75.0-83.1 | 125 | 20.7 | 16.9-25.0 |
| Eastern NC | 608 | 478 | 75.6 | 71.0-79.7 | 130 | 24.4 | 20.3-29.0 |
#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.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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