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Total Respond.# |
1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/year | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,834 | 2,203 | 76.0 | 73.4-78.4 | 567 | 21.0 | 18.7-23.4 | 37 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 25 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,075 | 785 | 71.1 | 66.7-75.2 | 250 | 23.7 | 20.0-27.8 | 24 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.5 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.1 |
Female | 1,759 | 1,418 | 80.4 | 77.5-83.0 | 317 | 18.6 | 16.0-21.5 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,177 | 1,716 | 77.3 | 74.5-79.8 | 426 | 20.5 | 18.0-23.1 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.9 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.2 |
African American | 513 | 369 | 69.6 | 62.7-75.8 | 118 | 24.3 | 18.6-31.0 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.1 |
Other Minorities | 104 | 86 | 81.0 | 65.2-90.6 | 16 | 17.7 | 8.3-33.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 78 | 58 | 75.8 | 58.4-87.5 | 16 | 18.9 | 8.9-35.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.6 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.3 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 8.4 |
No | 2,748 | 2,140 | 76.1 | 73.5-78.5 | 548 | 21.0 | 18.7-23.5 | 36 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.1 | 23 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 244 | 183 | 75.4 | 66.6-82.5 | 47 | 15.8 | 10.7-22.9 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 7.1 | 3.0-15.9 |
25-34 | 535 | 394 | 68.6 | 61.8-74.7 | 126 | 27.8 | 21.8-34.6 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.1- 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 |
35-44 | 584 | 453 | 78.8 | 73.3-83.3 | 114 | 18.9 | 14.5-24.3 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.6 |
45-54 | 514 | 392 | 75.3 | 68.8-80.8 | 113 | 22.6 | 17.4-28.8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 |
55-64 | 399 | 320 | 75.9 | 68.6-82.0 | 74 | 22.4 | 16.6-29.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 |
65+ | 536 | 442 | 81.7 | 76.5-86.0 | 90 | 17.4 | 13.2-22.5 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 374 | 273 | 69.5 | 61.5-76.5 | 91 | 26.9 | 20.4-34.6 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 2.2 | 0.5-10.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 867 | 673 | 75.3 | 70.3-79.8 | 176 | 21.1 | 17.0-25.9 | 10 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.3 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 726 | 562 | 77.7 | 73.1-81.8 | 146 | 19.9 | 16.0-24.3 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.8 |
College Graduate | 859 | 689 | 79.0 | 74.5-82.8 | 152 | 18.4 | 14.9-22.6 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 272 | 194 | 69.0 | 59.6-76.9 | 64 | 24.7 | 17.6-33.4 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.2-12.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 479 | 376 | 74.5 | 67.2-80.6 | 93 | 21.9 | 16.3-28.8 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 1.9 | 0.4- 8.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 373 | 280 | 73.3 | 66.2-79.5 | 82 | 23.7 | 17.8-30.8 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 451 | 363 | 79.4 | 73.4-84.3 | 80 | 17.8 | 13.3-23.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.1 |
$50,000+ | 753 | 591 | 76.7 | 71.4-81.2 | 151 | 21.3 | 16.9-26.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 191 | 145 | 74.9 | 67.2-81.3 | 41 | 21.8 | 15.9-29.2 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.0 |
Cumberland | 208 | 163 | 80.8 | 71.4-87.7 | 41 | 17.0 | 10.7-26.0 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 |
Durham | 174 | 132 | 69.5 | 54.1-81.5 | 38 | 28.3 | 16.5-44.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 |
Forsyth | 209 | 168 | 80.7 | 73.3-86.5 | 37 | 17.6 | 12.0-24.9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.4- 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
Gaston | 210 | 168 | 79.8 | 72.6-85.5 | 37 | 15.8 | 11.1-22.0 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.0- 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.7 |
Guilford | 199 | 156 | 77.8 | 70.5-83.7 | 38 | 19.8 | 14.2-27.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 |
Mecklenburg | 204 | 156 | 76.7 | 69.7-82.5 | 43 | 20.8 | 15.4-27.6 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 6.6 |
New Hanover | 191 | 142 | 73.6 | 65.5-80.4 | 45 | 24.1 | 17.5-32.1 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 |
Onslow | 200 | 170 | 86.2 | 80.0-90.7 | 28 | 12.6 | 8.3-18.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Wake | 198 | 148 | 76.5 | 69.1-82.5 | 42 | 19.3 | 13.9-26.2 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.7 |
Western NC | 280 | 215 | 75.8 | 69.7-81.0 | 61 | 22.6 | 17.6-28.6 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
Piedmont NC | 311 | 234 | 73.7 | 67.1-79.3 | 68 | 22.8 | 17.6-29.1 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.7 |
Eastern NC | 259 | 206 | 76.5 | 69.1-82.6 | 48 | 19.9 | 14.4-26.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 8.1 |
+ 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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