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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 839 | 375 | 43.7 | 38.6-48.9 | 464 | 56.3 | 51.1-61.4 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 582 | 279 | 47.3 | 41.0-53.7 | 303 | 52.7 | 46.3-59.0 |
African American | 202 | 76 | 35.6 | 26.4-46.0 | 126 | 64.4 | 54.0-73.6 |
Other Minorities | 42 | 16 | 38.2 | 20.9-59.2 | 26 | 61.8 | 40.8-79.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 33 | 14 | 38.9 | 17.7-65.4 | 19 | 61.1 | 34.6-82.3 |
No | 805 | 361 | 43.9 | 38.8-49.2 | 444 | 56.1 | 50.8-61.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 147 | 57 | 40.7 | 29.7-52.7 | 90 | 59.3 | 47.3-70.3 |
25-34 | 322 | 150 | 46.1 | 38.7-53.6 | 172 | 53.9 | 46.4-61.3 |
35-44 | 370 | 168 | 43.5 | 35.4-51.9 | 202 | 56.5 | 48.1-64.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 49 | 15 | 29.0 | 10.8-57.7 | 34 | 71.0 | 42.3-89.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 259 | 93 | 37.5 | 28.7-47.2 | 166 | 62.5 | 52.8-71.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 257 | 119 | 45.3 | 36.9-54.0 | 138 | 54.7 | 46.0-63.1 |
College Graduate | 273 | 147 | 54.2 | 45.8-62.3 | 126 | 45.8 | 37.7-54.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 77 | 30 | 42.8 | 24.5-63.2 | 47 | 57.2 | 36.8-75.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 157 | 57 | 35.6 | 25.7-47.0 | 100 | 64.4 | 53.0-74.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 117 | 52 | 42.5 | 28.6-57.8 | 65 | 57.5 | 42.2-71.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 153 | 80 | 47.0 | 36.1-58.2 | 73 | 53.0 | 41.8-63.9 |
$50,000+ | 225 | 117 | 51.9 | 42.2-61.4 | 108 | 48.1 | 38.6-57.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 45 | 22 | 47.2 | 31.9-63.1 | 23 | 52.8 | 36.9-68.1 |
Cumberland | 70 | 32 | 46.7 | 34.2-59.6 | 38 | 53.3 | 40.4-65.8 |
Durham | 52 | 26 | 47.5 | 33.0-62.5 | 26 | 52.5 | 37.5-67.0 |
Forsyth | 51 | 18 | 34.2 | 21.4-49.7 | 33 | 65.8 | 50.3-78.6 |
Gaston | 59 | 25 | 48.8 | 34.1-63.7 | 34 | 51.2 | 36.3-65.9 |
Guilford | 55 | 21 | 36.6 | 23.8-51.7 | 34 | 63.4 | 48.3-76.2 |
Mecklenburg | 70 | 29 | 45.2 | 32.5-58.4 | 41 | 54.8 | 41.6-67.5 |
New Hanover | 53 | 26 | 41.2 | 27.6-56.4 | 27 | 58.8 | 43.6-72.4 |
Onslow | 78 | 35 | 40.5 | 29.0-53.1 | 43 | 59.5 | 46.9-71.0 |
Wake | 71 | 42 | 57.3 | 43.8-69.8 | 29 | 42.7 | 30.2-56.2 |
Western NC | 63 | 31 | 50.5 | 37.2-63.7 | 32 | 49.5 | 36.3-62.8 |
Piedmont NC | 83 | 38 | 39.5 | 28.0-52.2 | 45 | 60.5 | 47.8-72.0 |
Eastern NC | 89 | 30 | 40.8 | 28.5-54.4 | 59 | 59.2 | 45.6-71.5 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions.
#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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