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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,910 | 1,926 | 67.6 | 65.0-70.2 | 984 | 32.4 | 29.8-35.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,107 | 745 | 69.5 | 65.2-73.4 | 362 | 30.5 | 26.6-34.8 |
| Female | 1,803 | 1,181 | 65.9 | 62.6-69.2 | 622 | 34.1 | 30.8-37.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,242 | 1,484 | 67.2 | 64.2-70.0 | 758 | 32.8 | 30.0-35.8 |
| African American | 517 | 330 | 67.1 | 60.7-72.9 | 187 | 32.9 | 27.1-39.3 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 79 | 76.3 | 61.4-86.7 | 28 | 23.7 | 13.3-38.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 81 | 54 | 63.0 | 43.9-78.8 | 27 | 37.0 | 21.2-56.1 |
| No | 2,821 | 1,868 | 67.8 | 65.1-70.3 | 953 | 32.2 | 29.7-34.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 179 | 69.3 | 59.5-77.6 | 72 | 30.7 | 22.4-40.5 |
| 25-34 | 552 | 387 | 72.9 | 67.2-78.0 | 165 | 27.1 | 22.0-32.8 |
| 35-44 | 597 | 409 | 69.5 | 63.5-74.9 | 188 | 30.5 | 25.1-36.5 |
| 45-54 | 526 | 355 | 71.2 | 64.9-76.8 | 171 | 28.8 | 23.2-35.1 |
| 55-64 | 405 | 256 | 60.4 | 53.1-67.3 | 149 | 39.6 | 32.7-46.9 |
| 65+ | 556 | 325 | 59.7 | 53.8-65.3 | 231 | 40.3 | 34.7-46.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 389 | 209 | 55.8 | 47.4-63.9 | 180 | 44.2 | 36.1-52.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 895 | 580 | 65.7 | 60.8-70.2 | 315 | 34.3 | 29.8-39.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 749 | 498 | 72.1 | 67.5-76.2 | 251 | 27.9 | 23.8-32.5 |
| College Graduate | 868 | 634 | 73.0 | 68.1-77.4 | 234 | 27.0 | 22.6-31.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 281 | 154 | 56.7 | 47.5-65.5 | 127 | 43.3 | 34.5-52.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 493 | 310 | 63.6 | 56.9-69.7 | 183 | 36.4 | 30.3-43.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 388 | 261 | 66.0 | 58.6-72.8 | 127 | 34.0 | 27.2-41.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 457 | 333 | 72.2 | 65.9-77.8 | 124 | 27.8 | 22.2-34.1 |
| $50,000+ | 758 | 532 | 73.7 | 68.7-78.1 | 226 | 26.3 | 21.9-31.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 195 | 130 | 65.3 | 57.5-72.5 | 65 | 34.7 | 27.5-42.5 |
| Cumberland | 209 | 153 | 78.0 | 68.5-85.3 | 56 | 22.0 | 14.7-31.5 |
| Durham | 176 | 121 | 66.0 | 51.6-78.0 | 55 | 34.0 | 22.0-48.4 |
| Forsyth | 213 | 119 | 60.1 | 52.1-67.6 | 94 | 39.9 | 32.4-47.9 |
| Gaston | 216 | 131 | 64.7 | 57.5-71.3 | 85 | 35.3 | 28.7-42.5 |
| Guilford | 206 | 129 | 63.6 | 55.7-70.9 | 77 | 36.4 | 29.1-44.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 205 | 145 | 72.2 | 64.9-78.4 | 60 | 27.8 | 21.6-35.1 |
| New Hanover | 198 | 141 | 70.8 | 62.9-77.6 | 57 | 29.2 | 22.4-37.1 |
| Onslow | 206 | 142 | 75.0 | 67.2-81.4 | 64 | 25.0 | 18.6-32.8 |
| Wake | 206 | 146 | 73.6 | 66.2-80.0 | 60 | 26.4 | 20.0-33.8 |
| Western NC | 288 | 182 | 63.2 | 56.7-69.3 | 106 | 36.8 | 30.7-43.3 |
| Piedmont NC | 327 | 211 | 66.8 | 60.7-72.4 | 116 | 33.2 | 27.6-39.3 |
| Eastern NC | 265 | 176 | 66.7 | 59.0-73.6 | 89 | 33.3 | 26.4-41.0 |
+ 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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