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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,116 | 642 | 30.1 | 27.0-33.4 | 1,474 | 69.9 | 66.6-73.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 790 | 299 | 36.4 | 31.6-41.4 | 491 | 63.6 | 58.6-68.4 |
| Female | 1,326 | 343 | 24.7 | 20.8-29.0 | 983 | 75.3 | 71.0-79.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,686 | 538 | 31.1 | 27.5-34.8 | 1,148 | 68.9 | 65.2-72.5 |
| African American | 340 | 85 | 25.7 | 19.1-33.6 | 255 | 74.3 | 66.4-80.9 |
| Other Minorities | 60 | 10 | 29.7 | 13.8-52.7 | 50 | 70.3 | 47.3-86.2 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 41 | 6 | 19.7 | 7.1-44.2 | 35 | 80.3 | 55.8-92.9 |
| No | 2,069 | 632 | 30.3 | 27.2-33.7 | 1,437 | 69.7 | 66.3-72.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 35-44 | 598 | 72 | 15.1 | 10.5-21.3 | 526 | 84.9 | 78.7-89.5 |
| 45-54 | 528 | 139 | 25.6 | 19.9-32.4 | 389 | 74.4 | 67.6-80.1 |
| 55-64 | 409 | 164 | 38.8 | 32.1-46.0 | 245 | 61.2 | 54.0-67.9 |
| 65+ | 558 | 258 | 46.7 | 40.9-52.6 | 300 | 53.3 | 47.4-59.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 335 | 138 | 37.0 | 29.9-44.7 | 197 | 63.0 | 55.3-70.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 641 | 192 | 29.9 | 24.6-35.9 | 449 | 70.1 | 64.1-75.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 515 | 150 | 29.6 | 24.2-35.7 | 365 | 70.4 | 64.3-75.8 |
| College Graduate | 617 | 160 | 26.5 | 21.0-32.8 | 457 | 73.5 | 67.2-79.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 212 | 78 | 36.0 | 26.9-46.1 | 134 | 64.0 | 53.9-73.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 324 | 122 | 32.7 | 25.3-41.1 | 202 | 67.3 | 58.9-74.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 251 | 70 | 27.0 | 18.6-37.5 | 181 | 73.0 | 62.5-81.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 310 | 76 | 29.9 | 22.7-38.1 | 234 | 70.1 | 61.9-77.3 |
| $50,000+ | 576 | 147 | 25.7 | 20.3-32.0 | 429 | 74.3 | 68.0-79.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 144 | 37 | 29.0 | 21.1-38.3 | 107 | 71.0 | 61.7-78.9 |
| Cumberland | 124 | 42 | 38.7 | 29.6-48.6 | 82 | 61.3 | 51.4-70.4 |
| Durham | 126 | 33 | 35.7 | 20.0-55.2 | 93 | 64.3 | 44.8-80.0 |
| Forsyth | 158 | 58 | 33.6 | 26.0-42.1 | 100 | 66.4 | 57.9-74.0 |
| Gaston | 167 | 46 | 24.5 | 18.3-32.0 | 121 | 75.5 | 68.0-81.7 |
| Guilford | 155 | 53 | 34.5 | 26.3-43.8 | 102 | 65.5 | 56.2-73.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 149 | 38 | 22.7 | 16.4-30.6 | 111 | 77.3 | 69.4-83.6 |
| New Hanover | 141 | 46 | 33.6 | 25.6-42.8 | 95 | 66.4 | 57.2-74.4 |
| Onslow | 137 | 43 | 31.1 | 22.3-41.5 | 94 | 68.9 | 58.5-77.7 |
| Wake | 137 | 32 | 23.3 | 16.5-31.9 | 105 | 76.7 | 68.1-83.5 |
| Western NC | 234 | 75 | 30.9 | 24.8-37.7 | 159 | 69.1 | 62.3-75.2 |
| Piedmont NC | 247 | 82 | 33.9 | 26.0-42.8 | 165 | 66.1 | 57.2-74.0 |
| Eastern NC | 197 | 57 | 26.1 | 19.7-33.8 | 140 | 73.9 | 66.2-80.3 |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 35 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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