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| Total Respond.# |
Mostly sitting/standing | Mostly walking | Mostly heavy labor | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,851 | 2,538 | 63.1 | 60.7-65.4 | 830 | 22.2 | 20.3-24.3 | 483 | 14.7 | 13.0-16.6 |
| Buncombe County | 235 | 168 | 66.3 | 58.9-73.1 | 34 | 16.9 | 12.1-23.2 | 33 | 16.7 | 11.7-23.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 98 | 57 | 52.5 | 41.5-63.4 | 20 | 21.6 | 14.0-31.8 | 21 | 25.9 | 17.1-37.1 |
| Female | 137 | 111 | 81.4 | 73.2-87.4 | 14 | 11.9 | 7.0-19.5 | 12 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 212 | 157 | 68.5 | 60.6-75.4 | 28 | 16.1 | 11.1-22.7 | 27 | 15.5 | 10.4-22.4 |
| Other | 20 | 10 | 49.2 | 26.4-72.4 | 5 | 22.2 | 8.8-45.9 | 5 | 28.6 | 11.2-56.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 120 | 76 | 58.7 | 48.4-68.3 | 23 | 21.4 | 14.2-30.8 | 21 | 19.9 | 12.8-29.6 |
| 45+ | 113 | 90 | 76.1 | 65.3-84.3 | 11 | 11.2 | 6.1-19.6 | 12 | 12.7 | 6.7-22.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 66 | 39 | 55.2 | 41.2-68.4 | 14 | 22.9 | 13.5-36.2 | 13 | 21.9 | 12.3-35.9 |
| Some College + | 169 | 129 | 72.1 | 63.6-79.3 | 20 | 13.8 | 8.9-20.8 | 20 | 14.0 | 8.8-21.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 116 | 77 | 61.8 | 50.8-71.6 | 23 | 22.0 | 14.5-31.8 | 16 | 16.3 | 9.4-26.6 |
| $50,000+ | 69 | 56 | 76.3 | 62.8-86.0 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.7-15.5 | 10 | 18.4 | 9.9-31.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Forsyth | 274 | 191 | 64.3 | 56.9-71.1 | 60 | 23.2 | 17.8-29.6 | 23 | 12.5 | 7.7-19.8 |
| Guilford | 246 | 177 | 66.6 | 58.7-73.6 | 48 | 22.3 | 16.4-29.7 | 21 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.7 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 216 | 120 | 54.1 | 45.2-62.8 | 59 | 28.0 | 21.0-36.4 | 37 | 17.8 | 12.5-24.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 287 | 209 | 70.1 | 62.8-76.4 | 54 | 18.7 | 13.8-24.7 | 24 | 11.3 | 7.1-17.5 |
| Orange | 282 | 217 | 77.3 | 70.2-83.1 | 38 | 14.1 | 9.6-20.1 | 27 | 8.6 | 5.6-13.1 |
| Pitt | 260 | 167 | 58.3 | 49.8-66.4 | 65 | 31.2 | 23.3-40.4 | 28 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.4 |
| Randolph | 246 | 146 | 58.2 | 50.7-65.4 | 62 | 23.4 | 17.9-30.1 | 38 | 18.3 | 13.1-25.1 |
| Robeson | 232 | 137 | 53.7 | 45.4-61.7 | 61 | 26.0 | 19.5-33.7 | 34 | 20.4 | 13.9-28.9 |
| Wake | 294 | 230 | 77.9 | 71.8-82.9 | 37 | 12.3 | 8.6-17.4 | 27 | 9.8 | 6.5-14.7 |
| Western NC | 338 | 184 | 51.3 | 45.1-57.5 | 92 | 28.1 | 22.8-34.1 | 62 | 20.6 | 15.8-26.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 509 | 325 | 63.1 | 57.7-68.1 | 115 | 21.0 | 17.2-25.4 | 69 | 15.9 | 12.3-20.3 |
| Eastern NC | 432 | 267 | 59.2 | 53.2-64.8 | 105 | 25.9 | 21.0-31.6 | 60 | 14.9 | 11.1-19.7 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.
#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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