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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,666 | 113 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.4 | 3,553 | 97.4 | 96.6-98.0 |
| Buncombe County | 267 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.4 | 253 | 95.1 | 91.6-97.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 99 | 6 | 5.0 | 2.2-11.3 | 93 | 95.0 | 88.7-97.8 |
| Female | 168 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.6 | 160 | 95.2 | 90.4-97.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 242 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.4 | 228 | 94.5 | 90.6-96.8 |
| Other | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 24 | 100 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 36 | 100 | . - . |
| 45+ | 231 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.7 | 217 | 94.3 | 90.3-96.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 118 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.5 | 113 | 96.0 | 90.5-98.4 |
| Some College + | 149 | 9 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.1 | 140 | 94.2 | 88.9-97.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 139 | 9 | 6.2 | 3.2-11.9 | 130 | 93.8 | 88.1-96.8 |
| $50,000+ | 71 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.9 | 68 | 96.8 | 90.1-99.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 213 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.5 | 208 | 97.8 | 94.5-99.2 |
| Durham | 207 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.5 | 202 | 97.8 | 94.5-99.1 |
| Forsyth | 304 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.7 | 296 | 97.2 | 94.3-98.7 |
| Gaston | 283 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.3 | 275 | 97.4 | 94.7-98.8 |
| Guilford | 250 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 | 244 | 98.6 | 96.8-99.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 239 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.2 | 232 | 96.5 | 92.8-98.4 |
| New Hanover | 236 | 12 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.9 | 224 | 95.1 | 91.1-97.3 |
| Onslow | 217 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.8 | 210 | 97.4 | 94.2-98.8 |
| Wake | 210 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.9 | 203 | 97.3 | 94.1-98.7 |
| Western NC | 432 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 417 | 97.1 | 95.1-98.3 |
| Piedmont NC | 425 | 8 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.4 | 417 | 97.9 | 95.6-99.0 |
| Eastern NC | 383 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.2 | 372 | 97.5 | 94.8-98.8 |
* 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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