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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,795 | 506 | 6.8 | 5.9- 7.7 | 5,289 | 93.2 | 92.3-94.1 |
| Gaston County | 435 | 38 | 7.6 | 5.4-10.6 | 397 | 92.4 | 89.4-94.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 165 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.8 | 156 | 95.0 | 90.2-97.5 |
| Female | 270 | 29 | 10.1 | 6.9-14.5 | 241 | 89.9 | 85.5-93.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 364 | 34 | 8.8 | 6.2-12.5 | 330 | 91.2 | 87.5-93.8 |
| Other | 69 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.1- 9.3 | 65 | 96.8 | 90.7-98.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 205 | 21 | 8.2 | 5.1-12.8 | 184 | 91.8 | 87.2-94.9 |
| 45+ | 226 | 17 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.7 | 209 | 92.8 | 88.3-95.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 229 | 18 | 6.2 | 3.8-10.0 | 211 | 93.8 | 90.0-96.2 |
| Some College + | 206 | 20 | 9.1 | 5.8-14.1 | 186 | 90.9 | 85.9-94.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 250 | 26 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.2 | 224 | 90.4 | 85.8-93.7 |
| $50,000+ | 99 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.5-12.4 | 93 | 94.3 | 87.6-97.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 401 | 42 | 10.2 | 7.0-14.6 | 359 | 89.8 | 85.4-93.0 |
| Cumberland | 409 | 35 | 6.7 | 4.5- 9.8 | 374 | 93.3 | 90.2-95.5 |
| Durham | 373 | 35 | 6.3 | 4.2- 9.4 | 338 | 93.7 | 90.6-95.8 |
| Forsyth | 432 | 36 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.3 | 396 | 93.5 | 90.7-95.4 |
| Guilford | 379 | 33 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.2 | 346 | 93.0 | 89.8-95.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 403 | 31 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.4 | 372 | 93.5 | 90.6-95.6 |
| New Hanover | 376 | 32 | 6.9 | 4.5-10.3 | 344 | 93.1 | 89.7-95.5 |
| Onslow | 411 | 40 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.4 | 371 | 92.7 | 89.6-94.9 |
| Wake | 400 | 35 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.5 | 365 | 93.5 | 90.5-95.5 |
| Western NC | 575 | 43 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.2 | 532 | 94.0 | 91.8-95.7 |
| Piedmont NC | 628 | 47 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.3 | 581 | 94.8 | 92.7-96.4 |
| Eastern NC | 573 | 59 | 8.8 | 6.5-11.8 | 514 | 91.2 | 88.2-93.5 |
*Data in this table were derived from the three sexual assault 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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