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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,083 | 481 | 18.7 | 16.6-21.0 | 2,602 | 81.3 | 79.0-83.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,188 | 408 | 35.0 | 31.1-39.1 | 780 | 65.0 | 60.9-68.9 |
| Female | 1,895 | 73 | 3.9 | 2.8- 5.5 | 1,822 | 96.1 | 94.5-97.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,322 | 408 | 20.9 | 18.4-23.6 | 1,914 | 79.1 | 76.4-81.6 |
| African American | 565 | 48 | 11.9 | 7.7-17.8 | 517 | 88.1 | 82.2-92.3 |
| Other Minorities | 150 | 20 | 15.0 | 8.7-24.8 | 130 | 85.0 | 75.2-91.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 88 | 9 | 11.0 | 4.9-23.0 | 79 | 89.0 | 77.0-95.1 |
| No | 2,989 | 471 | 18.9 | 16.8-21.3 | 2,518 | 81.1 | 78.7-83.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 284 | 25 | 8.0 | 4.0-15.3 | 259 | 92.0 | 84.7-96.0 |
| 25-34 | 568 | 48 | 10.9 | 7.4-15.8 | 520 | 89.1 | 84.2-92.6 |
| 35-44 | 650 | 89 | 16.5 | 12.5-21.5 | 561 | 83.5 | 78.5-87.5 |
| 45-54 | 582 | 121 | 26.8 | 21.4-33.1 | 461 | 73.2 | 66.9-78.6 |
| 55-64 | 384 | 81 | 23.9 | 18.0-30.9 | 303 | 76.1 | 69.1-82.0 |
| 65+ | 587 | 113 | 24.5 | 19.5-30.3 | 474 | 75.5 | 69.7-80.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 402 | 70 | 21.7 | 16.0-28.7 | 332 | 78.3 | 71.3-84.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 888 | 116 | 14.1 | 10.8-18.3 | 772 | 85.9 | 81.7-89.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 805 | 113 | 16.6 | 13.0-21.0 | 692 | 83.4 | 79.0-87.0 |
| College Graduate | 978 | 182 | 24.1 | 20.1-28.6 | 796 | 75.9 | 71.4-79.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 282 | 42 | 18.0 | 11.9-26.3 | 240 | 82.0 | 73.7-88.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 491 | 69 | 16.7 | 11.8-23.2 | 422 | 83.3 | 76.8-88.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 473 | 63 | 17.6 | 12.8-23.6 | 410 | 82.4 | 76.4-87.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 488 | 87 | 22.5 | 16.9-29.3 | 401 | 77.5 | 70.7-83.1 |
| $50,000+ | 802 | 148 | 22.8 | 18.6-27.5 | 654 | 77.2 | 72.5-81.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 210 | 37 | 20.1 | 14.3-27.5 | 173 | 79.9 | 72.5-85.7 |
| Cumberland | 209 | 31 | 14.6 | 9.9-21.0 | 178 | 85.4 | 79.0-90.1 |
| Durham | 211 | 22 | 10.0 | 6.2-15.7 | 189 | 90.0 | 84.3-93.8 |
| Forsyth | 233 | 37 | 20.8 | 15.1-27.8 | 196 | 79.2 | 72.2-84.9 |
| Gaston | 235 | 26 | 13.8 | 9.4-20.0 | 209 | 86.2 | 80.0-90.6 |
| Guilford | 193 | 28 | 17.7 | 12.1-25.3 | 165 | 82.3 | 74.7-87.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 213 | 30 | 15.4 | 10.6-21.8 | 183 | 84.6 | 78.2-89.4 |
| New Hanover | 195 | 35 | 18.0 | 12.5-25.2 | 160 | 82.0 | 74.8-87.5 |
| Onslow | 216 | 39 | 24.6 | 15.7-36.4 | 177 | 75.4 | 63.6-84.3 |
| Wake | 208 | 35 | 18.8 | 13.5-25.6 | 173 | 81.2 | 74.4-86.5 |
| Western NC | 311 | 55 | 18.5 | 14.0-24.0 | 256 | 81.5 | 76.0-86.0 |
| Piedmont NC | 323 | 54 | 19.9 | 15.1-25.7 | 269 | 80.1 | 74.3-84.9 |
| Eastern NC | 326 | 52 | 19.7 | 14.7-26.0 | 274 | 80.3 | 74.0-85.3 |
+ 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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