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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,666 | 149 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.6 | 3,517 | 95.8 | 94.4-96.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,340 | 51 | 4.4 | 2.7- 6.9 | 1,289 | 95.6 | 93.1-97.3 |
| Female | 2,326 | 98 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.6 | 2,228 | 95.9 | 94.4-97.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,931 | 130 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.3 | 2,801 | 95.3 | 93.7-96.5 |
| African American | 586 | 14 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.4 | 572 | 97.7 | 94.6-99.0 |
| Other Minorities | 110 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.0-12.6 | 105 | 96.2 | 87.4-99.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 55 | 4 | 10.1 | 2.9-29.6 | 51 | 89.9 | 70.4-97.1 |
| No | 3,605 | 144 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.4 | 3,461 | 95.9 | 94.6-96.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 40-44 | 636 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.1 | 624 | 97.4 | 93.9-98.9 |
| 45-54 | 1,103 | 31 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.4 | 1,072 | 96.1 | 92.6-98.0 |
| 55-64 | 789 | 30 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.4 | 759 | 96.8 | 94.6-98.1 |
| 65+ | 1,138 | 76 | 6.4 | 4.5- 8.9 | 1,062 | 93.6 | 91.1-95.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 630 | 33 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.7 | 597 | 94.9 | 91.3-97.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,092 | 38 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.9 | 1,054 | 96.5 | 94.1-98.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 895 | 37 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 | 858 | 97.4 | 96.0-98.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,036 | 40 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.7 | 996 | 94.2 | 90.3-96.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 388 | 27 | 9.0 | 4.7-16.7 | 361 | 91.0 | 83.3-95.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 569 | 26 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.0 | 543 | 96.5 | 94.0-98.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 465 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.5- 5.1 | 447 | 97.3 | 94.9-98.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 511 | 14 | 2.2 | 1.0- 5.0 | 497 | 97.8 | 95.0-99.0 |
| $50,000+ | 964 | 30 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.4 | 934 | 95.4 | 91.6-97.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 267 | 19 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.7 | 248 | 93.9 | 90.3-96.3 |
| Cumberland | 213 | 14 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.7 | 199 | 93.4 | 88.3-96.4 |
| Durham | 207 | 12 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.0 | 195 | 94.2 | 89.0-97.1 |
| Forsyth | 304 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.2 | 296 | 97.5 | 94.8-98.8 |
| Gaston | 283 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.5- 7.9 | 270 | 95.5 | 92.1-97.5 |
| Guilford | 250 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.4 | 242 | 98.3 | 96.6-99.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 239 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.4 | 236 | 98.5 | 94.6-99.6 |
| New Hanover | 236 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.3 | 231 | 97.8 | 93.7-99.3 |
| Onslow | 217 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.5 | 207 | 95.0 | 89.5-97.7 |
| Wake | 210 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 3.9 | 205 | 98.4 | 96.1-99.4 |
| Western NC | 432 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.8 | 414 | 95.8 | 93.2-97.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 425 | 18 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.7 | 407 | 94.4 | 90.3-96.8 |
| Eastern NC | 383 | 16 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.7 | 367 | 95.7 | 92.3-97.7 |
* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or 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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