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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,879 | 2,011 | 67.5 | 64.6-70.3 | 868 | 32.5 | 29.7-35.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,087 | 683 | 60.9 | 56.4-65.2 | 404 | 39.1 | 34.8-43.6 |
| Female | 1,792 | 1,328 | 73.5 | 69.9-76.8 | 464 | 26.5 | 23.2-30.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,220 | 1,581 | 68.5 | 65.2-71.7 | 639 | 31.5 | 28.3-34.8 |
| African American | 511 | 336 | 64.9 | 58.4-70.9 | 175 | 35.1 | 29.1-41.6 |
| Other Minorities | 104 | 61 | 60.5 | 44.4-74.6 | 43 | 39.5 | 25.4-55.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 80 | 42 | 58.0 | 38.5-75.2 | 38 | 42.0 | 24.8-61.5 |
| No | 2,791 | 1,965 | 67.9 | 65.0-70.7 | 826 | 32.1 | 29.3-35.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 246 | 141 | 56.5 | 46.8-65.8 | 105 | 43.5 | 34.2-53.2 |
| 25-34 | 540 | 328 | 56.0 | 49.6-62.2 | 212 | 44.0 | 37.8-50.4 |
| 35-44 | 591 | 420 | 70.7 | 64.7-76.1 | 171 | 29.3 | 23.9-35.3 |
| 45-54 | 523 | 398 | 75.4 | 68.7-81.1 | 125 | 24.6 | 18.9-31.3 |
| 55-64 | 404 | 310 | 75.2 | 68.4-81.0 | 94 | 24.8 | 19.0-31.6 |
| 65+ | 551 | 394 | 69.5 | 63.5-74.9 | 157 | 30.5 | 25.1-36.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 385 | 245 | 60.8 | 52.2-68.7 | 140 | 39.2 | 31.3-47.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 879 | 567 | 63.7 | 58.7-68.5 | 312 | 36.3 | 31.5-41.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 742 | 532 | 70.0 | 64.8-74.7 | 210 | 30.0 | 25.3-35.2 |
| College Graduate | 865 | 664 | 74.1 | 69.4-78.4 | 201 | 25.9 | 21.6-30.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 279 | 183 | 66.0 | 56.9-74.1 | 96 | 34.0 | 25.9-43.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 486 | 321 | 60.0 | 52.9-66.8 | 165 | 40.0 | 33.2-47.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 380 | 255 | 59.2 | 51.1-66.9 | 125 | 40.8 | 33.1-48.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 450 | 330 | 69.4 | 62.8-75.3 | 120 | 30.6 | 24.7-37.2 |
| $50,000+ | 754 | 559 | 75.5 | 70.8-79.8 | 195 | 24.5 | 20.2-29.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 191 | 152 | 77.3 | 69.6-83.6 | 39 | 22.7 | 16.4-30.4 |
| Cumberland | 206 | 135 | 63.3 | 51.6-73.7 | 71 | 36.7 | 26.3-48.4 |
| Durham | 176 | 134 | 79.2 | 71.0-85.6 | 42 | 20.8 | 14.4-29.0 |
| Forsyth | 212 | 148 | 71.0 | 63.6-77.5 | 64 | 29.0 | 22.5-36.4 |
| Gaston | 216 | 147 | 64.4 | 56.6-71.4 | 69 | 35.6 | 28.6-43.4 |
| Guilford | 203 | 138 | 66.9 | 58.9-74.1 | 65 | 33.1 | 25.9-41.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 201 | 146 | 71.9 | 64.2-78.5 | 55 | 28.1 | 21.5-35.8 |
| New Hanover | 196 | 136 | 65.5 | 57.1-73.0 | 60 | 34.5 | 27.0-42.9 |
| Onslow | 205 | 138 | 65.3 | 53.6-75.5 | 67 | 34.7 | 24.5-46.4 |
| Wake | 203 | 138 | 64.6 | 56.1-72.2 | 65 | 35.4 | 27.8-43.9 |
| Western NC | 285 | 192 | 65.7 | 59.1-71.8 | 93 | 34.3 | 28.2-40.9 |
| Piedmont NC | 321 | 219 | 68.2 | 61.0-74.7 | 102 | 31.8 | 25.3-39.0 |
| Eastern NC | 264 | 188 | 65.5 | 57.7-72.6 | 76 | 34.5 | 27.4-42.3 |
+ 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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