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1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/year | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,856 | 562 | 16.9 | 15.0-18.9 | 1,871 | 66.4 | 63.7-69.0 | 259 | 9.6 | 8.0-11.4 | 14 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.5 | 150 | 6.9 | 5.3- 8.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,088 | 191 | 14.5 | 11.9-17.5 | 696 | 63.9 | 59.4-68.1 | 125 | 12.4 | 9.7-15.7 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 | 69 | 8.8 | 6.1-12.5 |
Female | 1,768 | 371 | 19.0 | 16.5-21.8 | 1,175 | 68.7 | 65.5-71.8 | 134 | 7.0 | 5.4- 8.9 | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 | 81 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,199 | 441 | 17.0 | 14.9-19.2 | 1,493 | 69.4 | 66.4-72.3 | 174 | 8.3 | 6.6-10.3 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.4 | 83 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.3 |
African American | 511 | 92 | 16.8 | 12.5-22.2 | 295 | 55.3 | 48.6-61.8 | 65 | 15.1 | 10.8-20.7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 | 54 | 12.1 | 8.3-17.5 |
Other Minorities | 105 | 21 | 17.9 | 9.4-31.4 | 57 | 62.5 | 46.8-75.8 | 15 | 7.9 | 3.7-16.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 11 | 11.2 | 4.6-24.9 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 78 | 18 | 11.5 | 5.5-22.5 | 50 | 69.1 | 49.8-83.5 | 7 | 13.0 | 4.4-32.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 6.4 | 1.1-30.0 |
No | 2,770 | 543 | 17.1 | 15.2-19.2 | 1,816 | 66.3 | 63.6-68.9 | 250 | 9.4 | 7.8-11.2 | 14 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.6 | 147 | 6.9 | 5.4- 8.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 245 | 44 | 14.1 | 9.4-20.7 | 148 | 55.7 | 45.9-65.1 | 26 | 12.2 | 7.2-19.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.6 | 24 | 17.2 | 10.1-27.8 |
25-34 | 543 | 73 | 10.8 | 7.7-15.0 | 372 | 70.8 | 64.8-76.2 | 66 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 30 | 7.1 | 4.1-11.9 |
35-44 | 592 | 108 | 14.5 | 11.0-18.9 | 397 | 69.9 | 64.2-75.1 | 58 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 27 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.7 |
45-54 | 520 | 113 | 18.3 | 14.1-23.5 | 347 | 70.5 | 63.8-76.4 | 43 | 9.2 | 5.6-14.9 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 | 13 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.8 |
55-64 | 400 | 92 | 21.9 | 16.7-28.2 | 263 | 66.2 | 59.2-72.5 | 27 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 16 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.9 |
65+ | 534 | 123 | 22.5 | 17.7-28.1 | 333 | 62.2 | 56.1-67.9 | 39 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 38 | 6.9 | 4.5-10.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 375 | 47 | 12.2 | 7.9-18.5 | 226 | 54.0 | 45.5-62.4 | 56 | 19.1 | 13.4-26.5 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 42 | 14.0 | 8.3-22.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 880 | 148 | 13.6 | 10.9-17.0 | 569 | 67.1 | 62.3-71.5 | 98 | 10.7 | 8.0-14.2 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.8 | 61 | 8.3 | 5.8-11.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 732 | 144 | 17.3 | 13.8-21.5 | 501 | 70.4 | 65.4-75.0 | 51 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.1 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 | 30 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.1 |
College Graduate | 861 | 221 | 23.0 | 19.2-27.3 | 570 | 69.2 | 64.4-73.7 | 53 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 272 | 42 | 12.8 | 8.2-19.6 | 158 | 62.2 | 53.2-70.4 | 32 | 12.6 | 7.7-20.2 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.9 | 34 | 11.6 | 7.3-17.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 478 | 79 | 12.8 | 9.0-18.0 | 310 | 62.9 | 55.7-69.5 | 63 | 15.5 | 10.8-21.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 25 | 8.5 | 4.9-14.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 383 | 66 | 14.5 | 10.4-19.9 | 254 | 65.5 | 58.0-72.4 | 41 | 11.8 | 7.6-17.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 | 21 | 8.0 | 4.4-14.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 453 | 93 | 19.1 | 14.6-24.7 | 302 | 66.2 | 59.6-72.3 | 38 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.3 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 | 17 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.3 |
$50,000+ | 756 | 157 | 18.3 | 14.7-22.5 | 535 | 73.7 | 68.8-78.1 | 45 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 17 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 193 | 37 | 18.2 | 13.1-24.8 | 134 | 69.8 | 62.2-76.5 | 14 | 8.5 | 4.8-14.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.7 |
Cumberland | 205 | 49 | 20.8 | 14.0-29.8 | 129 | 65.8 | 53.9-76.0 | 20 | 10.8 | 6.1-18.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.0 |
Durham | 176 | 34 | 15.9 | 10.3-23.7 | 110 | 68.0 | 58.0-76.6 | 15 | 7.7 | 4.2-13.7 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 4.9 | 15 | 7.4 | 4.1-12.9 |
Forsyth | 209 | 38 | 20.4 | 13.5-29.7 | 140 | 64.4 | 55.4-72.5 | 19 | 7.1 | 4.4-11.4 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 9.0 | 10 | 6.4 | 2.9-13.2 |
Gaston | 212 | 33 | 16.9 | 11.8-23.6 | 142 | 64.5 | 56.8-71.5 | 23 | 10.9 | 7.0-16.5 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.0 | 12 | 5.8 | 3.1-10.6 |
Guilford | 203 | 44 | 19.3 | 14.1-26.0 | 127 | 64.9 | 57.2-72.0 | 19 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 6.1 | 3.3-11.0 |
Mecklenburg | 204 | 47 | 19.8 | 14.7-26.2 | 129 | 67.3 | 59.9-73.9 | 18 | 8.7 | 5.3-14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 10 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.6 |
New Hanover | 192 | 41 | 20.5 | 14.6-27.9 | 126 | 64.0 | 55.6-71.6 | 19 | 11.4 | 6.9-18.4 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.4 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.1 |
Onslow | 202 | 51 | 22.7 | 16.2-30.7 | 124 | 66.3 | 57.2-74.3 | 20 | 7.9 | 4.8-12.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.2 |
Wake | 197 | 34 | 16.2 | 11.3-22.5 | 133 | 65.9 | 57.5-73.4 | 16 | 7.6 | 4.1-13.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 | 13 | 9.8 | 5.1-17.9 |
Western NC | 285 | 50 | 16.1 | 12.0-21.2 | 199 | 70.4 | 64.1-76.1 | 23 | 9.2 | 5.8-14.4 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.2 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.2 |
Piedmont NC | 317 | 56 | 15.8 | 11.8-20.9 | 207 | 67.3 | 61.0-73.0 | 28 | 8.9 | 5.8-13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 26 | 8.0 | 5.1-12.3 |
Eastern NC | 261 | 48 | 14.9 | 10.6-20.5 | 171 | 63.6 | 55.8-70.7 | 25 | 12.0 | 7.8-18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 9.5 | 5.1-16.9 |
+ 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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