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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,941 | 2,657 | 90.6 | 88.9-92.1 | 83 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.6 | 201 | 6.7 | 5.4- 8.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,119 | 1,004 | 90.2 | 87.3-92.4 | 35 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.1 | 80 | 7.2 | 5.2- 9.8 |
| Female | 1,822 | 1,653 | 91.0 | 88.8-92.8 | 48 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 | 121 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,260 | 2,075 | 92.6 | 90.9-94.0 | 57 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.2 | 128 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.6 |
| African American | 529 | 459 | 85.9 | 80.6-89.9 | 20 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.4 | 50 | 10.2 | 6.8-15.1 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 82 | 78.2 | 63.5-88.1 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.3- 9.8 | 20 | 18.1 | 9.0-33.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 81 | 60 | 73.8 | 55.9-86.3 | 6 | 11.2 | 3.7-29.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 6.9-29.5 |
| No | 2,853 | 2,592 | 91.3 | 89.6-92.7 | 76 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.1 | 185 | 6.4 | 5.1- 8.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 213 | 85.4 | 78.1-90.6 | 11 | 4.0 | 1.6-10.0 | 27 | 10.6 | 6.4-16.9 |
| 25-34 | 557 | 511 | 93.8 | 91.2-95.6 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.1 | 36 | 4.7 | 3.2- 7.1 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 561 | 94.5 | 91.8-96.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.0 | 35 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.6 |
| 45-54 | 532 | 497 | 92.0 | 87.2-95.2 | 11 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.6 | 24 | 6.3 | 3.4-11.2 |
| 55-64 | 413 | 384 | 93.6 | 88.8-96.4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.7 | 24 | 5.2 | 2.6- 9.8 |
| 65+ | 563 | 470 | 82.8 | 77.3-87.1 | 39 | 6.7 | 4.5- 9.9 | 54 | 10.5 | 6.9-15.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 398 | 314 | 79.4 | 72.3-85.0 | 28 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.6 | 56 | 15.2 | 10.2-22.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 906 | 806 | 90.7 | 87.9-92.9 | 28 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.2 | 72 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 755 | 698 | 91.8 | 87.8-94.5 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.3 | 40 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.0 |
| College Graduate | 874 | 832 | 96.0 | 94.2-97.2 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.2 | 33 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 288 | 236 | 82.9 | 75.4-88.5 | 17 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.1 | 35 | 13.2 | 8.1-20.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 493 | 430 | 85.1 | 79.1-89.6 | 20 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.2 | 43 | 11.0 | 7.0-16.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 393 | 363 | 93.6 | 89.4-96.2 | 12 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 460 | 437 | 94.9 | 91.2-97.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.9 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.3 |
| $50,000+ | 765 | 722 | 95.2 | 92.9-96.7 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 37 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 198 | 183 | 92.9 | 88.0-95.9 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.3 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.6- 9.6 |
| Cumberland | 210 | 193 | 94.1 | 89.4-96.8 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.5 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.9 |
| Durham | 178 | 150 | 84.1 | 76.2-89.7 | 9 | 5.9 | 2.8-11.9 | 19 | 10.1 | 5.9-16.6 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 203 | 92.5 | 87.5-95.6 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.3 | 12 | 6.1 | 3.3-11.0 |
| Gaston | 220 | 192 | 87.5 | 81.4-91.8 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.5 | 22 | 10.1 | 6.2-16.1 |
| Guilford | 208 | 186 | 88.7 | 82.6-92.9 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.5 | 15 | 7.5 | 4.2-12.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 190 | 90.2 | 84.0-94.2 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.4 | 11 | 6.8 | 3.5-12.6 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 179 | 85.6 | 77.5-91.1 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.8 | 17 | 12.3 | 7.1-20.5 |
| Onslow | 208 | 183 | 89.5 | 84.2-93.2 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.6 | 17 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.3 |
| Wake | 206 | 186 | 89.7 | 83.7-93.7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.8 | 14 | 8.3 | 4.6-14.3 |
| Western NC | 289 | 267 | 93.1 | 89.4-95.6 | 9 | 3.6 | 1.8- 6.8 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.0 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 297 | 90.6 | 86.1-93.7 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.4 | 24 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.2 |
| Eastern NC | 271 | 248 | 90.7 | 85.4-94.2 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.3 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.3-10.6 |
+ 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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