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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,666 | 29 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 | 3,637 | 99.2 | 98.7-99.5 |
| Western NC | 432 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 | 429 | 99.2 | 97.6-99.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 160 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.0 | 158 | 98.7 | 95.0-99.7 |
| Female | 272 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 271 | 99.7 | 97.9- 100 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 407 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.5 | 405 | 99.4 | 97.5-99.8 |
| Other | 23 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-20.1 | 22 | 96.8 | 79.9-99.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 52 | 100 | . - . |
| 45+ | 380 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.7 | 377 | 99.1 | 97.3-99.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 250 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 249 | 99.7 | 98.1- 100 |
| Some College + | 179 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.8 | 177 | 98.5 | 94.2-99.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 270 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.9 | 267 | 98.8 | 96.1-99.6 |
| $50,000+ | 79 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 79 | 100 | . - . |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 267 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 | 265 | 98.8 | 95.3-99.7 |
| Cumberland | 213 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 212 | 99.5 | 96.2-99.9 |
| Durham | 207 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 207 | 100 | . - . |
| Forsyth | 304 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 303 | 99.7 | 98.0- 100 |
| Gaston | 283 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1- 2.8 | 281 | 99.3 | 97.2-99.9 |
| Guilford | 250 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 248 | 99.5 | 98.0-99.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 239 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 4.0 | 236 | 98.8 | 96.0-99.6 |
| New Hanover | 236 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.1 | 230 | 98.2 | 95.9-99.2 |
| Onslow | 217 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 216 | 99.7 | 98.0- 100 |
| Wake | 210 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 210 | 100 | . - . |
| Western NC | 432 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 | 429 | 99.2 | 97.6-99.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 425 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 | 421 | 99.1 | 97.2-99.7 |
| Eastern NC | 383 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.4 | 379 | 99.2 | 97.6-99.7 |
* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or older.
#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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