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Total Respond.# |
Yes, within 12 months | Yes, within 1-2 years | Yes, within 2-3 years | Yes, 3+ years ago | No | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,001 | 1,051 | 30.9 | 28.5-33.4 | 85 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.5 | 31 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 | 45 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.2 | 1,789 | 64.5 | 62.0-67.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,097 | 121 | 11.6 | 8.9-15.0 | 8 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 | 958 | 86.5 | 83.0-89.4 |
Female | 1,904 | 930 | 46.6 | 43.1-50.2 | 77 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.8 | 28 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.5 | 38 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 | 831 | 46.6 | 43.0-50.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,428 | 887 | 32.7 | 30.0-35.5 | 76 | 2.9 | 2.1- 4.0 | 26 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 | 41 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 | 1,398 | 62.1 | 59.2-65.0 |
African American | 453 | 130 | 24.5 | 19.4-30.4 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.2 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.1 | 309 | 73.5 | 67.5-78.8 |
Other Minorities | 84 | 22 | 18.9 | 9.5-33.9 | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-17.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 59 | 78.1 | 62.6-88.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 42 | 13 | 22.1 | 10.4-41.0 | 3 | 16.5 | 4.5-45.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 26 | 61.4 | 39.9-79.3 |
No | 2,953 | 1,037 | 31.0 | 28.6-33.5 | 82 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.2 | 31 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 | 45 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.2 | 1,758 | 64.6 | 62.0-67.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
45-54 | 1,098 | 375 | 28.6 | 24.6-32.9 | 23 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.9 | 10 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 | 10 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.8 | 680 | 68.2 | 63.7-72.3 |
55-64 | 782 | 294 | 32.8 | 28.4-37.5 | 30 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.7 | 10 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.8 | 14 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 | 434 | 61.5 | 56.6-66.2 |
65+ | 1,121 | 382 | 32.0 | 28.2-36.0 | 32 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.5 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.8 | 675 | 62.7 | 58.6-66.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 564 | 164 | 24.0 | 19.5-29.1 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 388 | 74.0 | 68.7-78.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 906 | 331 | 34.7 | 30.4-39.3 | 28 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 8 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 | 12 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.6 | 527 | 60.7 | 56.0-65.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 717 | 277 | 35.4 | 30.5-40.6 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.6 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 | 13 | 1.6 | 0.7- 4.0 | 394 | 59.5 | 54.2-64.6 |
College Graduate | 805 | 277 | 28.2 | 23.5-33.4 | 26 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 | 11 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.4 | 17 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.8 | 474 | 65.5 | 60.0-70.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 340 | 103 | 30.0 | 22.9-38.2 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 224 | 68.4 | 60.2-75.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 497 | 161 | 27.0 | 22.1-32.6 | 12 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.0 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.3- 2.7 | 312 | 69.3 | 63.4-74.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 386 | 145 | 34.3 | 27.9-41.4 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 | 219 | 62.2 | 55.1-68.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 379 | 145 | 36.8 | 29.9-44.2 | 12 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.5 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.3 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.5 | 213 | 57.6 | 50.1-64.7 |
$50,000+ | 718 | 268 | 29.5 | 24.7-34.8 | 21 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.6 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 | 11 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.5 | 409 | 64.8 | 59.2-70.1 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 227 | 90 | 36.5 | 30.0-43.6 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 127 | 60.0 | 52.8-66.7 |
Cumberland | 178 | 63 | 32.7 | 25.6-40.7 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.5 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.4 | 105 | 62.7 | 54.6-70.2 |
Durham | 168 | 58 | 26.9 | 19.9-35.2 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.4 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.7 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 5.0 | 100 | 69.3 | 60.5-76.9 |
Forsyth | 250 | 106 | 38.4 | 32.1-45.2 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.9 | 133 | 57.7 | 50.9-64.3 |
Gaston | 230 | 74 | 29.2 | 23.4-35.8 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.1- 7.7 | 143 | 65.2 | 58.3-71.5 |
Guilford | 197 | 71 | 35.1 | 27.9-43.1 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.4 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.6-11.5 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.7 | 114 | 59.8 | 51.6-67.4 |
Mecklenburg | 179 | 55 | 26.8 | 20.5-34.1 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 115 | 69.1 | 61.6-75.8 |
New Hanover | 205 | 67 | 30.0 | 23.7-37.2 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.8 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.3 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.3 | 123 | 63.6 | 56.1-70.4 |
Onslow | 158 | 55 | 31.2 | 23.8-39.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 5.2 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 4.0 | 96 | 65.5 | 57.0-73.2 |
Wake | 155 | 57 | 31.9 | 24.6-40.3 | 6 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.5 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.6 | 87 | 60.6 | 52.0-68.6 |
Western NC | 378 | 124 | 28.2 | 23.6-33.3 | 15 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.9 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.8 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.9 | 231 | 65.7 | 60.4-70.7 |
Piedmont NC | 367 | 124 | 30.9 | 25.5-36.8 | 7 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.2 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.5 | 227 | 64.9 | 58.8-70.5 |
Eastern NC | 309 | 107 | 31.1 | 25.5-37.3 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.6 | 188 | 65.4 | 59.1-71.2 |
* This question was asked only of female respondents who reported being age 45 years and older.
#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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