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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,113 | 841 | 75.6 | 71.5-79.2 | 272 | 24.4 | 20.8-28.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 396 | 305 | 77.0 | 70.8-82.2 | 91 | 23.0 | 17.8-29.2 |
| Female | 717 | 536 | 74.4 | 68.9-79.2 | 181 | 25.6 | 20.8-31.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 748 | 566 | 75.3 | 70.3-79.7 | 182 | 24.7 | 20.3-29.7 |
| African American | 272 | 209 | 78.2 | 70.2-84.6 | 63 | 21.8 | 15.4-29.8 |
| Other Minorities | 78 | 56 | 69.9 | 52.6-83.0 | 22 | 30.1 | 17.0-47.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 46 | 36 | 85.1 | 68.1-93.9 | 10 | 14.9 | 6.1-31.9 |
| No | 1,065 | 803 | 75.0 | 70.8-78.7 | 262 | 25.0 | 21.3-29.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 108 | 90 | 82.0 | 68.7-90.4 | 18 | 18.0 | 9.6-31.3 |
| 25-34 | 301 | 282 | 92.3 | 85.4-96.1 | 19 | 7.7 | 3.9-14.6 |
| 35-44 | 439 | 332 | 74.6 | 68.0-80.2 | 107 | 25.4 | 19.8-32.0 |
| 45-54 | 210 | 109 | 54.2 | 43.7-64.3 | 101 | 45.8 | 35.7-56.3 |
| 55-64 | 35 | 14 | 35.3 | 18.4-57.1 | 21 | 64.7 | 42.9-81.6 |
| 65+ | 14 | 9 | 66.0 | 25.2-91.8 | 5 | 34.0 | 8.2-74.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 100 | 77 | 78.2 | 64.7-87.6 | 23 | 21.8 | 12.4-35.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 322 | 240 | 72.9 | 65.1-79.5 | 82 | 27.1 | 20.5-34.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 312 | 243 | 79.7 | 72.1-85.6 | 69 | 20.3 | 14.4-27.9 |
| College Graduate | 379 | 281 | 73.7 | 66.1-80.1 | 98 | 26.3 | 19.9-33.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 71 | 55 | 82.8 | 69.1-91.2 | 16 | 17.2 | 8.8-30.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 168 | 129 | 71.1 | 60.1-80.1 | 39 | 28.9 | 19.9-39.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 169 | 137 | 80.5 | 69.6-88.1 | 32 | 19.5 | 11.9-30.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 198 | 158 | 80.0 | 70.0-87.3 | 40 | 20.0 | 12.7-30.0 |
| $50,000+ | 364 | 266 | 74.7 | 68.0-80.4 | 98 | 25.3 | 19.6-32.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 71 | 51 | 73.1 | 60.1-83.0 | 20 | 26.9 | 17.0-39.9 |
| Cumberland | 91 | 78 | 89.9 | 80.7-95.0 | 13 | 10.1 | 5.0-19.3 |
| Durham | 62 | 50 | 81.4 | 65.5-91.0 | 12 | 18.6 | 9.0-34.5 |
| Forsyth | 72 | 48 | 63.1 | 47.4-76.4 | 24 | 36.9 | 23.6-52.6 |
| Gaston | 91 | 73 | 73.6 | 61.4-83.0 | 18 | 26.4 | 17.0-38.6 |
| Guilford | 67 | 52 | 80.5 | 68.5-88.6 | 15 | 19.5 | 11.4-31.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 80 | 60 | 76.9 | 65.5-85.4 | 20 | 23.1 | 14.6-34.5 |
| New Hanover | 69 | 56 | 87.7 | 77.2-93.8 | 13 | 12.3 | 6.2-22.8 |
| Onslow | 104 | 68 | 69.3 | 57.0-79.3 | 36 | 30.7 | 20.7-43.0 |
| Wake | 79 | 59 | 76.2 | 64.6-84.9 | 20 | 23.8 | 15.1-35.4 |
| Western NC | 89 | 71 | 76.7 | 64.3-85.8 | 18 | 23.3 | 14.2-35.7 |
| Piedmont NC | 119 | 90 | 74.1 | 63.9-82.2 | 29 | 25.9 | 17.8-36.1 |
| Eastern NC | 119 | 85 | 73.3 | 62.7-81.8 | 34 | 26.7 | 18.2-37.3 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
#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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