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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,925 | 1,051 | 35.8 | 33.1-38.5 | 1,874 | 64.2 | 61.5-66.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,114 | 355 | 33.1 | 28.9-37.6 | 759 | 66.9 | 62.4-71.1 |
| Female | 1,811 | 696 | 38.3 | 35.0-41.7 | 1,115 | 61.7 | 58.3-65.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,250 | 768 | 33.0 | 30.1-35.9 | 1,482 | 67.0 | 64.1-69.9 |
| African American | 522 | 230 | 45.9 | 39.4-52.6 | 292 | 54.1 | 47.4-60.6 |
| Other Minorities | 109 | 39 | 42.2 | 26.8-59.2 | 70 | 57.8 | 40.8-73.2 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 82 | 20 | 29.4 | 12.5-54.9 | 62 | 70.6 | 45.1-87.5 |
| No | 2,835 | 1,026 | 36.0 | 33.3-38.7 | 1,809 | 64.0 | 61.3-66.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 58 | 27.2 | 18.6-38.0 | 193 | 72.8 | 62.0-81.4 |
| 25-34 | 556 | 136 | 24.2 | 19.0-30.2 | 420 | 75.8 | 69.8-81.0 |
| 35-44 | 598 | 194 | 36.6 | 30.8-42.8 | 404 | 63.4 | 57.2-69.2 |
| 45-54 | 530 | 225 | 41.9 | 34.8-49.3 | 305 | 58.1 | 50.7-65.2 |
| 55-64 | 409 | 204 | 46.7 | 39.8-53.8 | 205 | 53.3 | 46.2-60.2 |
| 65+ | 557 | 228 | 39.2 | 33.7-45.0 | 329 | 60.8 | 55.0-66.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 394 | 155 | 38.5 | 30.7-47.1 | 239 | 61.5 | 52.9-69.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 899 | 354 | 40.0 | 35.1-45.0 | 545 | 60.0 | 55.0-64.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 750 | 265 | 38.1 | 33.1-43.3 | 485 | 61.9 | 56.7-66.9 |
| College Graduate | 873 | 276 | 27.8 | 23.5-32.4 | 597 | 72.2 | 67.6-76.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 286 | 116 | 41.7 | 33.1-51.0 | 170 | 58.3 | 49.0-66.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 490 | 171 | 33.9 | 27.7-40.7 | 319 | 66.1 | 59.3-72.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 390 | 144 | 34.6 | 28.0-41.9 | 246 | 65.4 | 58.1-72.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 458 | 157 | 34.3 | 28.4-40.8 | 301 | 65.7 | 59.2-71.6 |
| $50,000+ | 763 | 281 | 38.1 | 32.6-43.8 | 482 | 61.9 | 56.2-67.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 196 | 65 | 29.7 | 23.1-37.1 | 131 | 70.3 | 62.9-76.9 |
| Cumberland | 210 | 72 | 37.3 | 23.0-54.2 | 138 | 62.7 | 45.8-77.0 |
| Durham | 178 | 75 | 35.9 | 26.8-46.2 | 103 | 64.1 | 53.8-73.2 |
| Forsyth | 214 | 76 | 30.7 | 24.2-38.1 | 138 | 69.3 | 61.9-75.8 |
| Gaston | 218 | 73 | 33.8 | 27.1-41.1 | 145 | 66.2 | 58.9-72.9 |
| Guilford | 206 | 83 | 38.1 | 30.8-46.0 | 123 | 61.9 | 54.0-69.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 67 | 34.2 | 27.2-41.9 | 139 | 65.8 | 58.1-72.8 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 66 | 29.1 | 22.7-36.4 | 134 | 70.9 | 63.6-77.3 |
| Onslow | 206 | 69 | 27.7 | 20.8-36.0 | 137 | 72.3 | 64.0-79.2 |
| Wake | 206 | 82 | 38.7 | 31.4-46.6 | 124 | 61.3 | 53.4-68.6 |
| Western NC | 290 | 105 | 36.9 | 30.9-43.4 | 185 | 63.1 | 56.6-69.1 |
| Piedmont NC | 326 | 109 | 33.8 | 28.0-40.0 | 217 | 66.2 | 60.0-72.0 |
| Eastern NC | 269 | 109 | 39.6 | 32.6-47.2 | 160 | 60.4 | 52.8-67.4 |
+ 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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