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| Total Respond.# |
Mostly sitting/standing | Mostly walking | Mostly heavy labor | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,665 | 2,462 | 61.4 | 58.7-64.0 | 809 | 25.2 | 22.8-27.8 | 394 | 13.4 | 11.7-15.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,604 | 941 | 53.6 | 50.0-57.3 | 360 | 25.5 | 22.3-29.1 | 303 | 20.8 | 18.0-24.0 |
| Female | 2,061 | 1,521 | 70.4 | 66.5-74.0 | 449 | 24.8 | 21.3-28.6 | 91 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,747 | 1,875 | 63.3 | 60.2-66.4 | 573 | 23.6 | 20.9-26.6 | 299 | 13.0 | 11.2-15.1 |
| African American | 698 | 464 | 60.1 | 54.2-65.7 | 180 | 28.9 | 23.9-34.6 | 54 | 11.0 | 7.5-15.8 |
| Other Minorities | 172 | 93 | 44.3 | 33.6-55.6 | 46 | 31.9 | 21.1-45.1 | 33 | 23.8 | 15.4-34.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 114 | 60 | 46.6 | 32.6-61.3 | 32 | 36.9 | 22.6-53.9 | 22 | 16.5 | 8.8-28.7 |
| No | 3,545 | 2,398 | 62.0 | 59.3-64.7 | 775 | 24.7 | 22.3-27.2 | 372 | 13.3 | 11.6-15.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 344 | 202 | 54.7 | 46.2-63.0 | 91 | 25.2 | 18.3-33.5 | 51 | 20.1 | 14.0-28.1 |
| 25-34 | 920 | 607 | 61.0 | 55.9-65.9 | 196 | 23.7 | 19.5-28.5 | 117 | 15.3 | 12.0-19.3 |
| 35-44 | 1,037 | 706 | 65.1 | 60.6-69.3 | 219 | 21.6 | 18.1-25.6 | 112 | 13.3 | 10.4-16.9 |
| 45-54 | 868 | 587 | 57.4 | 51.4-63.1 | 201 | 31.0 | 25.3-37.4 | 80 | 11.7 | 8.7-15.4 |
| 55-64 | 383 | 277 | 68.1 | 61.0-74.5 | 80 | 25.2 | 19.4-32.1 | 26 | 6.6 | 3.8-11.5 |
| 65+ | 81 | 59 | 74.4 | 58.3-85.8 | 15 | 21.7 | 11.1-38.0 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.3-11.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 275 | 143 | 50.6 | 41.6-59.6 | 82 | 25.7 | 18.4-34.7 | 50 | 23.7 | 16.6-32.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,051 | 636 | 53.6 | 48.9-58.3 | 254 | 29.3 | 25.1-33.9 | 161 | 17.1 | 13.9-20.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 975 | 634 | 59.0 | 54.4-63.5 | 226 | 26.4 | 22.5-30.8 | 115 | 14.5 | 11.5-18.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,357 | 1,046 | 74.5 | 69.4-79.0 | 244 | 19.9 | 15.7-25.0 | 67 | 5.6 | 3.9- 8.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 148 | 82 | 50.9 | 38.2-63.5 | 40 | 26.5 | 16.9-38.9 | 26 | 22.6 | 12.5-37.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 538 | 349 | 59.3 | 52.4-65.8 | 121 | 22.9 | 17.8-29.0 | 68 | 17.9 | 12.8-24.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 550 | 346 | 57.8 | 51.5-63.9 | 128 | 26.0 | 20.8-32.0 | 76 | 16.2 | 12.2-21.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 733 | 459 | 58.6 | 53.2-63.8 | 180 | 24.3 | 20.0-29.2 | 94 | 17.1 | 13.2-21.8 |
| $50,000+ | 1,249 | 937 | 67.1 | 62.0-71.8 | 235 | 25.1 | 20.5-30.3 | 77 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 249 | 162 | 61.1 | 53.7-67.9 | 54 | 23.8 | 17.9-30.9 | 33 | 15.1 | 10.6-21.2 |
| Cumberland | 254 | 169 | 55.7 | 43.4-67.4 | 49 | 28.5 | 16.6-44.4 | 36 | 15.7 | 10.4-23.2 |
| Durham | 242 | 174 | 69.2 | 60.0-77.1 | 53 | 19.6 | 14.2-26.3 | 15 | 11.3 | 5.4-22.1 |
| Forsyth | 258 | 176 | 63.6 | 56.2-70.3 | 60 | 23.9 | 18.6-30.3 | 22 | 12.5 | 7.6-19.9 |
| Gaston | 259 | 168 | 60.3 | 53.2-67.0 | 66 | 28.6 | 22.6-35.5 | 25 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.8 |
| Guilford | 250 | 184 | 70.1 | 62.9-76.4 | 44 | 21.0 | 15.5-27.9 | 22 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 279 | 210 | 74.1 | 67.7-79.6 | 55 | 19.9 | 15.0-25.9 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.2 |
| New Hanover | 241 | 164 | 59.0 | 48.8-68.5 | 53 | 28.9 | 19.4-40.7 | 24 | 12.1 | 7.7-18.4 |
| Onslow | 276 | 175 | 57.3 | 47.4-66.7 | 64 | 26.5 | 18.5-36.6 | 37 | 16.1 | 9.2-26.7 |
| Wake | 296 | 220 | 71.7 | 65.1-77.5 | 49 | 16.3 | 12.2-21.5 | 27 | 11.9 | 7.6-18.2 |
| Western NC | 313 | 201 | 59.2 | 52.7-65.4 | 67 | 22.1 | 17.1-28.1 | 45 | 18.7 | 13.9-24.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 395 | 246 | 58.6 | 51.8-65.1 | 105 | 29.6 | 23.5-36.5 | 44 | 11.8 | 8.5-16.2 |
| Eastern NC | 353 | 213 | 55.6 | 49.2-61.8 | 90 | 27.1 | 21.8-33.1 | 50 | 17.3 | 12.8-23.0 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.
#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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