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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 | 2,947 | 1,974 | 67.8 | 65.0-70.4 | 485 | 16.2 | 14.3-18.2 | 488 | 16.1 | 14.0-18.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,123 | 785 | 69.9 | 65.8-73.7 | 188 | 15.9 | 13.1-19.1 | 150 | 14.2 | 11.3-17.6 |
| Female | 1,824 | 1,189 | 65.8 | 62.0-69.3 | 297 | 16.5 | 14.1-19.2 | 338 | 17.7 | 15.0-20.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,265 | 1,577 | 70.3 | 67.2-73.2 | 353 | 15.2 | 13.2-17.5 | 335 | 14.5 | 12.4-17.0 |
| African American | 531 | 305 | 57.9 | 51.4-64.1 | 105 | 20.1 | 15.6-25.6 | 121 | 22.0 | 16.9-28.1 |
| Other Minorities | 106 | 63 | 67.3 | 52.4-79.4 | 21 | 17.3 | 9.0-30.5 | 22 | 15.4 | 8.4-26.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 81 | 52 | 78.0 | 64.2-87.5 | 15 | 11.8 | 5.5-23.7 | 14 | 10.2 | 5.1-19.3 |
| No | 2,859 | 1,918 | 67.4 | 64.6-70.1 | 468 | 16.3 | 14.4-18.4 | 473 | 16.3 | 14.2-18.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 252 | 179 | 73.5 | 64.9-80.6 | 39 | 16.0 | 10.4-23.9 | 34 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.4 |
| 25-34 | 559 | 394 | 70.2 | 64.3-75.5 | 84 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.7 | 81 | 13.5 | 10.1-17.8 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 428 | 69.9 | 63.7-75.4 | 93 | 13.5 | 10.2-17.6 | 81 | 16.7 | 11.9-22.9 |
| 45-54 | 533 | 367 | 69.1 | 62.6-75.0 | 80 | 14.1 | 10.4-19.0 | 86 | 16.7 | 12.5-22.0 |
| 55-64 | 413 | 271 | 66.9 | 59.9-73.3 | 65 | 16.4 | 11.7-22.6 | 77 | 16.7 | 12.0-22.7 |
| 65+ | 565 | 317 | 57.0 | 51.2-62.7 | 123 | 21.8 | 17.4-26.9 | 125 | 21.1 | 16.6-26.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 399 | 203 | 57.8 | 49.8-65.3 | 88 | 17.6 | 13.1-23.3 | 108 | 24.6 | 18.7-31.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 908 | 593 | 62.4 | 57.3-67.2 | 163 | 19.8 | 16.1-24.2 | 152 | 17.8 | 14.0-22.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 757 | 517 | 71.1 | 66.4-75.4 | 118 | 14.9 | 11.7-18.8 | 122 | 14.0 | 11.0-17.7 |
| College Graduate | 875 | 656 | 77.1 | 72.9-80.8 | 116 | 12.3 | 9.6-15.5 | 103 | 10.6 | 8.1-13.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 289 | 166 | 61.2 | 52.5-69.2 | 61 | 18.7 | 13.2-25.7 | 62 | 20.1 | 14.1-28.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 496 | 321 | 61.7 | 54.8-68.1 | 87 | 19.6 | 14.8-25.5 | 88 | 18.7 | 13.7-25.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 394 | 268 | 65.4 | 57.4-72.6 | 71 | 20.0 | 14.4-27.0 | 55 | 14.6 | 9.3-22.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 462 | 333 | 72.6 | 66.4-78.0 | 63 | 13.5 | 9.7-18.5 | 66 | 13.9 | 9.9-19.2 |
| $50,000+ | 764 | 559 | 73.4 | 68.4-77.8 | 105 | 13.1 | 10.0-17.1 | 100 | 13.5 | 10.4-17.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 199 | 134 | 71.6 | 64.4-77.9 | 37 | 15.8 | 11.3-21.7 | 28 | 12.6 | 8.3-18.6 |
| Cumberland | 211 | 144 | 74.5 | 65.0-82.1 | 33 | 14.5 | 9.2-22.3 | 34 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.6 |
| Durham | 178 | 118 | 67.8 | 57.6-76.6 | 28 | 16.7 | 10.6-25.5 | 32 | 15.4 | 10.2-22.7 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 147 | 71.3 | 64.1-77.5 | 36 | 14.5 | 10.2-20.4 | 35 | 14.2 | 9.9-19.9 |
| Gaston | 222 | 142 | 70.0 | 63.3-76.0 | 38 | 15.2 | 10.8-20.9 | 42 | 14.8 | 10.7-20.1 |
| Guilford | 208 | 149 | 73.7 | 66.6-79.8 | 21 | 9.9 | 6.0-15.7 | 38 | 16.4 | 11.8-22.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 207 | 135 | 64.8 | 57.3-71.7 | 41 | 19.5 | 14.2-26.1 | 31 | 15.7 | 10.9-22.0 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 138 | 69.4 | 61.2-76.6 | 30 | 14.2 | 9.6-20.7 | 32 | 16.3 | 10.7-24.0 |
| Onslow | 209 | 142 | 66.5 | 54.9-76.4 | 39 | 15.5 | 10.7-21.8 | 28 | 18.0 | 9.0-32.7 |
| Wake | 203 | 132 | 65.5 | 57.5-72.8 | 32 | 15.9 | 10.6-23.3 | 39 | 18.5 | 13.2-25.3 |
| Western NC | 290 | 214 | 74.3 | 68.3-79.5 | 43 | 15.7 | 11.5-21.1 | 33 | 10.0 | 6.9-14.3 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 219 | 69.9 | 62.9-76.0 | 43 | 11.5 | 8.2-15.8 | 67 | 18.6 | 13.6-25.0 |
| Eastern NC | 273 | 160 | 59.2 | 51.9-66.1 | 64 | 23.9 | 18.4-30.5 | 49 | 16.9 | 12.3-22.7 |
+ 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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