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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,953 | 1,477 | 47.8 | 44.8-50.7 | 838 | 30.1 | 27.4-32.8 | 638 | 22.2 | 20.0-24.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,127 | 507 | 43.5 | 39.1-47.9 | 375 | 33.5 | 29.4-37.8 | 245 | 23.1 | 19.6-26.9 |
| Female | 1,826 | 970 | 51.6 | 47.7-55.5 | 463 | 27.0 | 23.6-30.6 | 393 | 21.4 | 18.8-24.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,268 | 1,226 | 51.7 | 48.3-55.1 | 609 | 28.9 | 25.9-32.1 | 433 | 19.4 | 17.2-21.9 |
| African American | 531 | 182 | 32.3 | 26.6-38.5 | 188 | 35.3 | 29.3-41.8 | 161 | 32.4 | 26.6-38.8 |
| Other Minorities | 109 | 47 | 48.8 | 33.1-64.7 | 29 | 29.2 | 17.2-44.9 | 33 | 22.1 | 13.0-34.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 83 | 31 | 51.8 | 33.2-69.9 | 27 | 29.5 | 16.1-47.8 | 25 | 18.7 | 10.3-31.6 |
| No | 2,863 | 1,442 | 47.5 | 44.6-50.5 | 810 | 30.1 | 27.4-32.9 | 611 | 22.4 | 20.2-24.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 253 | 96 | 37.8 | 28.6-48.0 | 95 | 39.0 | 30.4-48.4 | 62 | 23.2 | 16.5-31.5 |
| 25-34 | 561 | 227 | 39.2 | 33.5-45.3 | 197 | 39.3 | 33.2-45.9 | 137 | 21.4 | 17.1-26.4 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 290 | 46.6 | 40.6-52.8 | 173 | 31.0 | 25.4-37.1 | 139 | 22.4 | 18.0-27.5 |
| 45-54 | 533 | 302 | 55.8 | 48.4-63.0 | 134 | 23.6 | 18.0-30.2 | 97 | 20.6 | 15.7-26.5 |
| 55-64 | 413 | 261 | 57.4 | 50.2-64.3 | 76 | 19.3 | 14.2-25.8 | 76 | 23.3 | 17.6-30.1 |
| 65+ | 568 | 287 | 49.1 | 43.3-54.9 | 157 | 27.4 | 22.7-32.6 | 124 | 23.5 | 18.6-29.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 402 | 164 | 41.3 | 33.2-49.9 | 110 | 28.0 | 21.7-35.3 | 128 | 30.7 | 24.0-38.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 909 | 427 | 42.1 | 37.3-46.9 | 274 | 34.2 | 29.4-39.3 | 208 | 23.8 | 19.9-28.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 757 | 382 | 48.5 | 43.3-53.6 | 237 | 32.6 | 27.8-37.7 | 138 | 19.0 | 15.2-23.5 |
| College Graduate | 877 | 499 | 57.3 | 52.0-62.5 | 216 | 24.4 | 20.3-29.2 | 162 | 18.2 | 14.9-22.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 290 | 129 | 41.3 | 32.9-50.2 | 91 | 32.1 | 24.7-40.4 | 70 | 26.6 | 19.2-35.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 497 | 241 | 42.6 | 36.1-49.4 | 148 | 34.2 | 28.0-41.0 | 108 | 23.2 | 17.9-29.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 394 | 188 | 41.1 | 34.2-48.3 | 127 | 37.3 | 29.9-45.4 | 79 | 21.6 | 16.1-28.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 463 | 248 | 52.1 | 45.5-58.7 | 120 | 26.2 | 20.8-32.4 | 95 | 21.7 | 16.6-27.7 |
| $50,000+ | 764 | 394 | 50.2 | 44.3-56.1 | 215 | 31.2 | 25.9-36.9 | 155 | 18.6 | 15.1-22.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 199 | 116 | 57.2 | 49.3-64.7 | 56 | 29.0 | 22.3-36.7 | 27 | 13.8 | 9.3-20.1 |
| Cumberland | 211 | 99 | 51.1 | 38.0-64.1 | 72 | 33.3 | 23.3-44.9 | 40 | 15.6 | 9.9-23.7 |
| Durham | 178 | 84 | 46.3 | 34.7-58.4 | 51 | 27.3 | 19.6-36.8 | 43 | 26.3 | 18.3-36.3 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 101 | 46.6 | 38.6-54.6 | 77 | 36.1 | 28.3-44.7 | 40 | 17.3 | 12.4-23.7 |
| Gaston | 223 | 123 | 50.3 | 43.0-57.7 | 46 | 23.6 | 17.6-31.0 | 54 | 26.0 | 20.0-33.1 |
| Guilford | 208 | 103 | 47.1 | 39.4-55.0 | 51 | 26.7 | 20.0-34.7 | 54 | 26.2 | 19.8-33.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 207 | 103 | 47.9 | 40.4-55.5 | 54 | 25.1 | 19.2-32.2 | 50 | 26.9 | 20.5-34.5 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 109 | 50.6 | 42.4-58.7 | 51 | 28.4 | 21.2-36.8 | 40 | 21.0 | 15.0-28.6 |
| Onslow | 210 | 102 | 48.9 | 39.2-58.7 | 66 | 32.6 | 24.9-41.3 | 42 | 18.5 | 13.1-25.4 |
| Wake | 205 | 87 | 41.8 | 34.2-49.8 | 68 | 33.1 | 26.0-41.1 | 50 | 25.1 | 18.8-32.7 |
| Western NC | 290 | 165 | 55.3 | 48.8-61.7 | 72 | 26.6 | 21.2-32.8 | 53 | 18.1 | 13.7-23.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 330 | 173 | 51.7 | 44.3-59.0 | 81 | 26.9 | 20.8-34.0 | 76 | 21.4 | 16.7-26.9 |
| Eastern NC | 274 | 112 | 38.8 | 31.9-46.3 | 93 | 37.0 | 30.1-44.5 | 69 | 24.2 | 18.6-30.8 |
+ 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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