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| Total Respond.# |
Less than once or never | 1 to less than 3 times | 3 to less than 5 times | 5 or more times | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,904 | 88 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 | 781 | 30.0 | 27.3-32.8 | 1,220 | 41.4 | 38.5-44.4 | 815 | 25.2 | 22.9-27.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,107 | 44 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.2 | 352 | 34.7 | 30.6-39.1 | 453 | 39.0 | 34.8-43.4 | 258 | 21.1 | 17.8-24.9 |
| Female | 1,797 | 44 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 | 429 | 25.7 | 22.3-29.4 | 767 | 43.5 | 39.6-47.6 | 557 | 28.8 | 25.9-31.9 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,233 | 56 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.7 | 574 | 30.0 | 26.9-33.4 | 934 | 40.7 | 37.3-44.1 | 669 | 26.5 | 24.0-29.1 |
| African American | 521 | 26 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.6 | 171 | 30.5 | 24.9-36.7 | 218 | 41.5 | 35.3-48.0 | 106 | 21.7 | 16.4-28.1 |
| Other Minorities | 108 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.8 | 28 | 31.0 | 18.5-47.1 | 42 | 44.5 | 28.8-61.3 | 33 | 22.4 | 13.0-35.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 81 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.6 | 31 | 39.1 | 23.1-57.8 | 27 | 41.7 | 23.2-62.8 | 20 | 16.6 | 8.5-29.8 |
| No | 2,815 | 85 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.1 | 749 | 29.6 | 26.9-32.5 | 1,189 | 41.4 | 38.5-44.4 | 792 | 25.5 | 23.2-27.9 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 248 | 11 | 6.7 | 2.3-17.9 | 73 | 32.7 | 24.4-42.2 | 111 | 41.3 | 32.1-51.2 | 53 | 19.3 | 13.6-26.7 |
| 25-34 | 548 | 17 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.2 | 190 | 38.8 | 32.9-45.1 | 216 | 34.5 | 29.1-40.3 | 125 | 22.3 | 17.2-28.5 |
| 35-44 | 596 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.8 | 183 | 31.9 | 26.1-38.3 | 246 | 44.9 | 38.9-51.0 | 149 | 20.2 | 16.3-24.7 |
| 45-54 | 527 | 18 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.5 | 142 | 29.7 | 23.6-36.8 | 210 | 41.5 | 33.9-49.6 | 157 | 26.2 | 20.6-32.6 |
| 55-64 | 407 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.4 | 82 | 25.9 | 19.6-33.5 | 176 | 39.2 | 32.7-46.1 | 137 | 31.8 | 25.8-38.5 |
| 65+ | 555 | 12 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.3 | 108 | 20.1 | 15.7-25.3 | 252 | 45.7 | 39.9-51.6 | 183 | 32.4 | 27.1-38.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 388 | 23 | 8.3 | 4.0-16.3 | 137 | 39.3 | 31.5-47.7 | 160 | 36.9 | 29.4-45.2 | 68 | 15.4 | 10.7-21.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 897 | 38 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.4 | 261 | 31.3 | 26.7-36.3 | 356 | 39.9 | 35.2-44.9 | 242 | 24.3 | 20.4-28.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 743 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.0 | 183 | 28.6 | 24.1-33.7 | 328 | 41.6 | 36.5-46.8 | 216 | 28.3 | 23.9-33.1 |
| College Graduate | 867 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 | 197 | 23.7 | 19.6-28.4 | 374 | 45.9 | 40.3-51.5 | 285 | 29.3 | 24.9-34.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 281 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.5 | 81 | 31.2 | 22.9-40.8 | 110 | 37.6 | 29.4-46.6 | 71 | 25.7 | 18.9-33.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 489 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.3- 8.9 | 147 | 35.9 | 29.3-43.2 | 205 | 41.9 | 35.4-48.6 | 117 | 17.7 | 13.4-23.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 389 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.3- 9.8 | 113 | 36.3 | 28.9-44.4 | 148 | 31.3 | 25.2-38.1 | 112 | 27.5 | 21.4-34.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 456 | 6 | 2.9 | 1.0- 7.8 | 117 | 29.4 | 23.5-36.1 | 204 | 43.1 | 36.7-49.7 | 129 | 24.6 | 19.7-30.3 |
| $50,000+ | 759 | 11 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.7 | 184 | 26.5 | 21.9-31.8 | 335 | 43.7 | 37.9-49.8 | 229 | 28.8 | 23.9-34.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 195 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.2 | 52 | 26.9 | 20.5-34.5 | 75 | 40.8 | 33.2-48.8 | 65 | 31.3 | 24.6-38.8 |
| Cumberland | 210 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.1 | 56 | 26.4 | 18.5-36.1 | 80 | 45.7 | 31.9-60.1 | 65 | 24.6 | 17.4-33.7 |
| Durham | 178 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.7 | 54 | 37.3 | 25.3-51.0 | 68 | 29.6 | 21.8-38.8 | 51 | 31.0 | 22.0-41.6 |
| Forsyth | 214 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 | 61 | 29.7 | 22.8-37.6 | 93 | 41.2 | 33.6-49.3 | 55 | 27.5 | 20.2-36.3 |
| Gaston | 216 | 7 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.9 | 58 | 28.0 | 21.6-35.4 | 100 | 45.3 | 38.0-52.8 | 51 | 23.5 | 17.8-30.4 |
| Guilford | 204 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.2 | 53 | 26.2 | 19.9-33.6 | 87 | 41.0 | 33.4-49.1 | 59 | 29.8 | 23.0-37.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.4 | 44 | 21.9 | 16.2-28.9 | 90 | 44.2 | 36.8-51.8 | 66 | 30.8 | 24.2-38.3 |
| New Hanover | 196 | 7 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.7 | 53 | 27.9 | 21.1-35.9 | 82 | 43.5 | 35.5-51.9 | 54 | 24.2 | 18.2-31.4 |
| Onslow | 206 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.1 | 47 | 27.8 | 17.7-40.7 | 87 | 39.3 | 30.9-48.5 | 65 | 30.2 | 22.2-39.6 |
| Wake | 201 | 7 | 4.7 | 1.7-12.4 | 64 | 32.1 | 25.0-40.2 | 79 | 39.2 | 31.7-47.2 | 51 | 24.1 | 18.2-31.2 |
| Western NC | 288 | 7 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.1 | 64 | 23.0 | 17.9-29.0 | 131 | 44.0 | 37.6-50.5 | 86 | 30.8 | 25.0-37.2 |
| Piedmont NC | 325 | 10 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.5 | 100 | 34.4 | 27.7-41.7 | 137 | 41.0 | 33.8-48.7 | 78 | 21.9 | 17.0-27.6 |
| Eastern NC | 265 | 10 | 5.7 | 2.4-12.9 | 75 | 32.2 | 25.4-39.7 | 111 | 40.5 | 33.6-47.9 | 69 | 21.6 | 16.3-28.2 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
* Data in this table were derived from the fruits and vegetables 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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