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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,348 | 156 | 13.7 | 11.0-16.8 | 1,192 | 86.3 | 83.2-89.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,116 | 135 | 14.6 | 11.6-18.2 | 981 | 85.4 | 81.8-88.4 |
| African American | 177 | 17 | 10.5 | 5.3-19.8 | 160 | 89.5 | 80.2-94.7 |
| Other Minorities | 42 | 4 | 9.2 | 2.4-30.1 | 38 | 90.8 | 69.9-97.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 21 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-19.3 | 20 | 97.0 | 80.7-99.6 |
| No | 1,323 | 155 | 13.8 | 11.1-17.1 | 1,168 | 86.2 | 82.9-88.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 40-44 | 235 | 26 | 15.4 | 9.5-24.1 | 209 | 84.6 | 75.9-90.5 |
| 45-54 | 422 | 46 | 14.3 | 9.3-21.3 | 376 | 85.7 | 78.7-90.7 |
| 55-64 | 314 | 37 | 13.0 | 8.6-19.3 | 277 | 87.0 | 80.7-91.4 |
| 65+ | 377 | 47 | 12.1 | 8.2-17.4 | 330 | 87.9 | 82.6-91.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 247 | 24 | 8.4 | 5.0-13.9 | 223 | 91.6 | 86.1-95.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 339 | 36 | 13.9 | 9.0-20.8 | 303 | 86.1 | 79.2-91.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 291 | 44 | 18.5 | 12.4-26.6 | 247 | 81.5 | 73.4-87.6 |
| College Graduate | 465 | 52 | 14.1 | 9.4-20.6 | 413 | 85.9 | 79.4-90.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 125 | 11 | 14.8 | 6.9-28.9 | 114 | 85.2 | 71.1-93.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 178 | 19 | 11.1 | 5.7-20.7 | 159 | 88.9 | 79.3-94.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 160 | 21 | 16.8 | 9.4-28.2 | 139 | 83.2 | 71.8-90.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 204 | 15 | 9.0 | 4.8-16.2 | 189 | 91.0 | 83.8-95.2 |
| $50,000+ | 422 | 62 | 14.7 | 10.0-21.0 | 360 | 85.3 | 79.0-90.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 98 | 6 | 6.3 | 2.8-13.7 | 92 | 93.7 | 86.3-97.2 |
| Cumberland | 80 | 9 | 9.9 | 5.0-18.7 | 71 | 90.1 | 81.3-95.0 |
| Durham | 70 | 8 | 10.0 | 4.8-19.8 | 62 | 90.0 | 80.2-95.2 |
| Forsyth | 113 | 14 | 12.0 | 7.0-20.0 | 99 | 88.0 | 80.0-93.0 |
| Gaston | 113 | 12 | 11.5 | 6.6-19.5 | 101 | 88.5 | 80.5-93.4 |
| Guilford | 87 | 9 | 8.4 | 4.2-16.2 | 78 | 91.6 | 83.8-95.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 87 | 8 | 8.7 | 4.2-17.0 | 79 | 91.3 | 83.0-95.8 |
| New Hanover | 93 | 9 | 9.1 | 4.6-17.2 | 84 | 90.9 | 82.8-95.4 |
| Onslow | 87 | 10 | 13.1 | 6.7-23.8 | 77 | 86.9 | 76.2-93.3 |
| Wake | 75 | 7 | 13.2 | 6.1-26.3 | 68 | 86.8 | 73.7-93.9 |
| Western NC | 165 | 28 | 19.7 | 13.4-27.9 | 137 | 80.3 | 72.1-86.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 148 | 19 | 13.9 | 8.2-22.8 | 129 | 86.1 | 77.2-91.8 |
| Eastern NC | 132 | 17 | 15.0 | 9.1-23.7 | 115 | 85.0 | 76.3-90.9 |
* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 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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