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Total Respond.# |
1 day | 2 days | 3-4 days | 5-6 days | Everyday | |||||||||||
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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 | 2,014 | 444 | 25.0 | 21.9-28.3 | 487 | 25.3 | 22.4-28.4 | 576 | 26.9 | 24.1-29.9 | 236 | 10.8 | 8.8-13.2 | 271 | 12.0 | 10.2-14.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,027 | 232 | 25.0 | 21.3-29.2 | 244 | 26.5 | 22.3-31.0 | 274 | 24.3 | 20.7-28.3 | 122 | 10.6 | 8.2-13.7 | 155 | 13.6 | 11.0-16.7 |
Female | 987 | 212 | 24.9 | 19.9-30.7 | 243 | 23.6 | 20.0-27.7 | 302 | 30.5 | 26.4-35.1 | 114 | 11.1 | 8.0-15.2 | 116 | 9.9 | 7.5-12.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,574 | 352 | 25.0 | 21.5-28.9 | 369 | 24.5 | 21.4-27.9 | 461 | 29.1 | 25.8-32.6 | 181 | 10.1 | 8.1-12.7 | 211 | 11.2 | 9.3-13.5 |
African American | 315 | 66 | 27.2 | 20.3-35.5 | 83 | 24.3 | 18.0-31.9 | 85 | 20.9 | 15.5-27.4 | 36 | 12.1 | 7.2-19.8 | 45 | 15.5 | 10.6-22.2 |
Other Minorities | 93 | 18 | 18.9 | 9.3-34.6 | 27 | 34.3 | 18.1-55.1 | 22 | 19.2 | 9.7-34.3 | 14 | 15.9 | 7.2-31.7 | 12 | 11.8 | 5.3-24.2 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 69 | 14 | 18.1 | 8.9-33.3 | 21 | 42.1 | 23.5-63.3 | 18 | 14.7 | 7.2-27.6 | 9 | 20.9 | 9.4-40.1 | 7 | 4.2 | 1.5-10.9 |
No | 1,941 | 429 | 25.3 | 22.2-28.8 | 464 | 24.4 | 21.6-27.5 | 558 | 27.5 | 24.6-30.6 | 226 | 10.3 | 8.4-12.7 | 264 | 12.4 | 10.5-14.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 270 | 38 | 12.5 | 8.3-18.6 | 61 | 29.7 | 21.4-39.6 | 92 | 36.6 | 28.2-45.8 | 34 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.8 | 45 | 13.0 | 8.7-19.1 |
25-34 | 564 | 109 | 20.4 | 15.6-26.1 | 125 | 19.0 | 15.0-23.8 | 166 | 28.4 | 23.1-34.4 | 82 | 16.3 | 11.5-22.7 | 82 | 15.8 | 11.9-20.8 |
35-44 | 473 | 113 | 26.9 | 21.0-33.7 | 113 | 30.4 | 24.4-37.2 | 118 | 19.9 | 15.6-25.0 | 62 | 11.9 | 8.4-16.5 | 67 | 10.9 | 7.6-15.5 |
45-54 | 353 | 96 | 38.1 | 27.9-49.4 | 92 | 23.1 | 16.3-31.8 | 99 | 23.7 | 17.5-31.2 | 27 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.9 | 39 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.2 |
55-64 | 173 | 51 | 33.1 | 24.0-43.7 | 45 | 21.8 | 14.8-31.0 | 46 | 27.4 | 19.4-37.1 | 17 | 9.0 | 4.3-17.8 | 14 | 8.7 | 4.2-17.3 |
65+ | 163 | 32 | 24.9 | 16.1-36.3 | 47 | 31.7 | 22.2-43.0 | 49 | 25.6 | 17.8-35.3 | 12 | 7.7 | 3.6-15.4 | 23 | 10.2 | 5.6-17.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 125 | 38 | 34.2 | 23.0-47.5 | 30 | 28.9 | 17.2-44.2 | 30 | 16.0 | 9.6-25.4 | 12 | 12.0 | 5.8-23.2 | 15 | 8.9 | 4.5-16.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 504 | 119 | 28.6 | 22.9-35.1 | 134 | 27.1 | 21.6-33.3 | 122 | 22.8 | 17.8-28.6 | 58 | 9.8 | 6.5-14.6 | 71 | 11.7 | 8.5-16.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 550 | 129 | 24.4 | 19.5-30.1 | 132 | 23.0 | 18.3-28.5 | 155 | 29.6 | 24.2-35.8 | 61 | 11.3 | 8.1-15.7 | 73 | 11.6 | 8.3-16.0 |
College Graduate | 832 | 157 | 19.9 | 14.4-26.9 | 191 | 24.6 | 20.2-29.7 | 269 | 31.1 | 26.4-36.2 | 104 | 11.0 | 7.8-15.1 | 111 | 13.4 | 10.3-17.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 109 | 26 | 31.5 | 19.6-46.6 | 25 | 29.2 | 18.1-43.4 | 27 | 20.2 | 11.2-33.7 | 12 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.4 | 19 | 14.4 | 7.6-25.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 269 | 61 | 22.6 | 16.2-30.6 | 72 | 31.0 | 22.4-41.1 | 69 | 21.7 | 15.5-29.4 | 34 | 11.8 | 7.2-18.9 | 33 | 12.9 | 7.8-20.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 292 | 69 | 31.3 | 22.9-41.1 | 73 | 20.8 | 14.8-28.2 | 84 | 27.7 | 20.7-36.1 | 26 | 8.3 | 4.7-14.4 | 40 | 11.9 | 7.7-18.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 374 | 93 | 26.5 | 20.4-33.6 | 84 | 19.1 | 14.1-25.4 | 102 | 28.5 | 22.4-35.4 | 38 | 11.4 | 7.5-17.0 | 57 | 14.5 | 10.2-20.2 |
$50,000+ | 704 | 146 | 23.9 | 17.9-31.3 | 165 | 23.1 | 18.6-28.2 | 218 | 29.1 | 24.1-34.7 | 92 | 12.9 | 9.0-18.1 | 83 | 11.0 | 8.1-14.7 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 144 | 33 | 21.3 | 15.0-29.3 | 29 | 21.2 | 14.2-30.3 | 41 | 27.0 | 19.6-36.1 | 20 | 15.2 | 9.4-23.6 | 21 | 15.3 | 9.4-23.9 |
Cumberland | 142 | 24 | 16.9 | 9.5-28.3 | 37 | 35.7 | 19.6-55.9 | 41 | 24.7 | 15.8-36.4 | 9 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.0 | 31 | 17.9 | 11.2-27.4 |
Durham | 150 | 33 | 17.9 | 12.1-25.7 | 42 | 28.7 | 18.3-42.1 | 39 | 23.7 | 16.0-33.6 | 20 | 14.5 | 8.8-22.8 | 16 | 15.2 | 7.0-30.0 |
Forsyth | 146 | 33 | 22.6 | 15.3-32.0 | 36 | 23.8 | 16.6-32.9 | 42 | 27.4 | 19.0-37.7 | 17 | 16.1 | 9.2-26.7 | 18 | 10.1 | 6.1-16.2 |
Gaston | 128 | 32 | 22.2 | 15.3-31.1 | 29 | 23.3 | 15.8-32.9 | 29 | 25.2 | 17.1-35.5 | 17 | 12.0 | 7.1-19.6 | 21 | 17.4 | 11.1-26.1 |
Guilford | 111 | 19 | 23.7 | 14.7-36.0 | 24 | 19.0 | 12.5-27.9 | 37 | 30.3 | 22.0-40.3 | 14 | 13.4 | 7.2-23.7 | 17 | 13.4 | 8.0-21.8 |
Mecklenburg | 155 | 37 | 24.4 | 17.6-32.9 | 41 | 28.3 | 21.0-37.0 | 40 | 24.6 | 18.1-32.6 | 19 | 9.5 | 5.7-15.4 | 18 | 13.1 | 8.0-20.8 |
New Hanover | 159 | 27 | 17.7 | 11.6-26.0 | 43 | 27.0 | 20.0-35.5 | 45 | 25.4 | 18.8-33.3 | 21 | 15.7 | 9.8-24.1 | 23 | 14.2 | 9.2-21.4 |
Onslow | 160 | 29 | 23.5 | 12.9-39.0 | 32 | 20.0 | 11.7-32.0 | 53 | 28.3 | 20.6-37.5 | 18 | 11.5 | 6.5-19.5 | 28 | 16.8 | 10.8-25.0 |
Wake | 168 | 35 | 21.8 | 15.4-29.9 | 45 | 30.6 | 22.9-39.4 | 55 | 29.5 | 22.5-37.6 | 21 | 11.7 | 7.4-18.0 | 12 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.4 |
Western NC | 170 | 48 | 28.0 | 21.0-36.4 | 32 | 18.3 | 12.7-25.6 | 47 | 26.0 | 19.3-34.1 | 24 | 14.0 | 9.2-20.9 | 19 | 13.6 | 8.4-21.3 |
Piedmont NC | 215 | 54 | 28.9 | 21.2-38.0 | 59 | 27.4 | 20.8-35.1 | 62 | 25.5 | 19.4-32.6 | 19 | 8.6 | 4.6-15.4 | 21 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.9 |
Eastern NC | 166 | 40 | 25.3 | 18.2-34.1 | 38 | 21.3 | 15.1-29.1 | 45 | 29.4 | 21.6-38.7 | 17 | 10.4 | 5.7-18.1 | 26 | 13.5 | 8.8-20.2 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous activities at least 10 minutes at a time.
#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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