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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 | 1,250 | 41.5 | 38.8-44.2 | 975 | 32.9 | 30.4-35.5 | 716 | 25.6 | 23.3-28.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,118 | 518 | 46.3 | 41.8-50.8 | 358 | 29.8 | 26.1-33.9 | 242 | 23.9 | 20.3-27.8 |
| Female | 1,823 | 732 | 37.2 | 34.0-40.4 | 617 | 35.7 | 32.4-39.1 | 474 | 27.2 | 24.2-30.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,260 | 914 | 39.3 | 36.3-42.4 | 775 | 34.3 | 31.4-37.2 | 571 | 26.4 | 23.8-29.2 |
| African American | 529 | 260 | 43.9 | 37.7-50.3 | 165 | 31.3 | 25.6-37.6 | 104 | 24.8 | 19.3-31.4 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 54 | 61.6 | 46.2-75.0 | 22 | 22.3 | 12.4-36.6 | 31 | 16.1 | 9.1-26.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 82 | 45 | 69.9 | 53.4-82.5 | 19 | 14.8 | 7.4-27.5 | 18 | 15.3 | 7.4-29.1 |
| No | 2,852 | 1,201 | 40.4 | 37.7-43.2 | 954 | 33.6 | 31.0-36.2 | 697 | 26.0 | 23.7-28.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 123 | 50.4 | 40.8-59.9 | 72 | 26.7 | 19.5-35.4 | 56 | 22.9 | 16.2-31.4 |
| 25-34 | 557 | 261 | 40.9 | 35.1-47.0 | 179 | 34.9 | 28.9-41.3 | 117 | 24.2 | 19.2-30.0 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 261 | 39.2 | 33.6-45.2 | 198 | 35.4 | 29.7-41.5 | 143 | 25.4 | 20.3-31.3 |
| 45-54 | 532 | 214 | 38.9 | 32.0-46.2 | 197 | 37.3 | 29.8-45.5 | 121 | 23.8 | 18.5-30.1 |
| 55-64 | 411 | 162 | 42.2 | 35.2-49.4 | 134 | 30.5 | 24.5-37.2 | 115 | 27.3 | 21.8-33.7 |
| 65+ | 565 | 219 | 40.3 | 34.8-46.1 | 186 | 29.3 | 24.4-34.7 | 160 | 30.4 | 25.0-36.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 400 | 168 | 46.1 | 38.0-54.5 | 113 | 21.1 | 16.2-27.1 | 119 | 32.7 | 25.6-40.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 905 | 418 | 44.6 | 39.7-49.5 | 257 | 29.3 | 24.8-34.2 | 230 | 26.1 | 22.1-30.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 755 | 337 | 41.7 | 36.7-46.8 | 235 | 34.0 | 29.2-39.2 | 183 | 24.3 | 20.1-29.1 |
| College Graduate | 873 | 323 | 34.6 | 29.8-39.7 | 370 | 43.7 | 38.1-49.4 | 180 | 21.8 | 17.9-26.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 288 | 137 | 49.1 | 40.3-57.9 | 75 | 25.3 | 18.7-33.4 | 76 | 25.6 | 18.1-34.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 493 | 223 | 43.3 | 36.7-50.1 | 137 | 25.9 | 20.7-31.9 | 133 | 30.8 | 24.7-37.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 393 | 190 | 44.0 | 36.8-51.6 | 111 | 33.4 | 26.3-41.4 | 92 | 22.6 | 17.2-29.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 460 | 181 | 36.4 | 30.5-42.9 | 177 | 38.8 | 32.5-45.4 | 102 | 24.8 | 19.3-31.2 |
| $50,000+ | 764 | 280 | 33.6 | 28.6-39.0 | 302 | 39.8 | 33.8-46.1 | 182 | 26.6 | 22.1-31.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 198 | 86 | 46.4 | 38.7-54.3 | 76 | 38.1 | 30.8-46.0 | 36 | 15.5 | 11.0-21.4 |
| Cumberland | 210 | 103 | 55.7 | 42.6-68.0 | 58 | 25.0 | 17.1-35.2 | 49 | 19.3 | 13.0-27.6 |
| Durham | 178 | 69 | 47.0 | 35.3-59.0 | 66 | 33.3 | 24.4-43.5 | 43 | 19.8 | 13.6-27.9 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 88 | 40.5 | 32.9-48.5 | 79 | 34.6 | 27.6-42.4 | 51 | 24.9 | 17.8-33.6 |
| Gaston | 220 | 97 | 48.7 | 41.3-56.1 | 65 | 25.7 | 20.1-32.3 | 58 | 25.6 | 19.7-32.6 |
| Guilford | 208 | 85 | 40.0 | 32.6-48.0 | 71 | 33.8 | 26.7-41.6 | 52 | 26.2 | 19.9-33.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 80 | 38.4 | 31.2-46.0 | 75 | 38.1 | 31.0-45.9 | 51 | 23.5 | 17.7-30.4 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 91 | 50.8 | 42.7-58.9 | 64 | 27.7 | 21.5-35.0 | 45 | 21.5 | 15.5-28.9 |
| Onslow | 208 | 96 | 46.4 | 36.7-56.4 | 67 | 29.9 | 22.5-38.5 | 45 | 23.7 | 14.1-36.9 |
| Wake | 205 | 81 | 40.3 | 32.7-48.4 | 74 | 36.1 | 28.9-44.1 | 50 | 23.6 | 17.7-30.7 |
| Western NC | 289 | 126 | 43.8 | 37.4-50.3 | 90 | 31.6 | 25.9-37.9 | 73 | 24.6 | 19.4-30.7 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 126 | 35.4 | 29.6-41.8 | 104 | 33.9 | 28.2-40.2 | 99 | 30.6 | 25.2-36.7 |
| Eastern NC | 272 | 122 | 44.0 | 36.8-51.4 | 86 | 31.0 | 24.6-38.3 | 64 | 25.0 | 19.1-32.1 |
+ 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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