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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,809 | 1,334 | 20.2 | 18.8-21.8 | 4,475 | 79.8 | 78.2-81.2 |
| Buncombe County | 400 | 104 | 25.4 | 20.8-30.7 | 296 | 74.6 | 69.3-79.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 154 | 36 | 23.9 | 17.2-32.2 | 118 | 76.1 | 67.8-82.8 |
| Female | 246 | 68 | 27.0 | 20.9-34.0 | 178 | 73.0 | 66.0-79.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 357 | 89 | 23.0 | 18.4-28.4 | 268 | 77.0 | 71.6-81.6 |
| Other | 40 | 14 | 41.1 | 25.1-59.4 | 26 | 58.9 | 40.6-74.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 173 | 63 | 34.8 | 26.9-43.5 | 110 | 65.2 | 56.5-73.1 |
| 45+ | 226 | 41 | 16.8 | 12.1-22.9 | 185 | 83.2 | 77.1-87.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 166 | 45 | 27.2 | 19.7-36.3 | 121 | 72.8 | 63.7-80.3 |
| Some College + | 234 | 59 | 24.1 | 18.5-30.7 | 175 | 75.9 | 69.3-81.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 240 | 72 | 29.2 | 22.9-36.5 | 168 | 70.8 | 63.5-77.1 |
| $50,000+ | 91 | 20 | 25.6 | 16.5-37.5 | 71 | 74.4 | 62.5-83.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 411 | 93 | 21.1 | 16.1-27.2 | 318 | 78.9 | 72.8-83.9 |
| Durham | 373 | 96 | 22.1 | 17.5-27.4 | 277 | 77.9 | 72.6-82.5 |
| Forsyth | 432 | 94 | 20.0 | 16.2-24.5 | 338 | 80.0 | 75.5-83.8 |
| Gaston | 437 | 110 | 24.1 | 19.9-29.0 | 327 | 75.9 | 71.0-80.1 |
| Guilford | 380 | 84 | 21.4 | 17.0-26.5 | 296 | 78.6 | 73.5-83.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 407 | 78 | 17.9 | 14.2-22.4 | 329 | 82.1 | 77.6-85.8 |
| New Hanover | 377 | 99 | 25.6 | 20.6-31.3 | 278 | 74.4 | 68.7-79.4 |
| Onslow | 411 | 112 | 27.9 | 21.6-35.3 | 299 | 72.1 | 64.7-78.4 |
| Wake | 402 | 83 | 19.7 | 15.7-24.4 | 319 | 80.3 | 75.6-84.3 |
| Western NC | 575 | 120 | 21.4 | 17.8-25.5 | 455 | 78.6 | 74.5-82.2 |
| Piedmont NC | 630 | 147 | 19.4 | 16.1-23.2 | 483 | 80.6 | 76.8-83.9 |
| Eastern NC | 574 | 114 | 19.1 | 15.5-23.2 | 460 | 80.9 | 76.8-84.5 |
*Data in this table were derived from the three physical violence questions
#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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