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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,365 | 1,012 | 71.6 | 67.8-75.1 | 353 | 28.4 | 24.9-32.2 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 1,125 | 847 | 73.7 | 69.5-77.4 | 278 | 26.3 | 22.6-30.5 |
African American | 184 | 132 | 68.0 | 57.3-77.0 | 52 | 32.0 | 23.0-42.7 |
Other Minorities | 43 | 23 | 46.0 | 27.2-66.0 | 20 | 54.0 | 34.0-72.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 21 | 15 | 69.3 | 38.9-88.9 | 6 | 30.7 | 11.1-61.1 |
No | 1,340 | 993 | 71.5 | 67.7-75.1 | 347 | 28.5 | 24.9-32.3 |
AGE | |||||||
40-44 | 235 | 126 | 56.1 | 47.1-64.7 | 109 | 43.9 | 35.3-52.9 |
45-54 | 424 | 296 | 64.2 | 56.8-71.0 | 128 | 35.8 | 29.0-43.2 |
55-64 | 320 | 263 | 82.2 | 75.4-87.4 | 57 | 17.8 | 12.6-24.6 |
65+ | 386 | 327 | 82.6 | 76.0-87.6 | 59 | 17.4 | 12.4-24.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 252 | 167 | 60.4 | 51.3-68.7 | 85 | 39.6 | 31.3-48.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 344 | 233 | 69.7 | 62.6-75.9 | 111 | 30.3 | 24.1-37.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 294 | 215 | 71.7 | 63.3-78.9 | 79 | 28.3 | 21.1-36.7 |
College Graduate | 468 | 393 | 81.6 | 74.9-86.9 | 75 | 18.4 | 13.1-25.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 126 | 88 | 70.1 | 57.0-80.5 | 38 | 29.9 | 19.5-43.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 183 | 122 | 62.4 | 51.3-72.3 | 61 | 37.6 | 27.7-48.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 162 | 123 | 76.3 | 66.5-84.0 | 39 | 23.7 | 16.0-33.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 207 | 141 | 66.9 | 57.2-75.3 | 66 | 33.1 | 24.7-42.8 |
$50,000+ | 427 | 336 | 76.8 | 69.9-82.6 | 91 | 23.2 | 17.4-30.1 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 98 | 63 | 64.3 | 53.5-73.8 | 35 | 35.7 | 26.2-46.5 |
Cumberland | 81 | 65 | 82.9 | 72.7-89.8 | 16 | 17.1 | 10.2-27.3 |
Durham | 70 | 59 | 88.0 | 77.9-93.9 | 11 | 12.0 | 6.1-22.1 |
Forsyth | 115 | 91 | 74.9 | 64.8-82.9 | 24 | 25.1 | 17.1-35.2 |
Gaston | 112 | 76 | 67.8 | 57.9-76.3 | 36 | 32.2 | 23.7-42.1 |
Guilford | 90 | 68 | 75.2 | 64.0-83.7 | 22 | 24.8 | 16.3-36.0 |
Mecklenburg | 87 | 67 | 75.7 | 64.6-84.1 | 20 | 24.3 | 15.9-35.4 |
New Hanover | 101 | 79 | 78.0 | 68.1-85.5 | 22 | 22.0 | 14.5-31.9 |
Onslow | 85 | 63 | 71.9 | 59.5-81.6 | 22 | 28.1 | 18.4-40.5 |
Wake | 77 | 53 | 67.8 | 55.3-78.2 | 24 | 32.2 | 21.8-44.7 |
Western NC | 166 | 121 | 71.5 | 63.2-78.6 | 45 | 28.5 | 21.4-36.8 |
Piedmont NC | 152 | 107 | 66.6 | 57.0-75.0 | 45 | 33.4 | 25.0-43.0 |
Eastern NC | 131 | 100 | 73.4 | 63.7-81.3 | 31 | 26.6 | 18.7-36.3 |
* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.
#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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