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| Total Respond.# |
Walking | Running/Jogging | Gardening/Raking/Mowing | Aerobics/Ballet | All others | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,541 | 2,282 | 46.3 | 44.1-48.6 | 305 | 8.7 | 7.4-10.2 | 450 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.3 | 223 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.2 | 1,281 | 30.8 | 28.7-33.1 |
| Buncombe County | 295 | 160 | 53.3 | 46.6-59.9 | 9 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.5 | 26 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.2 | 15 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.4 | 85 | 30.4 | 24.5-37.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 116 | 45 | 40.4 | 30.9-50.8 | 6 | 3.9 | 1.5- 9.7 | 14 | 11.3 | 6.6-18.9 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.9 | 49 | 42.9 | 33.1-53.3 |
| Female | 179 | 115 | 65.8 | 57.5-73.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 | 12 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.6 | 13 | 8.1 | 4.4-14.4 | 36 | 18.2 | 12.7-25.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 267 | 141 | 51.7 | 44.7-58.7 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.0 | 25 | 9.2 | 6.0-13.8 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.9 | 79 | 31.3 | 25.1-38.4 |
| Other | 25 | 17 | 68.5 | 46.2-84.6 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.5 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.9-32.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 23.7 | 10.3-45.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 112 | 44 | 39.7 | 30.0-50.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.8 | 10 | 8.4 | 4.3-15.8 | 7 | 5.4 | 2.3-12.2 | 47 | 43.3 | 33.1-54.0 |
| 45+ | 178 | 113 | 64.2 | 55.9-71.8 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.8 | 14 | 7.9 | 4.5-13.4 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.5 | 38 | 21.0 | 15.0-28.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 91 | 53 | 57.2 | 45.7-68.1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.3 | 13 | 14.4 | 8.1-24.2 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.5- 7.2 | 22 | 25.6 | 16.7-37.1 |
| Some College + | 201 | 104 | 50.8 | 42.5-58.9 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.8 | 13 | 6.3 | 3.4-11.1 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.5 | 63 | 33.1 | 25.8-41.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 147 | 82 | 52.2 | 43.0-61.3 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.8 | 14 | 10.4 | 5.9-17.7 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.8 | 42 | 32.0 | 23.8-41.5 |
| $50,000+ | 74 | 36 | 55.5 | 42.6-67.7 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.1 | 7 | 6.7 | 3.0-14.0 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.0-12.9 | 24 | 30.1 | 20.1-42.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Forsyth | 327 | 172 | 48.0 | 41.6-54.4 | 15 | 7.2 | 3.7-13.6 | 28 | 7.5 | 5.0-11.1 | 11 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.6 | 101 | 33.2 | 27.5-39.5 |
| Guilford | 296 | 144 | 44.1 | 37.6-50.9 | 17 | 5.9 | 3.4- 9.9 | 27 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.5 | 13 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.8 | 95 | 38.5 | 31.9-45.6 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 343 | 177 | 47.3 | 41.1-53.5 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.6 | 48 | 13.4 | 9.7-18.3 | 17 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.1 | 88 | 28.9 | 23.2-35.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 329 | 159 | 43.0 | 36.4-49.9 | 30 | 11.1 | 7.2-16.7 | 26 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.2 | 23 | 5.5 | 3.3- 9.0 | 91 | 33.0 | 26.7-39.9 |
| Orange | 341 | 140 | 39.8 | 33.7-46.1 | 52 | 16.7 | 12.6-21.9 | 19 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.3 | 17 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.0 | 113 | 34.2 | 28.6-40.4 |
| Pitt | 295 | 141 | 46.0 | 38.8-53.4 | 32 | 12.3 | 8.3-17.7 | 25 | 9.0 | 5.7-14.0 | 16 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.9 | 81 | 28.6 | 22.7-35.3 |
| Randolph | 271 | 144 | 54.2 | 46.7-61.4 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.6 | 39 | 11.9 | 8.5-16.3 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.2 | 71 | 28.0 | 21.7-35.2 |
| Robeson | 238 | 125 | 47.4 | 39.1-55.8 | 10 | 9.2 | 3.5-21.7 | 18 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.2 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.7 | 73 | 33.2 | 25.8-41.5 |
| Wake | 331 | 163 | 45.2 | 39.1-51.4 | 32 | 10.8 | 7.2-15.8 | 23 | 7.3 | 4.4-11.8 | 24 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.8 | 89 | 31.0 | 25.0-37.8 |
| Western NC | 428 | 223 | 48.5 | 43.0-54.1 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.8 | 60 | 13.3 | 10.2-17.2 | 16 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.8 | 119 | 31.8 | 26.6-37.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 544 | 279 | 47.5 | 42.1-53.0 | 39 | 8.5 | 5.8-12.1 | 65 | 13.0 | 9.7-17.1 | 29 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.0 | 132 | 26.5 | 21.6-32.1 |
| Eastern NC | 503 | 255 | 45.2 | 40.1-50.4 | 40 | 10.8 | 7.7-14.9 | 46 | 8.3 | 5.9-11.4 | 19 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.6 | 143 | 32.4 | 27.4-37.8 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having leisure time activity. The respondents reporting no leisure time activity for this question are excluded
First five most frequent response categories presented here. OTHER category was
formed from the remaining responses.
#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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore,
Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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