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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,906 | 2,070 | 41.3 | 39.3-43.3 | 3,836 | 58.7 | 56.7-60.7 |
| Buncombe County | 398 | 129 | 34.6 | 29.5-40.1 | 269 | 65.4 | 59.9-70.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 154 | 62 | 41.5 | 33.3-50.3 | 92 | 58.5 | 49.7-66.7 |
| Female | 244 | 67 | 27.8 | 22.0-34.4 | 177 | 72.2 | 65.6-78.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 356 | 120 | 36.5 | 31.0-42.4 | 236 | 63.5 | 57.6-69.0 |
| Other | 38 | 9 | 25.4 | 13.4-42.8 | 29 | 74.6 | 57.2-86.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 176 | 53 | 30.5 | 23.3-38.8 | 123 | 69.5 | 61.2-76.7 |
| 45+ | 220 | 75 | 38.4 | 31.5-45.9 | 145 | 61.6 | 54.1-68.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 161 | 56 | 36.5 | 28.3-45.7 | 105 | 63.5 | 54.3-71.7 |
| Some College + | 235 | 72 | 33.1 | 26.8-40.2 | 163 | 66.9 | 59.8-73.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 247 | 73 | 30.5 | 24.4-37.4 | 174 | 69.5 | 62.6-75.6 |
| $50,000+ | 91 | 37 | 42.3 | 31.7-53.6 | 54 | 57.7 | 46.4-68.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 415 | 128 | 27.4 | 22.3-33.3 | 287 | 72.6 | 66.7-77.7 |
| Durham | 386 | 81 | 20.9 | 16.5-26.0 | 305 | 79.1 | 74.0-83.5 |
| Forsyth | 431 | 124 | 32.5 | 27.5-38.0 | 307 | 67.5 | 62.0-72.5 |
| Gaston | 440 | 178 | 42.9 | 37.7-48.3 | 262 | 57.1 | 51.7-62.3 |
| Guilford | 409 | 119 | 30.1 | 25.3-35.5 | 290 | 69.9 | 64.5-74.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 417 | 108 | 24.7 | 20.5-29.5 | 309 | 75.3 | 70.5-79.5 |
| New Hanover | 392 | 122 | 32.5 | 26.9-38.6 | 270 | 67.5 | 61.4-73.1 |
| Onslow | 413 | 158 | 40.8 | 33.6-48.3 | 255 | 59.2 | 51.7-66.4 |
| Wake | 403 | 90 | 22.1 | 18.0-26.9 | 313 | 77.9 | 73.1-82.0 |
| Western NC | 577 | 294 | 55.4 | 50.8-59.9 | 283 | 44.6 | 40.1-49.2 |
| Piedmont NC | 635 | 276 | 47.5 | 42.6-52.4 | 359 | 52.5 | 47.6-57.4 |
| Eastern NC | 590 | 263 | 49.4 | 44.5-54.4 | 327 | 50.6 | 45.6-55.5 |
#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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