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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 | 2,946 | 2,622 | 87.4 | 85.3-89.3 | 147 | 5.4 | 4.2- 6.8 | 177 | 7.2 | 5.7- 9.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,123 | 982 | 85.3 | 81.5-88.5 | 72 | 6.5 | 4.7- 9.1 | 69 | 8.1 | 5.7-11.6 |
| Female | 1,823 | 1,640 | 89.3 | 87.0-91.3 | 75 | 4.3 | 3.1- 6.0 | 108 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,264 | 2,078 | 90.4 | 88.1-92.3 | 99 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.1 | 87 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.0 |
| African American | 530 | 421 | 78.0 | 71.9-83.0 | 40 | 8.8 | 5.4-14.0 | 69 | 13.2 | 9.4-18.2 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 84 | 79.3 | 64.5-89.0 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.7 | 16 | 17.6 | 8.6-32.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 81 | 67 | 78.6 | 59.5-90.2 | 9 | 14.7 | 5.8-32.8 | 5 | 6.7 | 1.5-24.7 |
| No | 2,858 | 2,550 | 87.8 | 85.6-89.6 | 137 | 5.0 | 3.9- 6.4 | 171 | 7.2 | 5.7- 9.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 252 | 210 | 78.6 | 68.5-86.1 | 22 | 8.5 | 4.8-14.6 | 20 | 12.9 | 6.7-23.4 |
| 25-34 | 559 | 500 | 88.3 | 83.8-91.6 | 23 | 5.3 | 3.0- 9.1 | 36 | 6.5 | 4.2- 9.8 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 562 | 93.7 | 90.1-96.0 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.4 | 26 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.5 |
| 45-54 | 533 | 501 | 92.6 | 88.0-95.6 | 13 | 2.1 | 1.1- 4.0 | 19 | 5.3 | 2.7-10.0 |
| 55-64 | 412 | 381 | 91.4 | 85.9-94.9 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.2- 8.9 | 19 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.2 |
| 65+ | 565 | 448 | 77.2 | 71.5-82.1 | 61 | 12.3 | 8.5-17.5 | 56 | 10.5 | 7.3-14.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 398 | 308 | 72.5 | 63.9-79.7 | 38 | 11.1 | 6.9-17.4 | 52 | 16.4 | 10.5-24.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 907 | 792 | 87.5 | 83.9-90.3 | 49 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.9 | 66 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 757 | 696 | 90.7 | 86.8-93.5 | 33 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.2 | 28 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.1 |
| College Graduate | 876 | 821 | 93.5 | 90.9-95.4 | 26 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.6 | 29 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 289 | 232 | 81.2 | 73.5-87.1 | 24 | 8.5 | 4.6-15.2 | 33 | 10.3 | 6.2-16.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 495 | 431 | 83.6 | 77.0-88.6 | 26 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.5 | 38 | 9.9 | 6.1-15.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 394 | 348 | 84.7 | 77.8-89.7 | 26 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.3 | 20 | 8.8 | 5.0-15.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 462 | 433 | 91.9 | 86.7-95.1 | 13 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.1 | 16 | 4.4 | 2.2- 8.6 |
| $50,000+ | 764 | 721 | 94.2 | 91.8-95.9 | 22 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.3 | 21 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 199 | 182 | 91.9 | 86.6-95.2 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.6 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.3 |
| Cumberland | 211 | 179 | 86.5 | 79.4-91.4 | 13 | 5.7 | 2.9-10.9 | 19 | 7.8 | 4.5-13.2 |
| Durham | 178 | 154 | 86.8 | 79.2-91.9 | 11 | 6.4 | 3.1-12.4 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.5-13.0 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 193 | 87.2 | 80.6-91.9 | 14 | 7.6 | 4.0-13.9 | 11 | 5.2 | 2.7- 9.6 |
| Gaston | 220 | 199 | 89.4 | 83.3-93.4 | 10 | 6.0 | 2.9-11.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 2.4- 8.8 |
| Guilford | 208 | 187 | 91.0 | 86.2-94.3 | 13 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.2 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 207 | 183 | 87.7 | 81.7-91.9 | 9 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.6 | 15 | 8.1 | 4.8-13.5 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 182 | 90.8 | 84.9-94.6 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.6 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.7-12.6 |
| Onslow | 209 | 190 | 84.0 | 68.2-92.7 | 10 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.2 | 9 | 11.4 | 3.7-30.2 |
| Wake | 204 | 180 | 85.9 | 78.2-91.2 | 10 | 6.4 | 2.9-13.8 | 14 | 7.7 | 4.2-13.5 |
| Western NC | 290 | 270 | 92.0 | 87.7-94.9 | 14 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.4 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 283 | 86.7 | 81.7-90.5 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.1- 9.8 | 30 | 7.7 | 5.0-11.5 |
| Eastern NC | 273 | 240 | 85.0 | 77.7-90.2 | 13 | 4.7 | 2.5- 9.0 | 20 | 10.2 | 5.8-17.5 |
+ 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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