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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 5,809 | 1,334 | 20.2 | 18.8-21.8 | 4,475 | 79.8 | 78.2-81.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 2,219 | 482 | 19.1 | 17.0-21.5 | 1,737 | 80.9 | 78.5-83.0 |
Female | 3,590 | 852 | 21.2 | 19.2-23.4 | 2,738 | 78.8 | 76.6-80.8 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 4,432 | 1,017 | 20.7 | 18.9-22.5 | 3,415 | 79.3 | 77.5-81.1 |
African American | 1,049 | 237 | 18.3 | 15.3-21.8 | 812 | 81.7 | 78.2-84.7 |
Other Minorities | 248 | 63 | 20.8 | 14.7-28.7 | 185 | 79.2 | 71.3-85.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 165 | 46 | 20.3 | 13.4-29.6 | 119 | 79.7 | 70.4-86.6 |
No | 5,631 | 1,286 | 20.3 | 18.7-21.9 | 4,345 | 79.7 | 78.1-81.3 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 521 | 125 | 18.6 | 14.5-23.5 | 396 | 81.4 | 76.5-85.5 |
25-34 | 1,093 | 331 | 28.0 | 24.3-32.0 | 762 | 72.0 | 68.0-75.7 |
35-44 | 1,211 | 314 | 22.2 | 19.0-25.9 | 897 | 77.8 | 74.1-81.0 |
45-54 | 1,073 | 303 | 25.4 | 21.6-29.6 | 770 | 74.6 | 70.4-78.4 |
55-64 | 767 | 141 | 15.2 | 12.2-18.9 | 626 | 84.8 | 81.1-87.8 |
65+ | 1,098 | 113 | 9.1 | 6.9-11.9 | 985 | 90.9 | 88.1-93.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 759 | 149 | 14.9 | 11.8-18.5 | 610 | 85.1 | 81.5-88.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,726 | 393 | 20.1 | 17.4-23.0 | 1,333 | 79.9 | 77.0-82.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,508 | 415 | 24.5 | 21.5-27.8 | 1,093 | 75.5 | 72.2-78.5 |
College Graduate | 1,803 | 373 | 19.7 | 17.2-22.6 | 1,430 | 80.3 | 77.4-82.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 537 | 145 | 19.1 | 14.9-24.3 | 392 | 80.9 | 75.7-85.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 960 | 240 | 23.1 | 19.3-27.3 | 720 | 76.9 | 72.7-80.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 831 | 220 | 24.7 | 20.5-29.5 | 611 | 75.3 | 70.5-79.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 929 | 224 | 21.4 | 18.0-25.4 | 705 | 78.6 | 74.6-82.0 |
$50,000+ | 1,534 | 331 | 19.5 | 16.8-22.5 | 1,203 | 80.5 | 77.5-83.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 400 | 104 | 25.4 | 20.8-30.7 | 296 | 74.6 | 69.3-79.2 |
Cumberland | 411 | 93 | 21.1 | 16.1-27.2 | 318 | 78.9 | 72.8-83.9 |
Durham | 373 | 96 | 22.1 | 17.5-27.4 | 277 | 77.9 | 72.6-82.5 |
Forsyth | 432 | 94 | 20.0 | 16.2-24.5 | 338 | 80.0 | 75.5-83.8 |
Gaston | 437 | 110 | 24.1 | 19.9-29.0 | 327 | 75.9 | 71.0-80.1 |
Guilford | 380 | 84 | 21.4 | 17.0-26.5 | 296 | 78.6 | 73.5-83.0 |
Mecklenburg | 407 | 78 | 17.9 | 14.2-22.4 | 329 | 82.1 | 77.6-85.8 |
New Hanover | 377 | 99 | 25.6 | 20.6-31.3 | 278 | 74.4 | 68.7-79.4 |
Onslow | 411 | 112 | 27.9 | 21.6-35.3 | 299 | 72.1 | 64.7-78.4 |
Wake | 402 | 83 | 19.7 | 15.7-24.4 | 319 | 80.3 | 75.6-84.3 |
Western NC | 575 | 120 | 21.4 | 17.8-25.5 | 455 | 78.6 | 74.5-82.2 |
Piedmont NC | 630 | 147 | 19.4 | 16.1-23.2 | 483 | 80.6 | 76.8-83.9 |
Eastern NC | 574 | 114 | 19.1 | 15.5-23.2 | 460 | 80.9 | 76.8-84.5 |
*Data in this table were derived from the three physical violence questions
#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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