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Total Respond.# |
Not allowed | Allowed in some areas | Allowed in all areas | No official policy | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,534 | 1,366 | 86.7 | 83.6-89.3 | 86 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.2 | 34 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.3 | 48 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 576 | 496 | 82.9 | 77.5-87.2 | 37 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.5 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.5 | 25 | 6.5 | 3.8-10.9 |
Female | 958 | 870 | 90.0 | 86.3-92.8 | 49 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.2 | 16 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.3 | 23 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.9 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 1,149 | 1,016 | 85.8 | 82.1-88.9 | 62 | 5.8 | 4.1- 8.2 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.5 | 42 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.2 |
African American | 282 | 259 | 92.0 | 85.1-95.8 | 14 | 4.3 | 1.6-11.4 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.9 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.9 |
Other Minorities | 80 | 69 | 82.5 | 66.2-91.9 | 9 | 11.6 | 4.8-25.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 6.0 | 1.2-24.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Yes | 45 | 40 | 84.7 | 61.8-95.0 | 3 | 4.6 | 1.3-15.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 10.7 | 2.3-37.5 |
No | 1,487 | 1,324 | 86.8 | 83.6-89.4 | 83 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.3 | 34 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.5 | 46 | 4.5 | 2.9- 6.8 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 147 | 125 | 83.4 | 70.5-91.3 | 12 | 5.1 | 2.3-11.0 | 6 | 8.1 | 2.6-22.4 | 4 | 3.3 | 0.8-13.2 |
25-34 | 375 | 334 | 87.3 | 80.6-91.9 | 25 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.5 | 12 | 4.8 | 1.9-11.5 |
35-44 | 435 | 385 | 85.0 | 78.7-89.7 | 24 | 7.3 | 4.0-13.0 | 10 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.2 | 16 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.9 |
45-54 | 373 | 329 | 84.8 | 77.6-90.0 | 19 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.5 | 10 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.9 | 15 | 6.8 | 3.2-14.0 |
55-64 | 151 | 145 | 98.0 | 95.0-99.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.3 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 |
65+ | 35 | 30 | 86.7 | 61.2-96.4 | 3 | 10.5 | 2.1-39.3 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.6-11.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 97 | 77 | 75.5 | 58.7-86.9 | 12 | 10.8 | 4.7-22.7 | 4 | 9.8 | 2.6-30.9 | 4 | 3.9 | 1.0-14.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 400 | 352 | 88.2 | 82.3-92.3 | 25 | 5.4 | 2.9- 9.9 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.8 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 398 | 343 | 83.5 | 76.9-88.5 | 25 | 6.7 | 3.9-11.4 | 16 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.9 | 14 | 6.0 | 2.9-12.2 |
College Graduate | 637 | 592 | 90.6 | 85.9-93.8 | 24 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.6 | 7 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.7 | 14 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 64 | 53 | 76.1 | 50.6-90.8 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.4 | 1 | 10.8 | 1.6-47.3 | 5 | 11.0 | 3.3-30.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 205 | 179 | 88.3 | 78.5-93.9 | 16 | 6.4 | 2.4-16.2 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.6 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 226 | 193 | 83.4 | 74.7-89.6 | 22 | 12.0 | 6.8-20.4 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.8 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 287 | 253 | 83.6 | 75.1-89.5 | 17 | 7.1 | 3.7-13.0 | 10 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.1 | 7 | 7.1 | 3.0-15.9 |
$50,000+ | 558 | 514 | 91.7 | 87.8-94.4 | 19 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.1 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.8- 3.0 | 13 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.6 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
Buncombe | 108 | 99 | 91.7 | 84.1-95.8 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.7-10.0 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.9 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.4 |
Cumberland | 91 | 85 | 95.5 | 89.7-98.1 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.4- 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 |
Durham | 111 | 104 | 96.0 | 91.4-98.2 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.1 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.2 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.1 |
Forsyth | 110 | 94 | 86.6 | 78.5-91.9 | 8 | 6.2 | 2.9-12.6 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.4-12.6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 6.0 |
Gaston | 112 | 94 | 85.3 | 77.1-90.9 | 10 | 7.3 | 3.8-13.7 | 3 | 3.3 | 1.0- 9.8 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.7- 9.9 |
Guilford | 103 | 91 | 88.9 | 80.3-94.1 | 5 | 5.4 | 2.0-13.7 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.5- 7.2 | 5 | 3.8 | 1.4-10.0 |
Mecklenburg | 123 | 117 | 92.5 | 83.9-96.7 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.6 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.2 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.6 |
New Hanover | 100 | 93 | 81.1 | 51.5-94.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.5-14.7 | 2 | 13.4 | 2.2-51.1 |
Onslow | 114 | 100 | 86.9 | 77.9-92.6 | 9 | 8.9 | 4.3-17.5 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.9 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 6.0 |
Wake | 134 | 121 | 91.7 | 85.7-95.3 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.7- 8.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.0 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.5 |
Western NC | 130 | 113 | 87.2 | 79.5-92.3 | 11 | 8.5 | 4.5-15.4 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.5 |
Piedmont NC | 158 | 138 | 87.2 | 79.4-92.4 | 11 | 5.0 | 2.6- 9.3 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.0-11.2 | 5 | 4.3 | 1.6-10.8 |
Eastern NC | 140 | 117 | 78.5 | 68.6-85.9 | 9 | 10.1 | 5.1-18.9 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.5 | 10 | 9.2 | 4.6-17.4 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
#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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