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| Total Respond.# |
Mostly sitting/standing | Mostly walking | Mostly heavy labor | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,665 | 2,462 | 61.4 | 58.7-64.0 | 809 | 25.2 | 22.8-27.8 | 394 | 13.4 | 11.7-15.3 |
| Mecklenburg County | 279 | 210 | 74.1 | 67.7-79.6 | 55 | 19.9 | 15.0-25.9 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 125 | 91 | 70.6 | 61.1-78.6 | 25 | 21.2 | 14.3-30.4 | 9 | 8.1 | 4.2-15.0 |
| Female | 154 | 119 | 78.8 | 70.9-84.9 | 30 | 18.0 | 12.4-25.6 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 194 | 150 | 75.6 | 67.9-82.0 | 34 | 18.6 | 12.9-26.1 | 10 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.7 |
| Other | 78 | 56 | 71.2 | 58.6-81.2 | 18 | 21.7 | 13.3-33.4 | 4 | 7.1 | 2.6-18.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 187 | 139 | 72.4 | 64.4-79.2 | 38 | 21.1 | 15.0-28.8 | 10 | 6.5 | 3.4-12.0 |
| 45+ | 90 | 70 | 79.7 | 69.3-87.2 | 16 | 15.3 | 9.0-24.9 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.7-13.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 69 | 46 | 63.1 | 49.5-74.9 | 14 | 21.1 | 12.2-34.0 | 9 | 15.8 | 8.2-28.3 |
| Some College + | 209 | 163 | 77.5 | 70.1-83.5 | 41 | 19.6 | 14.0-26.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 115 | 85 | 69.9 | 59.2-78.8 | 22 | 20.3 | 13.0-30.1 | 8 | 9.8 | 4.8-19.0 |
| $50,000+ | 131 | 104 | 80.4 | 71.8-86.8 | 24 | 17.0 | 11.0-25.3 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 249 | 162 | 61.1 | 53.7-67.9 | 54 | 23.8 | 17.9-30.9 | 33 | 15.1 | 10.6-21.2 |
| Cumberland | 254 | 169 | 55.7 | 43.4-67.4 | 49 | 28.5 | 16.6-44.4 | 36 | 15.7 | 10.4-23.2 |
| Durham | 242 | 174 | 69.2 | 60.0-77.1 | 53 | 19.6 | 14.2-26.3 | 15 | 11.3 | 5.4-22.1 |
| Forsyth | 258 | 176 | 63.6 | 56.2-70.3 | 60 | 23.9 | 18.6-30.3 | 22 | 12.5 | 7.6-19.9 |
| Gaston | 259 | 168 | 60.3 | 53.2-67.0 | 66 | 28.6 | 22.6-35.5 | 25 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.8 |
| Guilford | 250 | 184 | 70.1 | 62.9-76.4 | 44 | 21.0 | 15.5-27.9 | 22 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.0 |
| New Hanover | 241 | 164 | 59.0 | 48.8-68.5 | 53 | 28.9 | 19.4-40.7 | 24 | 12.1 | 7.7-18.4 |
| Onslow | 276 | 175 | 57.3 | 47.4-66.7 | 64 | 26.5 | 18.5-36.6 | 37 | 16.1 | 9.2-26.7 |
| Wake | 296 | 220 | 71.7 | 65.1-77.5 | 49 | 16.3 | 12.2-21.5 | 27 | 11.9 | 7.6-18.2 |
| Western NC | 313 | 201 | 59.2 | 52.7-65.4 | 67 | 22.1 | 17.1-28.1 | 45 | 18.7 | 13.9-24.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 395 | 246 | 58.6 | 51.8-65.1 | 105 | 29.6 | 23.5-36.5 | 44 | 11.8 | 8.5-16.2 |
| Eastern NC | 353 | 213 | 55.6 | 49.2-61.8 | 90 | 27.1 | 21.8-33.1 | 50 | 17.3 | 12.8-23.0 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.
#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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