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| Total Respond.# |
Very satisfied | Satisfied | Dissatisfied | Very dissatisfied | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,026 | 1,524 | 48.4 | 45.7-51.1 | 1,381 | 48.2 | 45.5-51.0 | 95 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.8 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,166 | 608 | 49.0 | 44.8-53.2 | 518 | 48.5 | 44.3-52.8 | 33 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 |
| Female | 1,860 | 916 | 47.8 | 44.3-51.3 | 863 | 48.0 | 44.5-51.5 | 62 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.2 | 19 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,281 | 1,221 | 52.9 | 49.7-56.0 | 980 | 44.1 | 41.0-47.2 | 65 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.6 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 |
| African American | 554 | 225 | 36.8 | 31.1-42.9 | 300 | 58.5 | 52.3-64.5 | 21 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.3 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.8 |
| Other Minorities | 147 | 60 | 35.6 | 25.4-47.4 | 79 | 62.4 | 50.5-72.9 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 86 | 40 | 47.9 | 33.4-62.7 | 42 | 49.2 | 34.6-64.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.5-10.4 |
| No | 2,934 | 1,482 | 48.4 | 45.7-51.2 | 1,335 | 48.2 | 45.4-50.9 | 94 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.9 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 279 | 129 | 44.7 | 35.6-54.1 | 142 | 52.9 | 43.5-62.2 | 7 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 |
| 25-34 | 561 | 288 | 44.3 | 38.3-50.6 | 253 | 50.9 | 44.6-57.2 | 19 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 |
| 35-44 | 636 | 314 | 51.0 | 45.3-56.6 | 297 | 45.7 | 40.1-51.4 | 19 | 2.8 | 1.6- 5.0 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.4 |
| 45-54 | 572 | 276 | 44.6 | 38.6-50.7 | 262 | 50.5 | 44.3-56.6 | 22 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.8 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.2 |
| 55-64 | 376 | 207 | 55.6 | 48.3-62.6 | 157 | 42.9 | 35.9-50.1 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 |
| 65+ | 575 | 297 | 51.5 | 45.6-57.4 | 256 | 46.0 | 40.1-51.9 | 17 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.4 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.1- 3.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 386 | 143 | 37.9 | 31.0-45.4 | 217 | 58.4 | 51.0-65.4 | 19 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 874 | 418 | 46.2 | 41.1-51.4 | 421 | 50.1 | 45.0-55.3 | 28 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.1- 0.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 794 | 389 | 47.7 | 42.6-52.9 | 373 | 48.4 | 43.2-53.6 | 27 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 |
| College Graduate | 963 | 570 | 57.5 | 52.7-62.0 | 365 | 40.1 | 35.5-44.8 | 21 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.7 | 7 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 269 | 81 | 29.0 | 21.7-37.6 | 162 | 62.5 | 53.4-70.8 | 18 | 7.2 | 3.7-13.6 | 8 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 481 | 187 | 34.9 | 28.8-41.6 | 257 | 59.5 | 52.6-66.0 | 30 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.4 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 466 | 219 | 47.5 | 41.0-54.1 | 232 | 48.2 | 41.7-54.8 | 14 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 484 | 258 | 52.2 | 45.7-58.6 | 213 | 45.2 | 38.9-51.8 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
| $50,000+ | 796 | 514 | 64.6 | 59.4-69.5 | 268 | 34.4 | 29.6-39.6 | 10 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 210 | 106 | 51.4 | 43.5-59.2 | 95 | 43.1 | 35.5-51.1 | 6 | 4.5 | 1.9-10.2 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.2- 4.4 |
| Cumberland | 205 | 104 | 49.8 | 42.1-57.6 | 91 | 46.0 | 38.3-53.9 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.0 |
| Durham | 205 | 101 | 42.4 | 33.9-51.3 | 93 | 53.2 | 44.2-62.1 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.6 |
| Forsyth | 228 | 116 | 53.9 | 46.4-61.3 | 99 | 40.8 | 33.8-48.3 | 9 | 3.9 | 1.8- 7.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.3 |
| Gaston | 228 | 104 | 50.9 | 43.5-58.2 | 114 | 45.1 | 37.9-52.5 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.0 |
| Guilford | 191 | 102 | 56.0 | 47.9-63.8 | 81 | 39.7 | 32.2-47.8 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.8- 7.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 207 | 110 | 54.0 | 46.3-61.6 | 90 | 42.4 | 34.9-50.1 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.3- 8.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 |
| New Hanover | 194 | 111 | 53.6 | 42.9-64.0 | 78 | 44.3 | 33.8-55.3 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 |
| Onslow | 212 | 110 | 54.0 | 44.3-63.5 | 95 | 44.3 | 34.9-54.1 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 |
| Wake | 205 | 116 | 58.8 | 50.9-66.3 | 84 | 38.5 | 31.2-46.4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.5 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 |
| Western NC | 304 | 152 | 50.2 | 43.9-56.6 | 141 | 46.4 | 40.1-52.8 | 11 | 3.4 | 1.6- 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Piedmont NC | 319 | 152 | 47.2 | 40.6-53.9 | 154 | 49.8 | 43.1-56.4 | 12 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.5 |
| Eastern NC | 318 | 140 | 40.5 | 34.3-47.0 | 166 | 56.3 | 49.7-62.6 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.0- 5.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.2 |
+ 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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