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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,920 | 996 | 35.4 | 32.7-38.2 | 1,924 | 64.6 | 61.8-67.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,114 | 359 | 33.5 | 29.3-38.0 | 755 | 66.5 | 62.0-70.7 |
| Female | 1,806 | 637 | 37.1 | 33.8-40.5 | 1,169 | 62.9 | 59.5-66.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,246 | 728 | 32.9 | 30.0-35.9 | 1,518 | 67.1 | 64.1-70.0 |
| African American | 521 | 217 | 44.2 | 37.8-50.9 | 304 | 55.8 | 49.1-62.2 |
| Other Minorities | 109 | 37 | 40.8 | 25.5-58.0 | 72 | 59.2 | 42.0-74.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 83 | 21 | 36.7 | 18.9-59.0 | 62 | 63.3 | 41.0-81.1 |
| No | 2,829 | 971 | 35.3 | 32.7-38.1 | 1,858 | 64.7 | 61.9-67.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 53 | 24.7 | 16.3-35.5 | 198 | 75.3 | 64.5-83.7 |
| 25-34 | 555 | 126 | 23.4 | 18.3-29.4 | 429 | 76.6 | 70.6-81.7 |
| 35-44 | 598 | 166 | 33.5 | 27.8-39.8 | 432 | 66.5 | 60.2-72.2 |
| 45-54 | 530 | 203 | 38.6 | 31.8-45.9 | 327 | 61.4 | 54.1-68.2 |
| 55-64 | 407 | 196 | 48.5 | 41.5-55.6 | 211 | 51.5 | 44.4-58.5 |
| 65+ | 555 | 245 | 45.6 | 39.8-51.5 | 310 | 54.4 | 48.5-60.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 393 | 160 | 41.7 | 33.7-50.2 | 233 | 58.3 | 49.8-66.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 898 | 347 | 40.9 | 36.0-46.0 | 551 | 59.1 | 54.0-64.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 749 | 248 | 34.5 | 29.7-39.6 | 501 | 65.5 | 60.4-70.3 |
| College Graduate | 871 | 239 | 26.2 | 21.9-30.9 | 632 | 73.8 | 69.1-78.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 286 | 124 | 43.7 | 35.0-52.8 | 162 | 56.3 | 47.2-65.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 489 | 169 | 35.3 | 29.0-42.2 | 320 | 64.7 | 57.8-71.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 390 | 132 | 32.2 | 25.8-39.4 | 258 | 67.8 | 60.6-74.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 458 | 141 | 32.3 | 26.4-38.8 | 317 | 67.7 | 61.2-73.6 |
| $50,000+ | 763 | 243 | 35.5 | 30.1-41.3 | 520 | 64.5 | 58.7-69.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 195 | 63 | 29.5 | 23.0-37.0 | 132 | 70.5 | 63.0-77.0 |
| Cumberland | 209 | 78 | 41.5 | 27.4-57.2 | 131 | 58.5 | 42.8-72.6 |
| Durham | 178 | 70 | 34.4 | 25.5-44.6 | 108 | 65.6 | 55.4-74.5 |
| Forsyth | 214 | 66 | 28.3 | 21.8-36.0 | 148 | 71.7 | 64.0-78.2 |
| Gaston | 218 | 65 | 30.1 | 23.8-37.3 | 153 | 69.9 | 62.7-76.2 |
| Guilford | 206 | 69 | 33.2 | 26.1-41.3 | 137 | 66.8 | 58.7-73.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 205 | 65 | 32.1 | 25.3-39.8 | 140 | 67.9 | 60.2-74.7 |
| New Hanover | 199 | 65 | 30.8 | 24.1-38.6 | 134 | 69.2 | 61.4-75.9 |
| Onslow | 207 | 60 | 24.3 | 17.8-32.1 | 147 | 75.7 | 67.9-82.2 |
| Wake | 206 | 70 | 33.0 | 26.0-40.7 | 136 | 67.0 | 59.3-74.0 |
| Western NC | 287 | 103 | 37.0 | 30.9-43.5 | 184 | 63.0 | 56.5-69.1 |
| Piedmont NC | 327 | 118 | 35.5 | 29.7-41.8 | 209 | 64.5 | 58.2-70.3 |
| Eastern NC | 269 | 104 | 39.8 | 32.7-47.3 | 165 | 60.2 | 52.7-67.3 |
+ 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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