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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 | 2,568 | 87.8 | 85.9-89.4 | 131 | 4.0 | 3.1- 5.0 | 242 | 8.3 | 6.8- 9.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,118 | 978 | 88.9 | 86.2-91.2 | 54 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.8 | 86 | 7.7 | 5.7-10.3 |
| Female | 1,823 | 1,590 | 86.7 | 84.1-89.0 | 77 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.2 | 156 | 8.8 | 6.9-11.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,260 | 2,007 | 89.1 | 87.1-90.9 | 85 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.6 | 168 | 7.5 | 6.0- 9.4 |
| African American | 529 | 437 | 83.0 | 77.7-87.2 | 34 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.5 | 58 | 11.4 | 7.8-16.4 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 88 | 86.1 | 75.6-92.6 | 8 | 6.0 | 2.4-14.1 | 11 | 7.9 | 3.5-16.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 82 | 69 | 90.6 | 81.7-95.5 | 7 | 5.6 | 2.2-13.3 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.3-10.1 |
| No | 2,852 | 2,492 | 87.6 | 85.7-89.3 | 124 | 3.9 | 3.1- 5.0 | 236 | 8.4 | 7.0-10.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 221 | 90.1 | 84.1-93.9 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.2 | 25 | 8.8 | 5.1-14.7 |
| 25-34 | 557 | 495 | 88.6 | 84.5-91.8 | 23 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.3 | 39 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.6 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 539 | 89.5 | 84.9-92.9 | 17 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.7 | 46 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.4 |
| 45-54 | 532 | 482 | 91.1 | 87.1-94.0 | 19 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.6 | 31 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.6 |
| 55-64 | 411 | 371 | 88.3 | 82.2-92.5 | 12 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.5 | 28 | 9.5 | 5.7-15.5 |
| 65+ | 565 | 440 | 79.0 | 73.6-83.6 | 54 | 9.1 | 6.3-13.0 | 71 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 400 | 296 | 74.2 | 66.6-80.5 | 38 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.0 | 66 | 18.8 | 13.1-26.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 905 | 779 | 87.3 | 84.0-90.0 | 44 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 | 82 | 8.2 | 6.0-11.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 755 | 674 | 90.4 | 87.1-92.9 | 27 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.0 | 54 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.5 |
| College Graduate | 873 | 813 | 94.1 | 92.0-95.7 | 21 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.9 | 39 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 288 | 224 | 75.3 | 66.0-82.7 | 19 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.0 | 45 | 18.7 | 11.8-28.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 493 | 417 | 83.9 | 78.4-88.3 | 25 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.4 | 51 | 11.8 | 8.0-17.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 393 | 357 | 92.1 | 87.5-95.2 | 16 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.0 | 20 | 5.2 | 2.7- 9.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 460 | 414 | 90.1 | 85.5-93.4 | 18 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.1 | 28 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.2 |
| $50,000+ | 764 | 702 | 92.1 | 89.1-94.3 | 18 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.5 | 44 | 5.4 | 3.7- 7.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 198 | 177 | 90.0 | 84.6-93.7 | 11 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.6 | 10 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.2 |
| Cumberland | 210 | 183 | 88.6 | 82.2-92.9 | 13 | 6.5 | 3.4-12.0 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.6- 8.9 |
| Durham | 178 | 153 | 84.6 | 75.7-90.7 | 6 | 4.8 | 1.6-13.5 | 19 | 10.6 | 6.1-17.7 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 189 | 86.9 | 80.4-91.5 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.0- 8.6 | 20 | 8.9 | 5.1-14.9 |
| Gaston | 220 | 191 | 88.3 | 82.8-92.1 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.7 | 21 | 8.8 | 5.5-13.7 |
| Guilford | 208 | 178 | 85.9 | 79.5-90.5 | 10 | 4.1 | 2.1- 7.9 | 20 | 10.0 | 6.1-16.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 179 | 87.3 | 81.6-91.4 | 12 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.7 | 15 | 6.7 | 3.9-11.2 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 173 | 82.4 | 74.1-88.4 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.8 | 21 | 14.3 | 8.7-22.5 |
| Onslow | 208 | 181 | 89.6 | 84.4-93.3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.9 | 17 | 7.0 | 4.2-11.6 |
| Wake | 205 | 177 | 86.8 | 80.6-91.3 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 | 23 | 11.5 | 7.3-17.7 |
| Western NC | 289 | 260 | 90.3 | 86.0-93.4 | 13 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.6 | 16 | 5.4 | 3.2- 9.0 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 287 | 88.3 | 83.6-91.8 | 16 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.4 | 26 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.6 |
| Eastern NC | 272 | 240 | 87.2 | 81.5-91.4 | 12 | 3.7 | 2.0- 7.0 | 20 | 9.0 | 5.5-14.6 |
+ 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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