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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 | 2,079 | 69.5 | 66.9-72.0 | 247 | 9.3 | 7.8-11.2 | 615 | 21.1 | 19.0-23.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,118 | 784 | 68.9 | 64.6-72.9 | 105 | 10.4 | 7.8-13.7 | 229 | 20.7 | 17.3-24.5 |
| Female | 1,823 | 1,295 | 70.1 | 66.9-73.1 | 142 | 8.4 | 6.7-10.6 | 386 | 21.5 | 18.9-24.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,260 | 1,662 | 72.7 | 69.8-75.5 | 168 | 8.6 | 6.7-10.8 | 430 | 18.7 | 16.5-21.2 |
| African American | 529 | 332 | 60.1 | 53.6-66.3 | 56 | 11.1 | 7.9-15.5 | 141 | 28.8 | 23.1-35.2 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 52 | 54.9 | 38.9-69.9 | 19 | 16.0 | 8.3-28.6 | 36 | 29.1 | 17.6-44.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 82 | 48 | 64.6 | 46.5-79.3 | 12 | 12.6 | 5.6-25.8 | 22 | 22.8 | 11.7-39.7 |
| No | 2,852 | 2,027 | 69.7 | 67.1-72.3 | 235 | 9.2 | 7.6-11.2 | 590 | 21.0 | 18.9-23.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 163 | 61.4 | 51.6-70.4 | 29 | 13.1 | 7.1-22.8 | 59 | 25.5 | 18.3-34.3 |
| 25-34 | 557 | 403 | 71.1 | 65.3-76.2 | 37 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.5 | 117 | 21.2 | 16.7-26.6 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 447 | 76.5 | 71.3-80.9 | 43 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.1 | 112 | 15.5 | 12.1-19.7 |
| 45-54 | 532 | 401 | 73.4 | 66.6-79.2 | 30 | 4.8 | 2.7- 8.4 | 101 | 21.8 | 16.4-28.3 |
| 55-64 | 412 | 299 | 72.5 | 65.6-78.5 | 24 | 8.6 | 4.9-14.7 | 89 | 18.8 | 14.0-24.8 |
| 65+ | 564 | 349 | 59.1 | 53.1-64.8 | 83 | 15.5 | 11.7-20.3 | 132 | 25.4 | 20.4-31.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 399 | 211 | 50.5 | 42.3-58.6 | 55 | 14.8 | 9.4-22.7 | 133 | 34.7 | 27.5-42.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 905 | 610 | 66.2 | 61.4-70.6 | 89 | 11.5 | 8.6-15.1 | 206 | 22.4 | 18.6-26.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 755 | 548 | 72.8 | 68.0-77.2 | 59 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.8 | 148 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.1 |
| College Graduate | 874 | 705 | 81.8 | 78.0-85.1 | 44 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.6 | 125 | 13.0 | 10.2-16.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 288 | 169 | 58.3 | 49.4-66.7 | 37 | 16.1 | 10.4-24.0 | 82 | 25.6 | 18.8-33.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 492 | 329 | 60.4 | 53.4-67.1 | 51 | 10.1 | 6.8-14.9 | 112 | 29.4 | 23.2-36.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 393 | 285 | 69.7 | 62.5-76.1 | 35 | 9.6 | 6.0-15.0 | 73 | 20.7 | 15.3-27.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 460 | 342 | 72.3 | 65.9-77.9 | 29 | 8.0 | 4.8-12.9 | 89 | 19.7 | 15.0-25.5 |
| $50,000+ | 765 | 604 | 81.2 | 76.9-84.8 | 38 | 5.0 | 3.1- 7.7 | 123 | 13.8 | 10.8-17.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 198 | 154 | 78.5 | 71.3-84.4 | 11 | 6.0 | 3.0-11.5 | 33 | 15.5 | 10.6-22.0 |
| Cumberland | 210 | 151 | 76.8 | 67.7-83.8 | 20 | 8.3 | 4.8-13.8 | 39 | 15.0 | 9.8-22.2 |
| Durham | 178 | 120 | 68.4 | 58.5-76.9 | 18 | 9.6 | 5.6-15.9 | 40 | 22.0 | 15.3-30.6 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 155 | 72.3 | 65.0-78.6 | 19 | 7.9 | 4.9-12.6 | 44 | 19.8 | 14.4-26.5 |
| Gaston | 220 | 150 | 71.0 | 64.1-77.1 | 19 | 8.4 | 5.2-13.4 | 51 | 20.6 | 15.5-26.8 |
| Guilford | 208 | 139 | 64.2 | 56.1-71.6 | 14 | 7.2 | 4.0-12.6 | 55 | 28.6 | 21.7-36.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 147 | 68.0 | 60.2-74.9 | 23 | 12.9 | 8.3-19.3 | 36 | 19.1 | 13.6-26.2 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 146 | 69.7 | 61.3-77.0 | 14 | 8.9 | 4.9-15.5 | 40 | 21.4 | 15.2-29.4 |
| Onslow | 208 | 146 | 71.8 | 63.7-78.7 | 20 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.7 | 42 | 18.9 | 13.5-25.9 |
| Wake | 206 | 147 | 73.4 | 66.1-79.6 | 13 | 4.8 | 2.7- 8.4 | 46 | 21.9 | 16.1-28.9 |
| Western NC | 289 | 215 | 72.4 | 66.1-78.0 | 22 | 9.2 | 5.8-14.3 | 52 | 18.4 | 13.9-23.9 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 215 | 66.4 | 60.2-72.1 | 29 | 9.3 | 6.2-13.7 | 85 | 24.2 | 19.2-30.1 |
| Eastern NC | 271 | 194 | 69.3 | 61.7-75.9 | 25 | 11.3 | 6.9-18.1 | 52 | 19.4 | 14.2-25.9 |
+ 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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