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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 | 2,942 | 2,742 | 93.3 | 91.8-94.6 | 73 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.6 | 127 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,119 | 1,028 | 91.7 | 88.9-93.8 | 33 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.9 | 58 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.7 |
| Female | 1,823 | 1,714 | 94.8 | 93.1-96.1 | 40 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.4 | 69 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,261 | 2,132 | 94.8 | 93.4-96.0 | 54 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.5 | 75 | 2.7 | 1.9- 3.8 |
| African American | 529 | 478 | 88.0 | 82.2-92.1 | 15 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.2 | 36 | 8.5 | 5.0-14.0 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 89 | 90.1 | 82.2-94.7 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.4 | 14 | 7.8 | 3.8-15.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 82 | 70 | 82.8 | 66.0-92.2 | 6 | 11.5 | 3.9-29.6 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.2-13.9 |
| No | 2,853 | 2,665 | 93.7 | 92.2-94.9 | 67 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.2 | 121 | 4.0 | 3.0- 5.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 230 | 88.5 | 80.4-93.5 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.3-10.7 | 15 | 7.7 | 3.9-14.8 |
| 25-34 | 557 | 527 | 94.0 | 90.8-96.1 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.5 | 23 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.5 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 576 | 96.6 | 94.4-98.0 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.0 | 19 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.9 |
| 45-54 | 532 | 515 | 97.3 | 94.9-98.6 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.9 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.8 |
| 55-64 | 413 | 389 | 94.6 | 90.5-97.0 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.8 | 17 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.3 |
| 65+ | 564 | 483 | 86.8 | 81.7-90.6 | 39 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.6 | 42 | 7.5 | 4.4-12.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 399 | 339 | 86.1 | 79.4-90.9 | 22 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.2 | 38 | 9.8 | 5.6-16.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 906 | 835 | 93.3 | 90.7-95.2 | 25 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.6 | 46 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 755 | 715 | 95.5 | 93.0-97.1 | 14 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 | 26 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.9 |
| College Graduate | 874 | 845 | 95.5 | 92.9-97.2 | 12 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.0 | 17 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 288 | 248 | 87.4 | 80.9-92.0 | 12 | 4.4 | 2.1- 9.0 | 28 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 493 | 459 | 90.7 | 84.8-94.5 | 13 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.6 | 21 | 7.0 | 3.6-13.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 393 | 367 | 94.5 | 91.0-96.7 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.4 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 460 | 445 | 96.7 | 93.8-98.2 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.6 | 11 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.6 |
| $50,000+ | 765 | 741 | 96.7 | 94.3-98.1 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 | 17 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 198 | 186 | 95.6 | 92.1-97.6 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.9 |
| Cumberland | 210 | 193 | 93.3 | 88.0-96.4 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.8 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.2 |
| Durham | 178 | 159 | 88.4 | 81.2-93.1 | 8 | 5.4 | 2.5-11.4 | 11 | 6.2 | 3.1-11.9 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 203 | 92.4 | 87.3-95.5 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.9 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.8 |
| Gaston | 220 | 203 | 93.6 | 89.4-96.2 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.8 | 13 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.5 |
| Guilford | 208 | 189 | 91.3 | 85.8-94.8 | 6 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.3 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 197 | 93.7 | 87.9-96.8 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.2- 8.9 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.2 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 188 | 91.4 | 83.5-95.8 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 10 | 8.0 | 3.7-16.1 |
| Onslow | 209 | 195 | 94.1 | 89.8-96.7 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.1 | 10 | 4.1 | 2.1- 7.9 |
| Wake | 206 | 191 | 92.0 | 85.7-95.7 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.9 | 9 | 5.9 | 2.7-12.4 |
| Western NC | 289 | 274 | 94.5 | 90.6-96.8 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.1 | 7 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 307 | 93.9 | 90.0-96.4 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.4 | 15 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.9 |
| Eastern NC | 271 | 257 | 93.4 | 88.1-96.4 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.3 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.3 |
+ 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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