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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,666 | 149 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.6 | 3,517 | 95.8 | 94.4-96.8 |
| Buncombe County | 267 | 19 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.7 | 248 | 93.9 | 90.3-96.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 99 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.2- 9.1 | 95 | 96.6 | 90.9-98.8 |
| Female | 168 | 15 | 8.4 | 4.9-14.2 | 153 | 91.6 | 85.8-95.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 242 | 17 | 6.0 | 3.6- 9.7 | 225 | 94.0 | 90.3-96.4 |
| Other | 24 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.2-30.1 | 22 | 93.1 | 69.9-98.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 36 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.9 | 35 | 97.3 | 83.1-99.6 |
| 45+ | 231 | 18 | 6.6 | 4.0-10.7 | 213 | 93.4 | 89.3-96.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 118 | 10 | 6.6 | 3.3-12.7 | 108 | 93.4 | 87.3-96.7 |
| Some College + | 149 | 9 | 5.6 | 2.8-10.9 | 140 | 94.4 | 89.1-97.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 139 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.7-12.6 | 127 | 93.1 | 87.4-96.3 |
| $50,000+ | 71 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.0 | 70 | 98.0 | 87.0-99.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 213 | 14 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.7 | 199 | 93.4 | 88.3-96.4 |
| Durham | 207 | 12 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.0 | 195 | 94.2 | 89.0-97.1 |
| Forsyth | 304 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.2 | 296 | 97.5 | 94.8-98.8 |
| Gaston | 283 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.5- 7.9 | 270 | 95.5 | 92.1-97.5 |
| Guilford | 250 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.4 | 242 | 98.3 | 96.6-99.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 239 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.4 | 236 | 98.5 | 94.6-99.6 |
| New Hanover | 236 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.3 | 231 | 97.8 | 93.7-99.3 |
| Onslow | 217 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.5 | 207 | 95.0 | 89.5-97.7 |
| Wake | 210 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 3.9 | 205 | 98.4 | 96.1-99.4 |
| Western NC | 432 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.8 | 414 | 95.8 | 93.2-97.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 425 | 18 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.7 | 407 | 94.4 | 90.3-96.8 |
| Eastern NC | 383 | 16 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.7 | 367 | 95.7 | 92.3-97.7 |
* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or older.
#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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