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| Total Respond.# |
Not allowed anywhere | Allowed in some places | Allowed anywhere | No rules about smoking | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,930 | 1,891 | 62.1 | 59.4-64.8 | 302 | 10.2 | 8.7-11.9 | 253 | 9.0 | 7.5-10.8 | 484 | 18.7 | 16.6-21.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,145 | 715 | 62.5 | 58.4-66.5 | 112 | 9.8 | 7.7-12.4 | 116 | 8.9 | 6.9-11.4 | 202 | 18.8 | 15.7-22.4 |
| Female | 1,785 | 1,176 | 61.8 | 58.1-65.3 | 190 | 10.5 | 8.5-12.9 | 137 | 9.1 | 7.0-11.9 | 282 | 18.6 | 15.9-21.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,209 | 1,440 | 62.9 | 59.8-65.9 | 209 | 9.5 | 7.9-11.5 | 187 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.7 | 373 | 18.9 | 16.5-21.5 |
| African American | 544 | 337 | 61.3 | 54.8-67.3 | 72 | 13.4 | 9.6-18.4 | 53 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.5 | 82 | 15.6 | 11.5-20.9 |
| Other Minorities | 135 | 89 | 57.0 | 43.5-69.5 | 19 | 8.8 | 4.7-15.8 | 10 | 11.5 | 5.0-24.0 | 17 | 22.8 | 12.9-37.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 78 | 55 | 65.0 | 48.0-78.9 | 7 | 13.8 | 5.3-31.4 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.5-13.2 | 12 | 16.6 | 7.1-33.9 |
| No | 2,847 | 1,833 | 62.1 | 59.3-64.8 | 295 | 10.1 | 8.6-11.8 | 248 | 9.1 | 7.6-11.0 | 471 | 18.7 | 16.6-21.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 262 | 184 | 68.2 | 58.6-76.4 | 27 | 10.2 | 6.3-16.3 | 21 | 9.8 | 4.8-18.9 | 30 | 11.8 | 7.0-19.0 |
| 25-34 | 537 | 391 | 67.9 | 61.3-73.8 | 47 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.5 | 36 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.5 | 63 | 16.6 | 11.8-22.7 |
| 35-44 | 621 | 411 | 62.7 | 56.9-68.2 | 65 | 12.1 | 8.6-16.8 | 47 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.4 | 98 | 19.4 | 15.0-24.7 |
| 45-54 | 559 | 332 | 56.9 | 50.6-63.1 | 67 | 11.2 | 7.9-15.5 | 56 | 10.7 | 7.3-15.4 | 104 | 21.2 | 16.1-27.4 |
| 55-64 | 366 | 217 | 58.0 | 50.6-65.1 | 40 | 10.4 | 6.7-15.9 | 32 | 9.5 | 6.0-14.9 | 77 | 22.0 | 16.5-28.8 |
| 65+ | 559 | 337 | 59.1 | 53.0-65.0 | 54 | 9.7 | 6.6-13.9 | 59 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.2 | 109 | 20.4 | 15.9-25.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 382 | 168 | 43.1 | 35.8-50.7 | 66 | 17.0 | 12.4-22.9 | 61 | 18.2 | 13.0-25.0 | 87 | 21.6 | 16.4-28.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 844 | 496 | 56.4 | 51.2-61.5 | 84 | 10.3 | 7.6-13.9 | 102 | 11.0 | 8.1-14.8 | 162 | 22.2 | 18.1-27.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 771 | 513 | 63.7 | 58.4-68.6 | 79 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.6 | 51 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.4 | 128 | 20.6 | 16.3-25.7 |
| College Graduate | 923 | 707 | 78.6 | 74.5-82.1 | 71 | 7.1 | 5.1- 9.8 | 39 | 3.1 | 1.9- 4.9 | 106 | 11.3 | 8.6-14.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 265 | 120 | 48.6 | 39.3-58.1 | 32 | 11.4 | 6.9-18.3 | 39 | 13.1 | 7.9-21.0 | 74 | 26.9 | 19.6-35.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 478 | 251 | 48.8 | 41.9-55.8 | 64 | 14.1 | 9.9-19.8 | 56 | 10.2 | 7.0-14.6 | 107 | 26.8 | 21.0-33.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 440 | 294 | 62.5 | 55.6-68.9 | 40 | 9.3 | 6.1-13.9 | 32 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.6 | 74 | 18.5 | 13.4-24.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 468 | 306 | 62.5 | 55.7-68.8 | 58 | 11.0 | 7.7-15.4 | 35 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.2 | 69 | 20.6 | 15.0-27.6 |
| $50,000+ | 756 | 570 | 74.3 | 69.4-78.6 | 61 | 8.4 | 6.0-11.7 | 40 | 5.7 | 3.6- 8.8 | 85 | 11.6 | 8.6-15.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 207 | 138 | 68.9 | 61.1-75.8 | 21 | 8.5 | 5.1-13.8 | 16 | 8.8 | 4.7-16.0 | 32 | 13.8 | 9.6-19.4 |
| Cumberland | 196 | 137 | 68.9 | 61.5-75.4 | 16 | 10.0 | 5.5-17.5 | 16 | 8.2 | 4.7-13.9 | 27 | 13.0 | 8.4-19.6 |
| Durham | 201 | 143 | 75.1 | 67.5-81.4 | 21 | 10.7 | 6.5-17.3 | 14 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.7 | 23 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.6 |
| Forsyth | 214 | 120 | 55.5 | 48.0-62.9 | 26 | 11.6 | 7.7-17.0 | 25 | 11.4 | 7.4-17.3 | 43 | 21.4 | 15.9-28.2 |
| Gaston | 226 | 134 | 59.8 | 52.3-66.9 | 28 | 12.2 | 8.1-18.0 | 24 | 9.1 | 5.9-13.9 | 40 | 18.9 | 13.5-25.7 |
| Guilford | 180 | 117 | 63.6 | 55.3-71.2 | 18 | 11.0 | 6.8-17.4 | 12 | 6.3 | 3.4-11.3 | 33 | 19.1 | 13.3-26.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 204 | 141 | 68.7 | 60.8-75.6 | 19 | 9.7 | 5.6-16.1 | 14 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.9 | 30 | 15.9 | 10.8-22.9 |
| New Hanover | 190 | 135 | 72.6 | 65.1-78.9 | 19 | 10.0 | 6.2-15.7 | 9 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.4 | 27 | 13.3 | 8.9-19.4 |
| Onslow | 207 | 136 | 65.8 | 55.3-74.9 | 21 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.3 | 21 | 13.7 | 6.2-27.7 | 29 | 11.6 | 7.8-16.9 |
| Wake | 196 | 150 | 76.1 | 68.0-82.7 | 16 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.3 | 11 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.8 | 19 | 12.2 | 7.1-20.1 |
| Western NC | 292 | 170 | 58.2 | 51.7-64.5 | 30 | 11.3 | 7.8-16.2 | 39 | 14.1 | 10.1-19.4 | 53 | 16.3 | 12.2-21.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 309 | 186 | 59.8 | 53.1-66.1 | 26 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.7 | 26 | 9.2 | 5.8-14.3 | 71 | 23.2 | 18.1-29.2 |
| Eastern NC | 308 | 184 | 56.2 | 49.4-62.8 | 41 | 13.3 | 9.4-18.4 | 26 | 9.5 | 6.2-14.3 | 57 | 21.0 | 16.0-27.2 |
+ 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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