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| Total Respond.# |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | Never | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,033 | 4,314 | 69.4 | 67.5-71.2 | 632 | 10.7 | 9.6-11.9 | 415 | 8.0 | 6.9- 9.4 | 648 | 11.5 | 10.2-12.8 | 24 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 |
| Western NC | 596 | 412 | 68.7 | 64.3-72.7 | 50 | 8.6 | 6.4-11.5 | 47 | 8.1 | 5.9-11.0 | 85 | 14.0 | 11.2-17.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 226 | 148 | 66.4 | 59.3-72.8 | 25 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.0 | 20 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.1 | 32 | 12.8 | 8.9-17.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.2 |
| Female | 370 | 264 | 70.8 | 65.4-75.7 | 25 | 6.6 | 4.3- 9.9 | 27 | 7.3 | 4.8-10.9 | 53 | 15.1 | 11.4-19.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 561 | 395 | 69.7 | 65.3-73.8 | 47 | 8.8 | 6.5-11.8 | 39 | 7.5 | 5.3-10.5 | 80 | 14.0 | 11.1-17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Other | 32 | 14 | 49.9 | 31.1-68.8 | 3 | 6.6 | 1.7-22.2 | 8 | 18.6 | 8.6-35.7 | 5 | 15.0 | 5.9-33.3 | 2 | 10.0 | 2.0-38.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 215 | 163 | 72.8 | 65.4-79.1 | 20 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.3 | 18 | 8.9 | 5.3-14.5 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.5 |
| 45+ | 378 | 247 | 66.0 | 60.5-71.1 | 30 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.7 | 29 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.3 | 71 | 18.9 | 14.9-23.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 322 | 195 | 61.0 | 54.9-66.8 | 28 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.6 | 31 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.5 | 66 | 19.9 | 15.6-25.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 5.7 |
| Some College + | 271 | 217 | 78.8 | 72.7-83.9 | 21 | 8.2 | 5.1-12.9 | 16 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.4 | 17 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 393 | 257 | 64.9 | 59.4-70.0 | 36 | 9.5 | 6.7-13.3 | 40 | 10.4 | 7.5-14.4 | 58 | 14.3 | 10.9-18.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.8 |
| $50,000+ | 106 | 98 | 90.5 | 81.6-95.3 | 5 | 6.7 | 2.7-15.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 408 | 284 | 68.4 | 62.7-73.5 | 38 | 10.4 | 7.3-14.5 | 33 | 7.9 | 5.1-12.0 | 53 | 13.4 | 9.9-17.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Cumberland | 416 | 294 | 72.7 | 66.3-78.3 | 63 | 14.4 | 10.3-19.8 | 27 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.5 | 32 | 7.3 | 4.8-11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Durham | 389 | 275 | 71.1 | 65.3-76.3 | 46 | 12.8 | 9.1-17.7 | 28 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.2 | 35 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.2 |
| Forsyth | 451 | 336 | 75.0 | 70.2-79.3 | 45 | 10.2 | 7.3-13.9 | 25 | 5.9 | 3.8- 9.0 | 42 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 |
| Gaston | 455 | 305 | 66.8 | 61.6-71.6 | 42 | 9.5 | 6.7-13.4 | 37 | 8.6 | 5.9-12.3 | 68 | 13.8 | 10.7-17.6 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.4 |
| Guilford | 404 | 294 | 71.3 | 65.8-76.2 | 41 | 12.5 | 8.9-17.4 | 29 | 6.7 | 4.5-10.0 | 39 | 9.1 | 6.4-12.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 419 | 332 | 77.3 | 72.3-81.6 | 41 | 11.4 | 8.2-15.7 | 21 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.7 | 25 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| New Hanover | 399 | 291 | 67.6 | 59.8-74.6 | 44 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.1 | 20 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 | 41 | 15.3 | 9.1-24.6 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.3 |
| Onslow | 428 | 318 | 74.4 | 67.3-80.4 | 39 | 7.7 | 5.4-10.9 | 26 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.8 | 44 | 11.4 | 6.5-19.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 |
| Wake | 411 | 326 | 80.0 | 75.1-84.1 | 38 | 8.1 | 5.6-11.5 | 23 | 6.4 | 3.9-10.1 | 23 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 |
| Western NC | 596 | 412 | 68.7 | 64.3-72.7 | 50 | 8.6 | 6.4-11.5 | 47 | 8.1 | 5.9-11.0 | 85 | 14.0 | 11.2-17.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.2 |
| Piedmont NC | 656 | 440 | 66.0 | 61.2-70.5 | 71 | 10.9 | 8.4-14.2 | 46 | 8.0 | 5.5-11.6 | 95 | 14.4 | 11.5-17.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 1.9 |
| Eastern NC | 601 | 407 | 65.6 | 60.6-70.2 | 74 | 11.3 | 8.7-14.6 | 53 | 11.3 | 8.2-15.4 | 66 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 |
#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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