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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,923 | 869 | 30.4 | 27.8-33.1 | 2,054 | 69.6 | 66.9-72.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,113 | 325 | 29.8 | 25.8-34.3 | 788 | 70.2 | 65.7-74.2 |
| Female | 1,810 | 544 | 31.0 | 27.8-34.3 | 1,266 | 69.0 | 65.7-72.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,248 | 643 | 28.0 | 25.3-30.9 | 1,605 | 72.0 | 69.1-74.7 |
| African American | 522 | 191 | 40.0 | 33.6-46.8 | 331 | 60.0 | 53.2-66.4 |
| Other Minorities | 109 | 24 | 30.9 | 16.4-50.4 | 85 | 69.1 | 49.6-83.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 83 | 15 | 27.5 | 11.1-53.6 | 68 | 72.5 | 46.4-88.9 |
| No | 2,832 | 850 | 30.5 | 27.9-33.1 | 1,982 | 69.5 | 66.9-72.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 250 | 34 | 17.8 | 10.2-29.1 | 216 | 82.2 | 70.9-89.8 |
| 25-34 | 554 | 101 | 19.0 | 14.2-24.9 | 453 | 81.0 | 75.1-85.8 |
| 35-44 | 598 | 153 | 31.5 | 25.8-37.8 | 445 | 68.5 | 62.2-74.2 |
| 45-54 | 530 | 186 | 35.5 | 28.9-42.7 | 344 | 64.5 | 57.3-71.1 |
| 55-64 | 410 | 175 | 41.7 | 34.9-48.7 | 235 | 58.3 | 51.3-65.1 |
| 65+ | 557 | 212 | 36.8 | 31.4-42.5 | 345 | 63.2 | 57.5-68.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 394 | 126 | 33.2 | 25.5-41.9 | 268 | 66.8 | 58.1-74.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 900 | 299 | 33.3 | 28.7-38.2 | 601 | 66.7 | 61.8-71.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 748 | 217 | 31.3 | 26.7-36.4 | 531 | 68.7 | 63.6-73.3 |
| College Graduate | 872 | 225 | 24.8 | 20.6-29.5 | 647 | 75.2 | 70.5-79.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 286 | 102 | 37.2 | 28.7-46.5 | 184 | 62.8 | 53.5-71.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 489 | 142 | 28.6 | 22.7-35.3 | 347 | 71.4 | 64.7-77.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 391 | 113 | 25.4 | 19.7-32.2 | 278 | 74.6 | 67.8-80.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 458 | 121 | 27.5 | 22.0-33.8 | 337 | 72.5 | 66.2-78.0 |
| $50,000+ | 762 | 224 | 32.7 | 27.4-38.5 | 538 | 67.3 | 61.5-72.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 196 | 53 | 24.4 | 18.4-31.6 | 143 | 75.6 | 68.4-81.6 |
| Cumberland | 209 | 60 | 33.9 | 19.5-52.1 | 149 | 66.1 | 47.9-80.5 |
| Durham | 177 | 63 | 31.1 | 22.7-40.9 | 114 | 68.9 | 59.1-77.3 |
| Forsyth | 215 | 58 | 24.4 | 18.3-31.8 | 157 | 75.6 | 68.2-81.7 |
| Gaston | 218 | 56 | 25.5 | 19.7-32.4 | 162 | 74.5 | 67.6-80.3 |
| Guilford | 206 | 60 | 30.1 | 23.1-38.2 | 146 | 69.9 | 61.8-76.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 205 | 60 | 30.3 | 23.6-37.9 | 145 | 69.7 | 62.1-76.4 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 54 | 23.9 | 18.0-31.1 | 146 | 76.1 | 68.9-82.0 |
| Onslow | 207 | 63 | 24.9 | 18.4-32.9 | 144 | 75.1 | 67.1-81.6 |
| Wake | 206 | 60 | 27.8 | 21.4-35.2 | 146 | 72.2 | 64.8-78.6 |
| Western NC | 289 | 91 | 30.2 | 24.6-36.5 | 198 | 69.8 | 63.5-75.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 328 | 101 | 30.2 | 24.7-36.3 | 227 | 69.8 | 63.7-75.3 |
| Eastern NC | 267 | 90 | 34.5 | 27.7-42.1 | 177 | 65.5 | 57.9-72.3 |
+ 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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