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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?

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  Total
Respond.#
Never Once a year Once a month Weekly/Daily Hourly/Constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 960 448 44.7 40.0-49.5 79 7.4 5.2-10.3 67 7.6 5.4-10.7 222 24.6 20.4-29.4 144 15.7 12.5-19.6
GENDER
Male 350 139 35.3 28.6-42.5 20 8.0 4.3-14.3 25 8.3 4.7-14.1 89 27.4 21.0-34.9 77 21.1 15.5-28.0
Female 610 309 52.0 45.8-58.2 59 6.9 4.9- 9.6 42 7.1 4.6-10.8 133 22.4 17.0-29.0 67 11.6 8.1-16.2
AGE
18-24 85 36 36.4 23.6-51.5 6 2.1 0.8- 5.3 5 9.9 3.7-24.2 21 33.1 18.6-51.6 17 18.6 9.2-33.8
25-34 181 55 24.7 17.4-33.8 12 5.8 1.9-16.5 14 7.7 3.4-16.5 57 33.5 24.2-44.2 43 28.3 19.3-39.5
35-44 218 84 43.0 33.6-53.0 18 8.8 4.6-16.1 21 9.0 5.2-15.1 63 25.5 18.2-34.5 32 13.8 8.9-20.8
45-54 202 89 44.9 35.6-54.7 25 11.9 6.5-20.8 16 9.3 4.8-17.4 45 21.5 14.3-31.0 27 12.4 7.3-20.3
55-64 120 77 66.8 54.6-77.0 11 10.1 4.7-20.2 4 2.5 0.8- 7.6 14 10.3 5.1-19.7 14 10.4 5.2-19.7
65-74 81 59 74.6 59.9-85.2 3 4.9 0.9-22.0 3 2.8 0.5-13.5 13 14.4 7.0-27.4 3 3.3 1.0-10.2
75+ 58 40 67.3 49.8-81.1 3 4.3 1.1-15.1 3 4.9 1.3-17.4 5 15.0 5.7-34.2 7 8.4 3.3-19.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 179 112 56.4 44.3-67.8 7 5.9 1.7-18.1 10 9.2 3.8-20.7 30 22.3 13.1-35.3 20 6.2 3.1-12.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 326 169 50.4 42.1-58.7 31 8.4 5.2-13.1 24 6.5 3.7-11.3 58 23.1 15.9-32.4 44 11.5 7.5-17.4
Some Post-H.S. 262 107 39.1 30.9-48.0 23 6.5 3.0-13.5 17 8.6 4.6-15.7 74 24.5 17.5-33.2 41 21.3 13.8-31.2
College Graduate 190 60 29.3 21.6-38.3 18 8.5 4.8-14.6 16 6.5 3.6-11.7 59 29.6 21.2-39.7 37 26.1 18.3-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 136 79 65.7 52.9-76.6 9 8.4 2.8-22.7 6 4.2 1.5-11.3 26 11.9 7.1-19.2 16 9.8 4.7-19.3
$15,000- 24,999 220 112 43.7 33.7-54.2 27 11.4 6.7-18.8 10 6.6 2.4-16.9 38 20.5 11.9-33.1 33 17.7 10.5-28.5
$25,000- 34,999 153 55 33.0 22.8-45.0 14 5.0 2.1-11.5 18 10.8 5.6-19.8 43 30.0 18.6-44.5 23 21.2 12.4-34.0
$35,000- 49,999 116 44 40.7 28.4-54.2 10 8.1 2.4-23.9 4 3.9 0.7-18.2 32 24.1 14.8-36.7 26 23.3 13.6-37.0
$50,000-74,999 55 19 33.9 17.4-55.6 2 1.9 0.4- 8.9 7 15.3 6.1-33.6 20 37.0 18.4-60.5 7 11.8 5.1-25.2
$75,000+ 56 13 19.5 10.5-33.5 4 8.4 2.9-22.0 6 4.5 1.6-12.3 22 56.8 40.5-71.7 11 10.8 5.2-21.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 22 9 41.3 21.2-64.8 4 26.2 9.1-55.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 17.6 7.4-36.5 3 14.9 4.6-38.6
Forsyth 89 36 33.9 23.8-45.8 10 11.5 5.9-21.3 8 13.1 6.3-25.5 25 28.0 18.5-40.0 10 13.5 6.8-25.1
Guilford 108 47 41.5 30.1-53.8 8 4.9 2.2-10.3 4 2.3 0.7- 6.7 32 37.1 25.4-50.5 17 14.3 8.4-23.4
Henderson/Transylvania 12 5 69.9 30.7-92.4 2 9.8 1.7-41.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.6 0.4-26.0 4 16.8 3.8-51.0
Mecklenburg 122 47 37.8 28.7-47.9 4 1.7 0.6- 5.0 11 7.2 3.7-13.6 30 28.0 19.5-38.5 30 25.2 17.3-35.1
Orange 39 17 44.0 26.7-63.0 5 10.5 3.8-26.2 4 6.6 2.2-18.3 9 32.5 16.2-54.4 4 6.4 2.0-18.1
Pitt 101 52 48.8 36.0-61.8 4 3.3 1.1- 9.6 4 4.5 1.6-11.9 23 25.7 15.4-39.7 18 17.7 10.5-28.4
Randolph 16 5 39.9 15.8-70.2 1 6.0 0.8-33.2 1 8.9 1.2-43.4 6 24.9 9.3-51.7 3 20.3 5.2-54.1
Robeson 83 42 41.8 28.4-56.5 7 8.6 3.7-18.7 6 6.7 2.8-15.0 19 20.3 11.9-32.3 9 22.7 9.0-46.6
Wake 69 24 29.3 18.3-43.4 4 4.9 1.6-14.2 4 5.4 1.7-16.1 20 35.9 21.3-53.6 17 24.5 14.2-38.9
Western NC 23 13 50.6 29.0-71.9 3 10.5 3.1-29.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 23.8 8.6-51.0 3 15.2 4.7-39.3
Piedmont NC 102 53 44.6 33.0-56.9 9 9.5 4.2-20.3 13 10.8 5.6-20.0 19 26.6 15.5-41.7 8 8.5 4.0-17.1
Eastern NC 174 98 52.4 43.2-61.4 18 8.4 4.7-14.6 12 7.9 4.0-15.2 28 16.9 11.0-25.1 18 14.4 8.3-23.7

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#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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