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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race

Within the past 12 months at work, do you feel you were treated worse than, the same as, or better than people of other races?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Worse than other races Same as other races Better than other races Worse than some, better than others Encountered people of same race
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,888 228 6.7 5.6- 8.0 3,415 86.8 85.0-88.4 142 3.8 2.9- 4.9 52 1.6 0.9- 2.7 51 1.1 0.7- 1.7
GENDER
Male 1,725 101 7.1 5.5- 9.0 1,519 85.7 82.8-88.1 65 4.5 3.2- 6.3 21 2.0 1.0- 4.1 19 0.7 0.4- 1.4
Female 2,163 127 6.4 5.0- 8.1 1,896 88.2 86.0-90.0 77 2.9 2.1- 4.1 31 1.1 0.7- 1.8 32 1.4 0.8- 2.6
RACE
White 2,921 95 4.0 3.0- 5.3 2,646 89.7 87.7-91.5 105 3.5 2.5- 4.8 29 1.4 0.7- 2.8 46 1.4 0.9- 2.2
African American 619 106 17.6 13.7-22.3 471 76.1 70.8-80.7 18 3.0 1.6- 5.5 20 3.0 1.4- 6.2 4 0.3 0.1- 1.1
Asian 42 3 8.2 2.4-24.4 36 82.5 60.3-93.6 2 8.9 1.7-35.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 96 7 4.5 1.6-12.2 86 83.7 63.5-93.8 2 11.5 3.0-35.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
Other Minorities 194 14 5.4 2.7-10.3 165 87.3 80.2-92.1 13 6.6 3.2-13.0 2 0.7 0.1- 3.5 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 215 19 6.4 3.5-11.4 181 88.0 81.1-92.6 12 4.9 2.1-11.1 3 0.7 0.1- 3.1 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 82 9 10.6 4.2-24.1 67 74.7 56.9-86.9 4 12.5 3.9-33.5 2 2.2 0.3-13.3 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 133 10 5.1 2.3-10.9 114 92.1 85.5-95.8 8 2.6 0.9- 7.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,668 208 6.6 5.5- 8.0 3,230 86.8 84.9-88.5 130 3.7 2.8- 4.8 49 1.7 1.0- 2.9 51 1.2 0.8- 1.8
AGE
18-24 300 19 6.0 3.3-10.6 268 86.5 78.8-91.6 7 3.6 1.4- 9.1 2 2.1 0.3-12.8 4 1.8 0.5- 6.3
25-34 901 54 5.8 4.1- 8.2 781 86.8 83.2-89.7 43 5.0 3.2- 7.5 10 1.4 0.5- 4.1 13 1.0 0.5- 2.2
35-44 1,055 68 7.8 5.7-10.6 919 86.3 82.9-89.1 38 3.5 2.1- 5.8 17 1.6 0.9- 3.0 13 0.8 0.4- 1.8
45-54 1,010 56 6.8 4.6- 9.8 891 87.0 83.4-89.9 36 3.6 2.3- 5.8 14 1.7 0.8- 3.5 13 0.9 0.4- 1.8
55-64 475 24 6.0 3.6- 9.8 422 88.9 84.4-92.2 16 3.2 1.6- 6.2 7 0.9 0.2- 3.8 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4
65-74 93 3 7.6 1.7-28.4 86 88.1 71.0-95.8 2 1.9 0.3-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.3 0.5- 9.9
75+ 25 0 0.0 . - . 24 94.3 68.0-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.7 0.8-32.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 387 24 5.4 3.2- 8.9 339 85.2 77.9-90.3 15 4.6 2.4- 8.5 5 3.4 0.8-12.8 4 1.5 0.3- 7.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,143 85 7.3 5.4- 9.7 995 87.3 84.2-89.9 32 2.9 1.7- 5.1 15 1.2 0.6- 2.4 16 1.3 0.7- 2.4
Some Post-H.S. 958 65 7.5 5.3-10.6 841 87.5 83.8-90.4 26 2.4 1.4- 4.2 13 1.6 0.6- 4.1 13 0.9 0.4- 1.9
College Graduate 1,396 54 6.0 4.3- 8.5 1,236 86.4 83.1-89.0 69 5.7 3.9- 8.2 19 1.2 0.6- 2.2 18 0.8 0.4- 1.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 181 17 7.7 3.6-15.8 151 84.6 75.0-90.9 9 5.7 2.3-13.3 3 2.1 0.5- 8.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2
$15,000- 24,999 581 41 7.8 4.9-12.4 503 88.1 83.3-91.6 21 3.0 1.6- 5.7 8 0.3 0.1- 0.6 8 0.8 0.4- 1.6
$25,000- 34,999 535 42 7.9 5.3-11.5 457 84.7 79.4-88.8 15 3.3 1.5- 6.9 13 2.9 1.1- 7.2 8 1.2 0.5- 3.1
$35,000- 49,999 664 32 6.5 4.1-10.2 589 88.4 84.1-91.6 25 2.8 1.4- 5.3 9 1.7 0.7- 4.2 9 0.7 0.3- 1.5
$50,000-74,999 559 30 5.4 3.3- 8.7 494 89.0 84.9-92.1 23 4.0 2.3- 6.9 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7 9 1.2 0.5- 2.8
$75,000+ 698 32 7.0 4.5-10.6 627 86.9 82.5-90.3 29 4.9 2.9- 8.4 7 0.9 0.4- 2.2 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 234 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 207 88.9 83.6-92.6 15 5.7 3.2-10.0 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 7 3.5 1.6- 7.5
Forsyth 278 18 6.9 3.9-11.8 232 84.8 79.2-89.1 15 4.7 2.7- 8.2 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 8 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Guilford 248 20 9.6 5.9-15.4 216 85.8 79.5-90.4 5 1.8 0.6- 4.7 6 2.3 0.8- 6.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
Henderson/Transylvania 219 10 4.3 2.2- 8.3 194 90.1 84.9-93.6 10 4.2 2.1- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7
Mecklenburg 295 36 11.3 7.7-16.1 241 81.1 74.8-86.1 9 4.6 2.1-10.1 6 2.3 0.9- 5.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
Orange 275 10 3.8 1.8- 7.7 245 88.6 82.7-92.7 17 7.1 4.0-12.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
Pitt 262 11 5.7 2.7-11.5 234 88.6 82.4-92.8 8 2.1 0.9- 4.6 6 2.4 1.0- 5.9 3 1.2 0.4- 4.1
Randolph 248 10 5.1 2.4-10.3 229 92.3 87.0-95.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 4 1.0 0.3- 3.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2
Robeson 237 16 4.7 2.7- 8.1 211 92.4 88.5-95.0 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Wake 300 20 7.1 4.2-11.8 262 86.1 80.4-90.3 15 6.1 3.4-10.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
Western NC 343 15 6.9 3.7-12.5 307 87.1 81.5-91.3 9 2.8 1.4- 5.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 10 2.8 1.3- 5.7
Piedmont NC 512 35 7.1 4.9-10.2 449 86.1 81.6-89.6 16 3.9 2.2- 6.9 8 2.2 0.8- 6.3 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9
Eastern NC 437 23 5.0 3.0- 8.0 388 89.1 85.0-92.2 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6 7 1.7 0.7- 4.4 4 1.1 0.3- 3.9

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*This queston was asked of respondents who reported being employed for wages, self-employed, or out of work for less than one year.

#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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