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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,183 | 3,035 | 49.6 | 47.6-51.5 | 3,148 | 50.4 | 48.5-52.4 |
| Western NC | 616 | 308 | 53.0 | 48.6-57.4 | 308 | 47.0 | 42.6-51.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 231 | 147 | 64.0 | 56.9-70.5 | 84 | 36.0 | 29.5-43.1 |
| Female | 385 | 161 | 43.0 | 37.7-48.5 | 224 | 57.0 | 51.5-62.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 577 | 289 | 53.4 | 48.8-57.9 | 288 | 46.6 | 42.1-51.2 |
| Other | 36 | 18 | 52.3 | 34.1-69.9 | 18 | 47.7 | 30.1-65.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 222 | 105 | 47.7 | 40.4-55.1 | 117 | 52.3 | 44.9-59.6 |
| 45+ | 388 | 203 | 57.2 | 51.7-62.6 | 185 | 42.8 | 37.4-48.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 337 | 187 | 59.3 | 53.4-65.0 | 150 | 40.7 | 35.0-46.6 |
| Some College + | 275 | 119 | 44.8 | 38.2-51.5 | 156 | 55.2 | 48.5-61.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 405 | 223 | 57.9 | 52.5-63.2 | 182 | 42.1 | 36.8-47.5 |
| $50,000+ | 105 | 46 | 44.6 | 34.4-55.2 | 59 | 55.4 | 44.8-65.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 422 | 231 | 55.9 | 50.5-61.2 | 191 | 44.1 | 38.8-49.5 |
| Cumberland | 428 | 194 | 43.1 | 35.9-50.7 | 234 | 56.9 | 49.3-64.1 |
| Durham | 400 | 158 | 36.9 | 31.2-42.9 | 242 | 63.1 | 57.1-68.8 |
| Forsyth | 455 | 224 | 49.0 | 43.6-54.5 | 231 | 51.0 | 45.5-56.4 |
| Gaston | 466 | 231 | 49.4 | 44.3-54.6 | 235 | 50.6 | 45.4-55.7 |
| Guilford | 415 | 195 | 45.2 | 39.8-50.8 | 220 | 54.8 | 49.2-60.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 429 | 193 | 42.7 | 37.3-48.2 | 236 | 57.3 | 51.8-62.7 |
| New Hanover | 405 | 227 | 54.5 | 47.6-61.3 | 178 | 45.5 | 38.7-52.4 |
| Onslow | 435 | 234 | 59.8 | 53.4-65.8 | 201 | 40.2 | 34.2-46.6 |
| Wake | 426 | 192 | 43.6 | 38.2-49.1 | 234 | 56.4 | 50.9-61.8 |
| Western NC | 616 | 308 | 53.0 | 48.6-57.4 | 308 | 47.0 | 42.6-51.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 668 | 342 | 52.3 | 47.6-57.1 | 326 | 47.7 | 42.9-52.4 |
| Eastern NC | 618 | 306 | 50.7 | 45.9-55.4 | 312 | 49.3 | 44.6-54.1 |
#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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