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| Total Respond.# |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | Never | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,916 | 5,569 | 92.8 | 91.6-93.8 | 196 | 4.0 | 3.2- 4.8 | 84 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.6 | 58 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.2 |
| Buncombe County | 403 | 377 | 91.6 | 87.4-94.5 | 16 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.1 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 155 | 139 | 87.2 | 79.4-92.4 | 12 | 9.1 | 4.9-16.1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Female | 248 | 238 | 96.0 | 92.4-97.9 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.7 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 360 | 339 | 92.9 | 88.7-95.6 | 13 | 4.4 | 2.4- 8.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Other | 40 | 35 | 82.8 | 63.8-92.9 | 3 | 11.7 | 3.7-31.6 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.3-20.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 174 | 159 | 88.1 | 80.2-93.1 | 9 | 7.6 | 3.7-14.8 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 45+ | 228 | 217 | 94.9 | 90.7-97.3 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.1 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 166 | 153 | 90.4 | 83.2-94.7 | 6 | 5.2 | 2.2-12.2 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Some College + | 237 | 224 | 92.5 | 86.7-95.9 | 10 | 5.4 | 2.7-10.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 242 | 223 | 90.5 | 84.9-94.2 | 12 | 5.7 | 3.1-10.3 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000+ | 91 | 87 | 92.7 | 80.6-97.5 | 3 | 5.8 | 1.6-18.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 414 | 401 | 97.1 | 94.6-98.5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.1 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Durham | 384 | 364 | 93.9 | 90.3-96.2 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.8 | 8 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.6 |
| Forsyth | 442 | 427 | 96.7 | 94.4-98.1 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0- 3.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.1 |
| Gaston | 443 | 422 | 94.9 | 92.0-96.7 | 14 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.0 |
| Guilford | 392 | 364 | 92.4 | 88.4-95.0 | 14 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.5 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 414 | 382 | 91.4 | 87.6-94.2 | 23 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.3 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| New Hanover | 390 | 358 | 85.7 | 75.7-92.0 | 20 | 6.0 | 3.6- 9.7 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.6 | 5 | 6.2 | 1.7-20.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
| Onslow | 417 | 393 | 91.1 | 82.1-95.8 | 11 | 5.6 | 1.8-16.4 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.1- 5.9 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 |
| Wake | 405 | 385 | 93.6 | 89.1-96.4 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.4- 5.8 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.2- 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 |
| Western NC | 588 | 559 | 95.1 | 92.5-96.8 | 13 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.3 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.6 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Piedmont NC | 641 | 596 | 93.1 | 90.4-95.1 | 26 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.2 | 14 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Eastern NC | 583 | 541 | 90.6 | 87.0-93.2 | 24 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.7 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.3- 5.0 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
#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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