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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,197 | 1,743 | 27.2 | 25.6-28.9 | 4,454 | 72.8 | 71.1-74.4 |
| Buncombe County | 422 | 113 | 25.3 | 21.0-30.1 | 309 | 74.7 | 69.9-79.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 165 | 42 | 23.9 | 17.6-31.6 | 123 | 76.1 | 68.4-82.4 |
| Female | 257 | 71 | 26.7 | 21.2-33.0 | 186 | 73.3 | 67.0-78.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 378 | 102 | 26.0 | 21.4-31.2 | 276 | 74.0 | 68.8-78.6 |
| Other | 40 | 10 | 19.1 | 9.8-34.1 | 30 | 80.9 | 65.9-90.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 180 | 23 | 12.3 | 7.9-18.7 | 157 | 87.7 | 81.3-92.1 |
| 45+ | 240 | 90 | 37.2 | 30.7-44.2 | 150 | 62.8 | 55.8-69.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 174 | 60 | 32.8 | 25.4-41.2 | 114 | 67.2 | 58.8-74.6 |
| Some College + | 246 | 53 | 19.7 | 15.0-25.6 | 193 | 80.3 | 74.4-85.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 252 | 74 | 28.8 | 22.9-35.5 | 178 | 71.2 | 64.5-77.1 |
| $50,000+ | 94 | 16 | 14.6 | 8.6-23.6 | 78 | 85.4 | 76.4-91.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 429 | 132 | 26.9 | 21.7-32.8 | 297 | 73.1 | 67.2-78.3 |
| Durham | 400 | 106 | 23.8 | 19.2-29.1 | 294 | 76.2 | 70.9-80.8 |
| Forsyth | 455 | 145 | 28.8 | 24.3-33.6 | 310 | 71.2 | 66.4-75.7 |
| Gaston | 467 | 146 | 29.8 | 25.4-34.6 | 321 | 70.2 | 65.4-74.6 |
| Guilford | 418 | 112 | 26.8 | 22.3-31.9 | 306 | 73.2 | 68.1-77.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 431 | 96 | 19.8 | 16.2-24.1 | 335 | 80.2 | 75.9-83.8 |
| New Hanover | 405 | 107 | 23.9 | 19.4-29.2 | 298 | 76.1 | 70.8-80.6 |
| Onslow | 435 | 98 | 22.5 | 17.3-28.7 | 337 | 77.5 | 71.3-82.7 |
| Wake | 427 | 82 | 17.5 | 13.7-22.1 | 345 | 82.5 | 77.9-86.3 |
| Western NC | 619 | 200 | 30.3 | 26.4-34.5 | 419 | 69.7 | 65.5-73.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 669 | 203 | 29.3 | 25.4-33.4 | 466 | 70.7 | 66.6-74.6 |
| Eastern NC | 620 | 203 | 30.1 | 26.0-34.5 | 417 | 69.9 | 65.5-74.0 |
#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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