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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%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,851 | 2,538 | 63.1 | 60.7-65.4 | 830 | 22.2 | 20.3-24.3 | 483 | 14.7 | 13.0-16.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,705 | 991 | 57.2 | 53.5-60.8 | 377 | 21.9 | 19.1-25.0 | 337 | 20.9 | 18.1-24.0 |
| Female | 2,146 | 1,547 | 70.2 | 67.2-73.1 | 453 | 22.6 | 20.0-25.4 | 146 | 7.2 | 5.8- 9.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,912 | 1,974 | 65.1 | 62.4-67.8 | 566 | 20.0 | 17.9-22.3 | 372 | 14.8 | 12.9-17.0 |
| African American | 598 | 383 | 64.4 | 58.5-69.9 | 160 | 25.6 | 20.9-31.0 | 55 | 9.9 | 6.9-14.1 |
| Asian | 41 | 31 | 76.4 | 53.1-90.3 | 8 | 22.6 | 9.0-46.3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 5.4 |
| Native American | 91 | 58 | 62.2 | 44.3-77.3 | 21 | 16.9 | 8.9-29.9 | 12 | 20.8 | 9.2-40.5 |
| Other Minorities | 188 | 81 | 39.0 | 29.1-49.9 | 69 | 36.0 | 26.0-47.3 | 38 | 25.0 | 16.1-36.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 204 | 82 | 38.6 | 28.5-49.6 | 79 | 38.6 | 28.5-49.9 | 43 | 22.8 | 14.5-34.0 |
| -English Speaking | 77 | 43 | 51.4 | 35.6-66.9 | 20 | 31.3 | 18.2-48.3 | 14 | 17.3 | 7.9-33.9 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 127 | 39 | 34.7 | 23.1-48.5 | 59 | 40.8 | 28.4-54.5 | 29 | 24.4 | 14.4-38.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,643 | 2,454 | 65.3 | 62.9-67.6 | 749 | 20.7 | 18.8-22.7 | 440 | 14.0 | 12.3-15.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 280 | 156 | 57.5 | 48.4-66.1 | 78 | 27.9 | 20.8-36.4 | 46 | 14.6 | 9.3-22.0 |
| 25-34 | 878 | 567 | 61.9 | 57.0-66.6 | 172 | 19.0 | 15.5-23.2 | 139 | 19.1 | 15.4-23.5 |
| 35-44 | 1,063 | 674 | 60.2 | 55.8-64.4 | 249 | 24.6 | 21.1-28.5 | 140 | 15.2 | 12.2-18.8 |
| 45-54 | 998 | 689 | 67.6 | 63.0-71.9 | 200 | 19.4 | 16.1-23.3 | 109 | 13.0 | 10.0-16.7 |
| 55-64 | 486 | 356 | 70.3 | 64.2-75.8 | 94 | 20.7 | 16.1-26.2 | 36 | 9.0 | 5.8-13.7 |
| 65-74 | 95 | 62 | 65.9 | 51.5-77.8 | 24 | 26.0 | 15.5-40.3 | 9 | 8.1 | 3.2-19.1 |
| 75+ | 23 | 18 | 74.7 | 31.9-94.9 | 5 | 25.3 | 5.1-68.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 370 | 163 | 37.7 | 30.2-45.9 | 122 | 33.6 | 26.5-41.5 | 85 | 28.7 | 21.5-37.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,117 | 606 | 54.2 | 49.8-58.6 | 300 | 26.2 | 22.6-30.3 | 211 | 19.5 | 16.4-23.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 949 | 648 | 68.9 | 64.3-73.2 | 180 | 18.4 | 15.0-22.4 | 121 | 12.7 | 9.9-16.0 |
| College Graduate | 1,413 | 1,120 | 79.3 | 76.1-82.3 | 227 | 15.9 | 13.3-18.9 | 66 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 160 | 78 | 51.3 | 38.5-64.0 | 53 | 35.1 | 23.9-48.3 | 29 | 13.6 | 8.1-21.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 566 | 316 | 54.6 | 47.8-61.4 | 150 | 24.5 | 19.4-30.3 | 100 | 20.9 | 15.4-27.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 535 | 328 | 58.8 | 52.0-65.2 | 120 | 21.4 | 16.5-27.3 | 87 | 19.8 | 15.0-25.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 658 | 422 | 59.5 | 53.7-65.0 | 160 | 26.9 | 22.1-32.2 | 76 | 13.7 | 10.0-18.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 570 | 395 | 65.7 | 59.5-71.5 | 106 | 20.9 | 16.3-26.4 | 69 | 13.4 | 9.8-18.0 |
| $75,000+ | 705 | 566 | 80.9 | 76.5-84.6 | 108 | 13.4 | 10.4-17.1 | 31 | 5.7 | 3.6- 9.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 235 | 168 | 66.3 | 58.9-73.1 | 34 | 16.9 | 12.1-23.2 | 33 | 16.7 | 11.7-23.4 |
| 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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