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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,913 | 2,270 | 75.6 | 72.9-78.2 | 643 | 24.4 | 21.8-27.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,107 | 784 | 69.7 | 65.3-73.7 | 323 | 30.3 | 26.3-34.7 |
| Female | 1,806 | 1,486 | 81.0 | 77.7-83.9 | 320 | 19.0 | 16.1-22.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,243 | 1,757 | 77.1 | 74.0-79.9 | 486 | 22.9 | 20.1-26.0 |
| African American | 519 | 406 | 73.5 | 66.9-79.3 | 113 | 26.5 | 20.7-33.1 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 77 | 65.6 | 49.1-79.0 | 30 | 34.4 | 21.0-50.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 82 | 58 | 65.7 | 46.4-80.9 | 24 | 34.3 | 19.1-53.6 |
| No | 2,823 | 2,207 | 76.0 | 73.3-78.6 | 616 | 24.0 | 21.4-26.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 248 | 162 | 63.4 | 53.5-72.3 | 86 | 36.6 | 27.7-46.5 |
| 25-34 | 551 | 407 | 72.3 | 66.2-77.7 | 144 | 27.7 | 22.3-33.8 |
| 35-44 | 597 | 457 | 75.7 | 69.8-80.7 | 140 | 24.3 | 19.3-30.2 |
| 45-54 | 528 | 427 | 80.0 | 74.2-84.8 | 101 | 20.0 | 15.2-25.8 |
| 55-64 | 409 | 335 | 77.5 | 70.0-83.5 | 74 | 22.5 | 16.5-30.0 |
| 65+ | 556 | 461 | 82.3 | 76.8-86.7 | 95 | 17.7 | 13.3-23.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 394 | 300 | 69.9 | 61.2-77.4 | 94 | 30.1 | 22.6-38.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 895 | 664 | 73.3 | 68.6-77.6 | 231 | 26.7 | 22.4-31.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 747 | 590 | 77.3 | 72.5-81.5 | 157 | 22.7 | 18.5-27.5 |
| College Graduate | 869 | 712 | 80.6 | 76.2-84.4 | 157 | 19.4 | 15.6-23.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 285 | 214 | 72.9 | 64.3-80.1 | 71 | 27.1 | 19.9-35.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 490 | 370 | 68.4 | 61.3-74.8 | 120 | 31.6 | 25.2-38.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 388 | 291 | 69.0 | 60.8-76.2 | 97 | 31.0 | 23.8-39.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 457 | 372 | 80.6 | 74.5-85.5 | 85 | 19.4 | 14.5-25.5 |
| $50,000+ | 760 | 601 | 80.0 | 75.5-83.9 | 159 | 20.0 | 16.1-24.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 194 | 166 | 82.9 | 75.6-88.4 | 28 | 17.1 | 11.6-24.4 |
| Cumberland | 208 | 159 | 72.1 | 61.8-80.4 | 49 | 27.9 | 19.6-38.2 |
| Durham | 176 | 144 | 75.3 | 58.3-86.9 | 32 | 24.7 | 13.1-41.7 |
| Forsyth | 215 | 160 | 76.5 | 69.5-82.2 | 55 | 23.5 | 17.8-30.5 |
| Gaston | 218 | 167 | 73.8 | 66.2-80.1 | 51 | 26.2 | 19.9-33.8 |
| Guilford | 205 | 158 | 75.0 | 67.3-81.5 | 47 | 25.0 | 18.5-32.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 203 | 166 | 82.7 | 76.1-87.7 | 37 | 17.3 | 12.3-23.9 |
| New Hanover | 199 | 150 | 71.5 | 63.3-78.5 | 49 | 28.5 | 21.5-36.7 |
| Onslow | 206 | 158 | 80.3 | 73.3-85.8 | 48 | 19.7 | 14.2-26.7 |
| Wake | 205 | 155 | 72.7 | 64.3-79.8 | 50 | 27.3 | 20.2-35.7 |
| Western NC | 289 | 225 | 77.7 | 71.6-82.7 | 64 | 22.3 | 17.3-28.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 328 | 245 | 75.0 | 68.3-80.8 | 83 | 25.0 | 19.2-31.7 |
| Eastern NC | 267 | 217 | 74.0 | 66.2-80.6 | 50 | 26.0 | 19.4-33.8 |
+ 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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