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Total Respond.# |
Always | Nearly always | Sometimes | Seldom | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 831 | 454 | 54.6 | 49.6-59.6 | 150 | 16.7 | 13.4-20.6 | 117 | 14.6 | 11.3-18.7 | 39 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.6 | 71 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 302 | 170 | 57.0 | 49.2-64.5 | 60 | 18.6 | 13.4-25.2 | 39 | 13.2 | 8.6-19.9 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.5 | 19 | 6.2 | 3.4-11.0 |
Female | 529 | 284 | 52.6 | 46.0-59.1 | 90 | 15.1 | 11.3-19.9 | 78 | 15.8 | 11.5-21.3 | 25 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.6 | 52 | 11.5 | 7.8-16.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 562 | 338 | 60.2 | 54.2-66.0 | 113 | 19.2 | 15.0-24.2 | 72 | 12.8 | 9.2-17.6 | 17 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 | 22 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.1 |
African American | 204 | 79 | 40.4 | 30.8-50.7 | 28 | 11.7 | 6.7-19.6 | 34 | 16.8 | 10.3-26.3 | 19 | 10.9 | 5.9-19.1 | 44 | 20.3 | 13.2-29.9 |
Other Minorities | 55 | 32 | 52.9 | 34.4-70.7 | 9 | 15.0 | 5.8-33.8 | 9 | 21.7 | 9.8-41.4 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3- 8.5 | 3 | 8.6 | 2.1-29.2 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 36 | 23 | 62.8 | 40.4-80.8 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.2-25.7 | 4 | 19.2 | 6.2-46.1 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.8 | 6 | 10.1 | 3.9-23.7 |
No | 793 | 430 | 54.2 | 49.0-59.3 | 148 | 17.4 | 14.0-21.5 | 112 | 14.1 | 10.8-18.2 | 38 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.0 | 65 | 9.1 | 6.4-12.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 88 | 53 | 55.4 | 40.4-69.4 | 10 | 10.0 | 4.4-21.1 | 14 | 22.0 | 11.9-37.1 | 3 | 3.8 | 0.9-13.9 | 8 | 8.8 | 3.3-21.7 |
25-34 | 278 | 161 | 59.3 | 50.5-67.6 | 46 | 13.0 | 8.5-19.5 | 32 | 10.1 | 6.2-16.0 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.2-12.4 | 24 | 11.1 | 6.4-18.6 |
35-44 | 330 | 185 | 53.0 | 45.5-60.4 | 71 | 21.9 | 16.3-28.9 | 41 | 13.6 | 9.0-20.1 | 13 | 4.4 | 2.1- 9.0 | 20 | 7.0 | 4.0-12.1 |
45-54 | 107 | 43 | 46.7 | 32.5-61.4 | 20 | 23.3 | 13.1-38.1 | 25 | 18.8 | 10.4-31.5 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.7-13.3 | 12 | 6.4 | 3.1-12.6 |
55-64 | 14 | 7 | 61.2 | 28.7-86.1 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-23.0 | 3 | 9.2 | 2.3-29.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 26.0 | 6.5-64.0 |
65+ | 9 | 5 | 82.8 | 44.4-96.6 | 2 | 8.2 | 1.2-39.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 7.6 | 0.8-45.6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-12.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 76 | 38 | 48.5 | 33.0-64.3 | 17 | 19.9 | 10.5-34.4 | 10 | 20.1 | 9.5-37.7 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.9 | 8 | 9.3 | 3.1-24.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 234 | 120 | 50.2 | 40.8-59.7 | 31 | 13.7 | 7.9-22.6 | 37 | 11.8 | 7.6-17.8 | 15 | 8.8 | 4.6-16.0 | 31 | 15.5 | 9.8-23.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 242 | 138 | 56.8 | 47.7-65.5 | 43 | 15.8 | 10.9-22.5 | 30 | 14.1 | 8.4-22.7 | 13 | 6.2 | 2.9-12.6 | 18 | 7.1 | 3.6-13.5 |
College Graduate | 279 | 158 | 59.4 | 50.9-67.4 | 59 | 19.0 | 13.6-26.0 | 40 | 15.5 | 10.1-23.1 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.0 | 14 | 4.6 | 2.4- 8.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 55 | 23 | 49.0 | 29.9-68.4 | 6 | 11.1 | 3.0-33.3 | 9 | 12.1 | 4.9-27.0 | 8 | 10.3 | 3.6-26.0 | 9 | 17.6 | 6.6-39.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 126 | 71 | 44.4 | 32.0-57.4 | 15 | 17.4 | 9.1-30.7 | 19 | 15.9 | 7.7-29.9 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.2-20.1 | 17 | 17.0 | 8.7-30.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 136 | 78 | 57.6 | 45.1-69.2 | 24 | 18.3 | 10.3-30.5 | 12 | 8.7 | 3.9-18.2 | 5 | 3.3 | 0.8-13.5 | 17 | 12.0 | 6.4-21.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 155 | 85 | 56.8 | 46.1-66.9 | 31 | 16.6 | 10.6-25.0 | 19 | 9.0 | 5.2-15.1 | 13 | 11.9 | 6.2-21.6 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.1-15.0 |
$50,000+ | 265 | 153 | 63.9 | 55.5-71.6 | 61 | 19.3 | 13.9-26.3 | 36 | 12.7 | 7.8-20.0 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.4 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.7 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 50 | 27 | 48.1 | 32.7-63.8 | 12 | 23.6 | 13.3-38.5 | 8 | 22.3 | 10.8-40.5 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.8-13.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.0 |
Cumberland | 78 | 48 | 59.7 | 44.8-73.0 | 9 | 10.2 | 5.2-19.0 | 13 | 20.5 | 10.1-37.3 | 2 | 4.1 | 1.0-15.6 | 6 | 5.5 | 2.1-13.5 |
Durham | 50 | 27 | 55.5 | 38.8-71.0 | 12 | 30.3 | 17.0-48.0 | 4 | 6.7 | 2.3-18.1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6- 9.5 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.8-13.6 |
Forsyth | 47 | 22 | 46.2 | 31.6-61.5 | 5 | 12.5 | 5.2-27.2 | 6 | 12.0 | 5.1-25.5 | 5 | 11.4 | 4.4-26.5 | 9 | 17.9 | 8.9-32.7 |
Gaston | 73 | 41 | 58.4 | 45.7-70.1 | 13 | 17.9 | 9.9-30.1 | 14 | 16.9 | 9.7-27.7 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.2 | 3 | 4.7 | 1.4-15.1 |
Guilford | 50 | 26 | 51.1 | 36.0-65.9 | 6 | 8.6 | 3.7-18.8 | 7 | 16.0 | 7.5-30.7 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.5-19.7 | 10 | 21.1 | 11.3-35.8 |
Mecklenburg | 59 | 30 | 56.2 | 41.6-69.8 | 15 | 21.7 | 12.8-34.5 | 4 | 10.4 | 3.5-27.1 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.7-15.5 | 6 | 6.4 | 2.7-14.3 |
New Hanover | 56 | 35 | 68.7 | 49.5-83.0 | 11 | 16.0 | 7.7-30.1 | 6 | 10.6 | 3.9-26.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-15.2 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.8 |
Onslow | 67 | 43 | 72.6 | 57.5-83.9 | 13 | 15.8 | 8.2-28.4 | 8 | 9.7 | 4.3-20.4 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Wake | 59 | 30 | 52.4 | 38.2-66.2 | 13 | 18.8 | 10.6-31.0 | 11 | 24.4 | 13.2-40.6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 8.3 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.3 |
Western NC | 70 | 34 | 54.8 | 42.1-67.0 | 16 | 18.6 | 11.1-29.4 | 12 | 16.3 | 9.0-27.7 | 3 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.6 | 5 | 7.1 | 2.9-16.7 |
Piedmont NC | 88 | 47 | 53.3 | 40.9-65.3 | 13 | 17.2 | 9.7-28.7 | 16 | 17.3 | 9.3-29.7 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.4-14.6 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.4-14.4 |
Eastern NC | 84 | 44 | 53.4 | 40.9-65.4 | 12 | 14.3 | 7.8-25.0 | 8 | 8.5 | 3.9-17.6 | 6 | 6.6 | 2.7-15.2 | 14 | 17.2 | 9.7-28.8 |
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#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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