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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,956 | 1,598 | 25.3 | 23.7-27.1 | 4,358 | 74.7 | 72.9-76.3 |
| Wake County | 408 | 75 | 16.9 | 13.2-21.3 | 333 | 83.1 | 78.7-86.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 171 | 27 | 15.0 | 10.1-21.8 | 144 | 85.0 | 78.2-89.9 |
| Female | 237 | 48 | 19.0 | 14.1-25.0 | 189 | 81.0 | 75.0-85.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 310 | 53 | 16.4 | 12.4-21.4 | 257 | 83.6 | 78.6-87.6 |
| Other | 94 | 21 | 18.0 | 10.8-28.4 | 73 | 82.0 | 71.6-89.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 248 | 25 | 10.8 | 7.2-16.0 | 223 | 89.2 | 84.0-92.8 |
| 45+ | 157 | 50 | 29.2 | 21.9-37.6 | 107 | 70.8 | 62.4-78.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 105 | 31 | 24.9 | 16.6-35.4 | 74 | 75.1 | 64.6-83.4 |
| Some College + | 301 | 43 | 13.5 | 9.9-18.2 | 258 | 86.5 | 81.8-90.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 169 | 36 | 19.8 | 13.7-27.8 | 133 | 80.2 | 72.2-86.3 |
| $50,000+ | 162 | 21 | 13.1 | 8.4-19.9 | 141 | 86.9 | 80.1-91.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 407 | 118 | 26.8 | 22.2-31.8 | 289 | 73.2 | 68.2-77.8 |
| Cumberland | 415 | 114 | 24.4 | 19.4-30.3 | 301 | 75.6 | 69.7-80.6 |
| Durham | 385 | 103 | 22.4 | 18.0-27.5 | 282 | 77.6 | 72.5-82.0 |
| Forsyth | 445 | 130 | 25.8 | 21.4-30.6 | 315 | 74.2 | 69.4-78.6 |
| Gaston | 447 | 129 | 26.6 | 22.3-31.4 | 318 | 73.4 | 68.6-77.7 |
| Guilford | 392 | 92 | 20.1 | 16.1-24.8 | 300 | 79.9 | 75.2-83.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 415 | 84 | 20.2 | 16.2-24.9 | 331 | 79.8 | 75.1-83.8 |
| New Hanover | 393 | 108 | 24.7 | 20.0-30.2 | 285 | 75.3 | 69.8-80.0 |
| Onslow | 416 | 101 | 20.7 | 16.5-25.6 | 315 | 79.3 | 74.4-83.5 |
| Western NC | 594 | 178 | 28.0 | 24.1-32.1 | 416 | 72.0 | 67.9-75.9 |
| Piedmont NC | 645 | 181 | 26.3 | 22.4-30.6 | 464 | 73.7 | 69.4-77.6 |
| Eastern NC | 594 | 185 | 29.2 | 25.0-33.8 | 409 | 70.8 | 66.2-75.0 |
*Data for this table were derived disability questions 14.1, 14,2 in the core and the questions 1 and 5 in the disability section.
#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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