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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 | 2,018 | 68.4 | 65.7-70.9 | 342 | 11.5 | 9.9-13.4 | 581 | 20.1 | 17.9-22.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,118 | 760 | 66.7 | 62.4-70.8 | 147 | 12.4 | 9.9-15.3 | 211 | 21.0 | 17.4-25.0 |
| Female | 1,823 | 1,258 | 69.9 | 66.6-73.0 | 195 | 10.8 | 8.7-13.3 | 370 | 19.3 | 16.7-22.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,260 | 1,582 | 69.3 | 66.3-72.1 | 256 | 11.5 | 9.7-13.7 | 422 | 19.2 | 16.7-21.9 |
| African American | 529 | 344 | 66.0 | 59.7-71.7 | 64 | 11.2 | 7.9-15.7 | 121 | 22.8 | 17.9-28.7 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 61 | 60.9 | 45.0-74.8 | 17 | 14.1 | 6.9-26.5 | 29 | 25.0 | 14.2-40.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 82 | 52 | 66.4 | 48.0-81.0 | 13 | 14.2 | 6.1-29.7 | 17 | 19.4 | 9.2-36.4 |
| No | 2,852 | 1,962 | 68.5 | 65.8-71.1 | 328 | 11.4 | 9.7-13.3 | 562 | 20.1 | 17.9-22.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 251 | 160 | 64.9 | 55.1-73.6 | 28 | 10.6 | 5.9-18.2 | 63 | 24.5 | 17.0-34.0 |
| 25-34 | 557 | 357 | 66.4 | 60.6-71.8 | 73 | 11.9 | 8.6-16.3 | 127 | 21.6 | 17.3-26.7 |
| 35-44 | 602 | 401 | 67.2 | 61.3-72.7 | 69 | 12.4 | 8.9-17.1 | 132 | 20.4 | 16.0-25.7 |
| 45-54 | 532 | 401 | 74.9 | 68.4-80.5 | 47 | 7.9 | 5.0-12.2 | 84 | 17.2 | 12.6-23.0 |
| 55-64 | 411 | 310 | 69.5 | 62.2-76.0 | 31 | 9.0 | 5.5-14.5 | 70 | 21.5 | 15.8-28.5 |
| 65+ | 565 | 370 | 65.7 | 59.8-71.2 | 93 | 17.1 | 13.1-22.0 | 102 | 17.2 | 12.9-22.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 400 | 229 | 54.1 | 45.8-62.2 | 65 | 13.5 | 9.3-19.2 | 106 | 32.4 | 24.7-41.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 905 | 581 | 63.9 | 59.0-68.5 | 122 | 15.7 | 12.1-20.0 | 202 | 20.4 | 17.0-24.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 755 | 533 | 73.7 | 69.2-77.8 | 77 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.2 | 145 | 17.8 | 14.3-22.0 |
| College Graduate | 873 | 669 | 77.3 | 72.9-81.1 | 77 | 8.2 | 6.1-10.9 | 127 | 14.5 | 11.4-18.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 288 | 176 | 63.7 | 54.4-72.0 | 44 | 13.0 | 8.2-19.9 | 68 | 23.3 | 16.0-32.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 493 | 317 | 66.0 | 59.3-72.1 | 62 | 10.7 | 7.4-15.2 | 114 | 23.3 | 18.0-29.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 393 | 266 | 69.3 | 62.0-75.7 | 54 | 13.6 | 9.2-19.7 | 73 | 17.1 | 12.3-23.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 460 | 337 | 69.9 | 63.2-75.8 | 46 | 10.5 | 6.9-15.8 | 77 | 19.6 | 14.7-25.6 |
| $50,000+ | 764 | 562 | 72.7 | 67.5-77.3 | 70 | 9.9 | 7.0-13.8 | 132 | 17.5 | 13.8-21.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 198 | 143 | 70.2 | 62.3-77.0 | 26 | 14.5 | 9.6-21.2 | 29 | 15.3 | 10.2-22.3 |
| Cumberland | 210 | 146 | 72.4 | 62.3-80.7 | 21 | 9.8 | 5.6-16.6 | 43 | 17.8 | 11.9-25.7 |
| Durham | 178 | 116 | 59.1 | 46.0-71.0 | 26 | 14.9 | 9.2-23.4 | 36 | 26.0 | 14.4-42.2 |
| Forsyth | 218 | 150 | 69.8 | 62.3-76.4 | 29 | 12.9 | 8.7-18.8 | 39 | 17.3 | 12.3-23.7 |
| Gaston | 220 | 146 | 67.0 | 59.7-73.6 | 24 | 11.1 | 7.1-17.1 | 50 | 21.9 | 16.5-28.4 |
| Guilford | 208 | 149 | 71.4 | 63.6-78.0 | 15 | 6.1 | 3.5-10.4 | 44 | 22.5 | 16.4-30.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 142 | 68.5 | 61.0-75.1 | 26 | 13.1 | 8.8-19.1 | 38 | 18.4 | 13.2-25.1 |
| New Hanover | 200 | 138 | 66.3 | 57.9-73.8 | 16 | 9.5 | 5.5-15.9 | 46 | 24.2 | 17.6-32.2 |
| Onslow | 208 | 134 | 64.1 | 52.7-74.0 | 34 | 14.5 | 9.8-20.9 | 40 | 21.5 | 12.1-35.2 |
| Wake | 205 | 142 | 70.4 | 62.9-76.9 | 19 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.0 | 44 | 22.8 | 16.9-30.1 |
| Western NC | 289 | 200 | 70.6 | 64.5-76.1 | 34 | 11.1 | 7.7-15.9 | 55 | 18.2 | 13.8-23.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 329 | 225 | 69.1 | 62.9-74.6 | 37 | 11.0 | 7.6-15.7 | 67 | 19.9 | 15.3-25.5 |
| Eastern NC | 272 | 187 | 65.4 | 57.7-72.3 | 35 | 14.3 | 9.9-20.4 | 50 | 20.3 | 14.5-27.6 |
+ 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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