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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 | 2,813 | 95.6 | 94.2-96.7 | 71 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.1 | 63 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,123 | 1,074 | 95.0 | 92.1-96.8 | 26 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.5 | 23 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 |
| Female | 1,824 | 1,739 | 96.1 | 94.8-97.1 | 45 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.9 | 40 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,264 | 2,180 | 96.8 | 95.4-97.7 | 49 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.4 | 35 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 |
| African American | 531 | 496 | 91.5 | 86.0-95.0 | 15 | 5.0 | 2.2-10.9 | 20 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.2 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 95 | 94.1 | 87.0-97.4 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.8-10.4 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 81 | 73 | 91.7 | 81.4-96.6 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.4-14.7 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.1-10.8 |
| No | 2,859 | 2,733 | 95.7 | 94.2-96.8 | 67 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 | 59 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 252 | 246 | 98.7 | 96.0-99.6 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.5 |
| 25-34 | 559 | 544 | 95.5 | 88.7-98.3 | 8 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.3 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.5 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 588 | 98.2 | 96.4-99.1 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.2 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.3 |
| 45-54 | 533 | 520 | 96.8 | 91.8-98.8 | 9 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 |
| 55-64 | 412 | 399 | 96.8 | 92.9-98.6 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.6- 6.2 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.5 |
| 65+ | 566 | 493 | 87.7 | 83.4-91.0 | 40 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.4 | 33 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 399 | 345 | 89.5 | 83.8-93.4 | 26 | 6.4 | 3.3-12.0 | 28 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 907 | 864 | 95.6 | 92.3-97.6 | 24 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.6 | 19 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 757 | 736 | 96.5 | 94.0-98.0 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.5 | 12 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.1 |
| College Graduate | 876 | 861 | 98.3 | 96.6-99.1 | 12 | 1.4 | 0.6- 2.9 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 290 | 261 | 90.3 | 84.6-94.1 | 17 | 5.7 | 3.1-10.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 495 | 466 | 93.6 | 88.8-96.4 | 15 | 4.0 | 1.7- 9.0 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.2- 4.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 394 | 381 | 98.2 | 96.2-99.1 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 462 | 453 | 96.4 | 92.2-98.4 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 |
| $50,000+ | 764 | 754 | 97.6 | 92.4-99.3 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.3- 8.5 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 199 | 190 | 96.3 | 92.6-98.2 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.1 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 4.8 |
| Cumberland | 211 | 200 | 96.4 | 93.0-98.2 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.0 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.1 |
| Durham | 178 | 166 | 93.0 | 86.6-96.4 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.7 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.8- 9.9 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 213 | 97.7 | 93.9-99.2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 |
| Gaston | 221 | 207 | 94.9 | 91.3-97.1 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.4 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.5 |
| Guilford | 208 | 197 | 96.0 | 91.5-98.1 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.5 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 207 | 199 | 95.3 | 90.4-97.8 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.6 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.8 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 191 | 94.8 | 87.7-97.9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.2 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.1-11.6 |
| Onslow | 209 | 203 | 97.2 | 93.5-98.8 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 5.2 |
| Wake | 204 | 194 | 97.0 | 94.2-98.4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.8 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.6 |
| Western NC | 290 | 281 | 96.7 | 93.4-98.4 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.9 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.9 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 311 | 94.9 | 91.1-97.1 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.4 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.5 |
| Eastern NC | 273 | 261 | 95.1 | 89.3-97.8 | 8 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.9 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.5 |
+ 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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