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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | Not Sexually Active | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,499 | 917 | 61.4 | 57.5-65.2 | 376 | 26.0 | 22.7-29.7 | 206 | 12.5 | 10.2-15.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Female | 1,499 | 917 | 61.4 | 57.5-65.2 | 376 | 26.0 | 22.7-29.7 | 206 | 12.5 | 10.2-15.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 1,053 | 674 | 63.8 | 59.1-68.2 | 260 | 26.0 | 22.0-30.4 | 119 | 10.2 | 7.8-13.3 |
African American | 347 | 186 | 54.4 | 46.3-62.3 | 87 | 26.5 | 19.9-34.3 | 74 | 19.1 | 13.6-26.2 |
Other Minorities | 79 | 42 | 58.8 | 41.9-73.9 | 25 | 26.8 | 15.0-43.1 | 12 | 14.4 | 5.3-33.8 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Yes | 50 | 27 | 58.5 | 37.0-77.1 | 15 | 32.6 | 16.0-55.1 | 8 | 8.9 | 3.5-20.8 |
No | 1,447 | 889 | 61.5 | 57.5-65.3 | 361 | 25.9 | 22.5-29.6 | 197 | 12.6 | 10.2-15.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 285 | 179 | 57.4 | 48.2-66.0 | 59 | 24.4 | 17.0-33.6 | 47 | 18.3 | 12.4-26.2 |
25-34 | 599 | 392 | 68.0 | 62.2-73.3 | 139 | 22.6 | 18.1-27.7 | 68 | 9.4 | 6.4-13.7 |
35-44 | 615 | 346 | 57.9 | 51.7-63.8 | 178 | 30.6 | 25.2-36.7 | 91 | 11.5 | 8.5-15.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 84 | 46 | 59.8 | 43.0-74.5 | 24 | 26.6 | 14.7-43.3 | 14 | 13.7 | 6.3-27.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 422 | 245 | 57.3 | 49.5-64.7 | 117 | 30.4 | 23.6-38.2 | 60 | 12.3 | 8.4-17.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 451 | 279 | 62.9 | 56.0-69.3 | 117 | 24.7 | 19.4-30.9 | 55 | 12.4 | 8.0-18.7 |
College Graduate | 540 | 346 | 65.0 | 58.9-70.7 | 118 | 22.4 | 17.8-27.8 | 76 | 12.5 | 9.0-17.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 126 | 59 | 46.5 | 32.9-60.6 | 32 | 27.3 | 16.9-41.1 | 35 | 26.2 | 15.9-40.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 262 | 150 | 57.1 | 47.9-65.8 | 69 | 30.0 | 22.0-39.3 | 43 | 12.9 | 8.2-19.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 251 | 155 | 65.9 | 56.6-74.1 | 63 | 23.9 | 17.1-32.4 | 33 | 10.2 | 6.1-16.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 273 | 186 | 70.9 | 62.6-78.0 | 60 | 22.2 | 15.7-30.4 | 27 | 6.9 | 4.1-11.4 |
$50,000+ | 403 | 269 | 66.8 | 59.6-73.3 | 106 | 26.4 | 20.6-33.1 | 28 | 6.9 | 3.9-11.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 88 | 57 | 73.7 | 63.2-82.1 | 20 | 17.2 | 10.7-26.5 | 11 | 9.1 | 4.7-16.8 |
Cumberland | 116 | 61 | 52.3 | 42.4-62.1 | 41 | 34.5 | 25.8-44.4 | 14 | 13.2 | 7.4-22.4 |
Durham | 113 | 70 | 62.6 | 51.6-72.3 | 25 | 23.4 | 15.5-33.8 | 18 | 14.0 | 8.1-23.3 |
Forsyth | 96 | 50 | 51.0 | 38.2-63.6 | 27 | 34.5 | 22.1-49.5 | 19 | 14.5 | 8.7-23.1 |
Gaston | 115 | 78 | 67.1 | 56.2-76.5 | 26 | 23.2 | 15.3-33.6 | 11 | 9.6 | 4.5-19.3 |
Guilford | 103 | 54 | 54.0 | 43.3-64.4 | 33 | 32.8 | 23.6-43.4 | 16 | 13.2 | 7.6-22.1 |
Mecklenburg | 111 | 69 | 61.9 | 51.5-71.3 | 27 | 25.9 | 18.0-35.7 | 15 | 12.2 | 6.9-20.8 |
New Hanover | 97 | 63 | 64.6 | 52.8-74.8 | 18 | 19.3 | 11.8-30.1 | 16 | 16.1 | 8.9-27.3 |
Onslow | 130 | 86 | 67.6 | 57.5-76.2 | 31 | 24.4 | 16.8-34.1 | 13 | 8.0 | 3.9-15.5 |
Wake | 119 | 75 | 62.7 | 52.4-71.9 | 28 | 25.6 | 17.5-35.7 | 16 | 11.8 | 6.8-19.6 |
Western NC | 111 | 61 | 54.1 | 43.9-64.0 | 33 | 34.5 | 25.3-45.0 | 17 | 11.4 | 7.0-18.1 |
Piedmont NC | 147 | 90 | 61.7 | 51.6-70.9 | 36 | 24.8 | 17.0-34.9 | 21 | 13.4 | 8.1-21.5 |
Eastern NC | 153 | 103 | 64.7 | 55.2-73.2 | 31 | 23.0 | 16.0-31.9 | 19 | 12.3 | 7.2-20.0 |
* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old.
#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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