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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,535 | 1,211 | 74.8 | 71.2-78.2 | 324 | 25.2 | 21.8-28.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 577 | 431 | 69.0 | 63.0-74.5 | 146 | 31.0 | 25.5-37.0 |
Female | 958 | 780 | 79.8 | 75.3-83.6 | 178 | 20.2 | 16.4-24.7 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 1,150 | 904 | 74.5 | 70.2-78.4 | 246 | 25.5 | 21.6-29.8 |
African American | 282 | 224 | 76.4 | 67.7-83.3 | 58 | 23.6 | 16.7-32.3 |
Other Minorities | 80 | 62 | 72.6 | 55.9-84.8 | 18 | 27.4 | 15.2-44.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 45 | 38 | 81.2 | 59.5-92.7 | 7 | 18.8 | 7.3-40.5 |
No | 1,488 | 1,171 | 74.6 | 70.8-78.0 | 317 | 25.4 | 22.0-29.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 147 | 111 | 70.1 | 56.8-80.7 | 36 | 29.9 | 19.3-43.2 |
25-34 | 375 | 294 | 76.8 | 69.3-82.9 | 81 | 23.2 | 17.1-30.7 |
35-44 | 436 | 337 | 72.0 | 65.1-78.0 | 99 | 28.0 | 22.0-34.9 |
45-54 | 373 | 295 | 72.1 | 63.9-79.1 | 78 | 27.9 | 20.9-36.1 |
55-64 | 151 | 130 | 87.3 | 78.1-93.0 | 21 | 12.7 | 7.0-21.9 |
65+ | 35 | 29 | 86.0 | 61.2-96.0 | 6 | 14.0 | 4.0-38.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 97 | 63 | 62.2 | 46.7-75.5 | 34 | 37.8 | 24.5-53.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 401 | 304 | 73.4 | 66.0-79.6 | 97 | 26.6 | 20.4-34.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 398 | 300 | 70.4 | 63.0-76.9 | 98 | 29.6 | 23.1-37.0 |
College Graduate | 637 | 543 | 82.5 | 77.3-86.8 | 94 | 17.5 | 13.2-22.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 64 | 45 | 64.2 | 42.4-81.5 | 19 | 35.8 | 18.5-57.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 205 | 151 | 74.7 | 63.9-83.1 | 54 | 25.3 | 16.9-36.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 226 | 170 | 70.5 | 60.7-78.7 | 56 | 29.5 | 21.3-39.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 287 | 223 | 68.6 | 59.1-76.8 | 64 | 31.4 | 23.2-40.9 |
$50,000+ | 559 | 468 | 81.9 | 76.7-86.2 | 91 | 18.1 | 13.8-23.3 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 108 | 88 | 83.7 | 75.1-89.7 | 20 | 16.3 | 10.3-24.9 |
Cumberland | 91 | 79 | 89.6 | 81.0-94.6 | 12 | 10.4 | 5.4-19.0 |
Durham | 111 | 96 | 89.5 | 81.2-94.4 | 15 | 10.5 | 5.6-18.8 |
Forsyth | 110 | 78 | 72.3 | 62.5-80.4 | 32 | 27.7 | 19.6-37.5 |
Gaston | 112 | 84 | 77.5 | 68.3-84.6 | 28 | 22.5 | 15.4-31.7 |
Guilford | 103 | 81 | 79.9 | 70.2-87.1 | 22 | 20.1 | 12.9-29.8 |
Mecklenburg | 123 | 105 | 83.9 | 74.9-90.1 | 18 | 16.1 | 9.9-25.1 |
New Hanover | 100 | 88 | 74.8 | 50.0-89.8 | 12 | 25.2 | 10.2-50.0 |
Onslow | 114 | 95 | 83.8 | 74.7-90.1 | 19 | 16.2 | 9.9-25.3 |
Wake | 134 | 107 | 79.4 | 70.5-86.1 | 27 | 20.6 | 13.9-29.5 |
Western NC | 130 | 91 | 64.3 | 53.9-73.5 | 39 | 35.7 | 26.5-46.1 |
Piedmont NC | 159 | 117 | 73.1 | 63.9-80.7 | 42 | 26.9 | 19.3-36.1 |
Eastern NC | 140 | 102 | 69.4 | 59.3-77.9 | 38 | 30.6 | 22.1-40.7 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.
#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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