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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,818 | 362 | 20.0 | 17.2-23.0 | 1,456 | 80.0 | 77.0-82.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 744 | 164 | 23.8 | 19.4-29.0 | 580 | 76.2 | 71.0-80.6 |
| Female | 1,074 | 198 | 16.0 | 13.2-19.3 | 876 | 84.0 | 80.7-86.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,399 | 237 | 15.5 | 13.0-18.4 | 1,162 | 84.5 | 81.6-87.0 |
| African American | 317 | 107 | 38.3 | 29.9-47.4 | 210 | 61.7 | 52.6-70.1 |
| Other Minorities | 77 | 11 | 15.8 | 6.7-32.8 | 66 | 84.2 | 67.2-93.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 61 | 9 | 21.2 | 8.1-45.1 | 52 | 78.8 | 54.9-91.9 |
| No | 1,752 | 352 | 19.9 | 17.2-23.0 | 1,400 | 80.1 | 77.0-82.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 204 | 88 | 45.2 | 35.6-55.2 | 116 | 54.8 | 44.8-64.4 |
| 25-34 | 476 | 119 | 23.3 | 17.5-30.2 | 357 | 76.7 | 69.8-82.5 |
| 35-44 | 486 | 97 | 18.8 | 14.0-24.8 | 389 | 81.2 | 75.2-86.0 |
| 45-54 | 385 | 39 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.8 | 346 | 89.0 | 83.2-92.9 |
| 55-64 | 251 | 19 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.0 | 232 | 96.0 | 93.0-97.8 |
| 65+ | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 16 | 100 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 152 | 26 | 21.0 | 12.1-34.0 | 126 | 79.0 | 66.0-87.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 542 | 100 | 21.1 | 15.9-27.5 | 442 | 78.9 | 72.5-84.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 511 | 116 | 20.9 | 16.3-26.4 | 395 | 79.1 | 73.6-83.7 |
| College Graduate | 610 | 120 | 17.9 | 13.8-22.9 | 490 | 82.1 | 77.1-86.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 108 | 41 | 33.3 | 21.7-47.3 | 67 | 66.7 | 52.7-78.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 258 | 76 | 34.4 | 25.6-44.4 | 182 | 65.6 | 55.6-74.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 252 | 59 | 22.0 | 15.2-30.8 | 193 | 78.0 | 69.2-84.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 361 | 63 | 16.8 | 12.1-22.7 | 298 | 83.2 | 77.3-87.9 |
| $50,000+ | 628 | 85 | 13.1 | 9.2-18.3 | 543 | 86.9 | 81.7-90.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 126 | 19 | 13.9 | 8.4-22.2 | 107 | 86.1 | 77.8-91.6 |
| Cumberland | 144 | 36 | 20.7 | 14.5-28.8 | 108 | 79.3 | 71.2-85.5 |
| Durham | 109 | 31 | 23.6 | 14.8-35.3 | 78 | 76.4 | 64.7-85.2 |
| Forsyth | 114 | 25 | 21.4 | 14.1-31.1 | 89 | 78.6 | 68.9-85.9 |
| Gaston | 137 | 30 | 23.3 | 16.1-32.6 | 107 | 76.7 | 67.4-83.9 |
| Guilford | 121 | 26 | 21.3 | 14.0-31.0 | 95 | 78.7 | 69.0-86.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 139 | 27 | 21.4 | 14.5-30.5 | 112 | 78.6 | 69.5-85.5 |
| New Hanover | 120 | 30 | 25.4 | 17.5-35.5 | 90 | 74.6 | 64.5-82.5 |
| Onslow | 148 | 17 | 16.2 | 5.9-37.2 | 131 | 83.8 | 62.8-94.1 |
| Wake | 138 | 28 | 21.7 | 14.7-31.0 | 110 | 78.3 | 69.0-85.3 |
| Western NC | 168 | 27 | 17.3 | 11.3-25.5 | 141 | 82.7 | 74.5-88.7 |
| Piedmont NC | 183 | 34 | 19.0 | 13.0-26.9 | 149 | 81.0 | 73.1-87.0 |
| Eastern NC | 171 | 32 | 20.3 | 13.5-29.4 | 139 | 79.7 | 70.6-86.5 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
* This question was asked of respondents who reported being ages 18-64 years old.
#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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