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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,326 | 96 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.4 | 2,230 | 95.9 | 94.6-96.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,820 | 80 | 4.4 | 3.2- 5.9 | 1,740 | 95.6 | 94.1-96.8 |
| African American | 410 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.4 | 398 | 96.6 | 92.6-98.5 |
| Other Minorities | 70 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.6-12.4 | 67 | 97.3 | 87.6-99.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 34 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.6-25.8 | 33 | 95.6 | 74.2-99.4 |
| No | 2,290 | 95 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.4 | 2,195 | 95.9 | 94.6-96.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 40-44 | 406 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 | 401 | 99.5 | 98.8-99.8 |
| 45-54 | 687 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.3 | 679 | 98.1 | 95.7-99.2 |
| 55-64 | 477 | 21 | 6.9 | 4.1-11.5 | 456 | 93.1 | 88.5-95.9 |
| 65+ | 756 | 62 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.1 | 694 | 93.5 | 90.9-95.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 385 | 18 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.1 | 367 | 96.2 | 92.9-98.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 758 | 29 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.7 | 729 | 95.2 | 92.3-97.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 606 | 26 | 3.0 | 1.8- 4.9 | 580 | 97.0 | 95.1-98.2 |
| College Graduate | 571 | 23 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.9 | 548 | 95.4 | 92.1-97.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 265 | 18 | 6.6 | 3.3-12.5 | 247 | 93.4 | 87.5-96.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 396 | 16 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.5 | 380 | 95.7 | 91.5-97.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 305 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.9 | 293 | 95.2 | 90.1-97.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 306 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.3 | 298 | 98.1 | 95.7-99.1 |
| $50,000+ | 540 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.5- 5.9 | 526 | 97.0 | 94.1-98.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 168 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.7 | 164 | 98.4 | 95.3-99.4 |
| Cumberland | 134 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.2-15.0 | 128 | 94.1 | 85.0-97.8 |
| Durham | 136 | 8 | 6.2 | 2.9-12.7 | 128 | 93.8 | 87.3-97.1 |
| Forsyth | 192 | 11 | 5.5 | 2.9-10.2 | 181 | 94.5 | 89.8-97.1 |
| Gaston | 175 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.2 | 167 | 95.5 | 90.8-97.9 |
| Guilford | 163 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.2 | 157 | 97.3 | 93.8-98.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 151 | 9 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.5 | 142 | 95.3 | 90.5-97.7 |
| New Hanover | 137 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 6.1 | 135 | 98.5 | 93.9-99.6 |
| Onslow | 135 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.6 | 133 | 98.9 | 95.4-99.7 |
| Wake | 136 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.2 | 131 | 96.8 | 91.8-98.8 |
| Western NC | 272 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.1 | 262 | 96.9 | 93.9-98.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 274 | 15 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.3 | 259 | 94.5 | 90.7-96.8 |
| Eastern NC | 253 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.3 | 243 | 96.8 | 93.7-98.4 |
* 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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