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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 | 2,648 | 89.9 | 88.0-91.5 | 133 | 4.7 | 3.7- 6.0 | 165 | 5.4 | 4.2- 6.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,123 | 1,009 | 89.1 | 85.6-91.8 | 52 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.0 | 62 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.4 |
| Female | 1,823 | 1,639 | 90.7 | 88.7-92.4 | 81 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.4 | 103 | 5.3 | 4.1- 6.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,264 | 2,055 | 90.5 | 88.3-92.3 | 95 | 4.4 | 3.3- 5.9 | 114 | 5.1 | 3.7- 7.0 |
| African American | 530 | 461 | 87.3 | 82.4-91.1 | 32 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.5 | 37 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.1 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 88 | 89.5 | 80.5-94.6 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.1-12.0 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.2-13.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 81 | 72 | 90.4 | 77.6-96.3 | 4 | 7.0 | 2.1-20.8 | 5 | 2.6 | 0.8- 7.8 |
| No | 2,858 | 2,569 | 89.9 | 88.0-91.5 | 129 | 4.6 | 3.6- 6.0 | 160 | 5.5 | 4.2- 7.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 252 | 229 | 90.0 | 80.5-95.2 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.8 | 13 | 7.4 | 2.9-17.8 |
| 25-34 | 559 | 515 | 90.6 | 86.1-93.8 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.7 | 26 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.9 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 560 | 95.5 | 93.3-97.0 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.3 | 31 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.4 |
| 45-54 | 533 | 499 | 94.7 | 92.0-96.5 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.0- 3.9 | 21 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.6 |
| 55-64 | 412 | 375 | 89.5 | 83.2-93.6 | 19 | 7.0 | 3.6-13.2 | 18 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.0 |
| 65+ | 565 | 447 | 77.1 | 71.3-82.1 | 62 | 13.3 | 9.3-18.7 | 56 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 398 | 315 | 78.9 | 70.7-85.2 | 41 | 11.2 | 7.0-17.4 | 42 | 9.9 | 5.4-17.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 907 | 812 | 90.6 | 87.5-93.0 | 37 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.1 | 58 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 757 | 692 | 91.7 | 88.5-94.1 | 27 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 | 38 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.2 |
| College Graduate | 876 | 821 | 93.8 | 91.4-95.6 | 28 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.3 | 27 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 289 | 231 | 79.7 | 71.8-85.9 | 25 | 10.9 | 6.3-18.0 | 33 | 9.4 | 5.6-15.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 495 | 449 | 89.8 | 84.4-93.5 | 22 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.8 | 24 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 394 | 356 | 90.9 | 85.9-94.2 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.8 | 20 | 5.6 | 3.0-10.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 462 | 436 | 93.8 | 89.6-96.4 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.5 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.3 |
| $50,000+ | 764 | 709 | 93.2 | 90.5-95.2 | 25 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 | 30 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 199 | 178 | 91.8 | 87.2-94.9 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.2 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.5 |
| Cumberland | 211 | 187 | 90.0 | 84.1-93.9 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.6 | 16 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.2 |
| Durham | 178 | 157 | 89.9 | 83.5-94.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.7- 8.9 | 13 | 6.2 | 3.2-11.4 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 193 | 88.0 | 81.9-92.3 | 13 | 5.9 | 3.3-10.5 | 12 | 6.1 | 3.1-11.5 |
| Gaston | 220 | 195 | 88.7 | 82.8-92.8 | 12 | 5.9 | 2.9-11.6 | 13 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.4 |
| Guilford | 208 | 189 | 92.0 | 86.9-95.2 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.7 | 9 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 207 | 188 | 89.7 | 83.8-93.6 | 12 | 6.3 | 3.4-11.2 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.8- 8.9 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 179 | 89.9 | 83.7-93.9 | 10 | 3.9 | 1.9- 7.7 | 11 | 6.3 | 3.1-12.2 |
| Onslow | 209 | 188 | 83.4 | 67.6-92.3 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.0 | 15 | 14.4 | 5.8-31.4 |
| Wake | 204 | 184 | 92.3 | 87.5-95.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.9 | 16 | 6.4 | 3.7-11.0 |
| Western NC | 290 | 269 | 92.2 | 88.0-95.1 | 12 | 5.0 | 2.7- 9.0 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 294 | 89.5 | 84.9-92.8 | 17 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.6 | 18 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.1 |
| Eastern NC | 273 | 247 | 88.7 | 82.1-93.1 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.0 | 15 | 7.7 | 3.9-14.4 |
+ 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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