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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 1,636 59 3.9 2.7- 5.4 1,471 90.7 88.5-92.6 60 2.6 1.8- 3.8 16 0.9 0.5- 1.7 30 1.9 1.0- 3.5
African American 382 59 14.4 10.1-19.9 299 81.5 75.5-86.3 9 2.1 0.8- 5.6 13 1.7 0.8- 3.6 2 0.4 0.1- 2.1
Asian 20 1 4.6 0.6-27.7 16 78.9 45.0-94.5 2 15.9 3.0-53.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 50 3 2.7 0.6-11.3 47 97.3 88.7-99.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 66 4 4.0 0.9-15.8 56 85.0 69.6-93.4 5 8.9 2.9-24.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.7 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 78 6 6.8 2.3-18.8 66 90.0 78.4-95.7 4 1.3 0.4- 3.6 2 1.9 0.3-11.6 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 41 4 10.7 2.7-34.6 34 83.6 60.8-94.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9 2 5.2 0.8-27.2 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 37 2 4.5 0.8-22.3 32 93.8 79.0-98.4 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,083 120 6.0 4.7- 7.7 1,829 88.3 86.2-90.2 73 3.0 2.1- 4.3 29 1.1 0.6- 1.7 32 1.5 0.8- 2.8
AGE
18-24 162 12 7.6 4.0-13.9 143 87.7 79.0-93.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 3 3.2 0.7-14.2
25-34 510 35 6.6 4.3-10.1 443 88.6 84.5-91.7 20 3.1 1.7- 5.7 5 0.9 0.3- 2.4 7 0.8 0.3- 2.0
35-44 561 34 6.7 4.2-10.7 486 86.5 81.6-90.2 23 3.9 2.0- 7.6 11 2.0 0.9- 4.3 7 0.9 0.3- 2.5
45-54 569 32 5.2 3.2- 8.4 502 90.1 86.3-92.8 18 2.0 1.1- 3.8 7 1.1 0.4- 2.8 10 1.6 0.7- 3.7
55-64 273 10 4.1 1.7- 9.8 244 89.8 83.2-94.0 11 4.3 1.8- 9.9 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 3 1.3 0.4- 4.4
65-74 58 2 3.0 0.7-11.5 52 89.7 76.7-95.9 2 3.3 0.6-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 0.9-16.2
75+ 16 0 0.0 . - . 15 84.2 40.5-97.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.8 2.3-59.5 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 160 9 5.3 2.2-11.8 143 85.1 72.9-92.4 5 5.0 1.7-14.1 2 0.7 0.1- 3.8 1 3.9 0.6-22.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 610 48 7.9 5.3-11.5 527 87.7 83.6-90.8 17 1.9 1.0- 3.7 9 1.2 0.5- 2.9 9 1.4 0.7- 2.9
Some Post-H.S. 602 40 6.3 4.0- 9.9 527 89.3 85.3-92.3 15 2.0 1.0- 4.2 9 1.1 0.4- 2.9 11 1.2 0.6- 2.5
College Graduate 789 30 5.1 3.1- 8.2 697 88.6 84.8-91.5 40 4.4 2.7- 7.0 11 1.0 0.5- 2.2 11 1.0 0.4- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 12 11.3 4.8-24.4 99 82.4 69.2-90.7 6 5.5 1.8-15.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
$15,000- 24,999 339 24 5.8 3.2-10.2 293 90.1 85.0-93.6 10 2.7 1.0- 6.7 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 5 0.9 0.3- 2.6
$25,000- 34,999 307 26 8.0 5.0-12.6 259 85.1 79.2-89.6 8 3.3 1.3- 7.7 9 2.5 1.1- 5.7 5 1.1 0.3- 3.3
$35,000- 49,999 364 15 3.8 1.9- 7.4 323 91.6 87.4-94.5 15 2.0 1.0- 4.2 5 1.5 0.5- 4.5 6 1.1 0.4- 2.9
$50,000-74,999 328 19 5.1 2.8- 9.2 292 89.9 84.8-93.4 11 2.5 1.1- 5.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 5 2.0 0.7- 5.7
$75,000+ 328 12 5.7 2.7-12.0 298 90.4 84.4-94.2 14 2.9 1.4- 5.6 3 0.6 0.1- 3.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 137 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 118 87.4 80.4-92.1 11 6.9 3.7-12.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 5 4.1 1.7- 9.6
Forsyth 161 13 10.0 5.0-19.0 134 83.5 74.8-89.6 7 3.2 1.4- 7.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 4 2.3 0.9- 6.1
Guilford 140 9 5.0 2.5- 9.9 125 92.0 86.3-95.4 2 1.4 0.3- 6.3 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 0 0.0 . - .
Henderson/Transylvania 120 9 8.8 4.3-17.2 102 85.4 76.2-91.5 5 3.3 1.3- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.6 0.8- 7.8
Mecklenburg 170 21 13.3 7.9-21.5 139 79.6 70.8-86.3 5 3.7 1.3-10.3 3 2.1 0.7- 6.3 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1
Orange 145 6 5.2 1.8-13.7 128 89.2 80.2-94.4 9 5.0 2.3-10.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
Pitt 149 7 5.6 2.3-13.0 132 89.1 81.2-94.0 6 2.9 1.1- 7.6 3 2.0 0.5- 7.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
Randolph 131 7 7.4 2.9-17.6 117 88.4 78.7-94.1 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8 3 2.0 0.4- 8.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
Robeson 118 6 4.1 1.6-10.2 106 91.8 85.2-95.7 3 2.3 0.7- 6.9 3 1.8 0.5- 5.8 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 155 9 5.5 2.6-11.1 138 89.2 81.9-93.7 7 4.8 1.9-11.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
Western NC 173 6 5.0 2.1-11.4 154 87.0 79.9-91.9 4 2.6 1.0- 7.1 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 7 4.4 2.0- 9.5
Piedmont NC 312 20 6.8 4.1-11.0 277 89.5 84.9-92.8 7 1.8 0.8- 4.1 5 1.2 0.5- 3.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
Eastern NC 252 12 4.4 2.2- 8.6 226 89.6 83.8-93.4 8 3.3 1.5- 7.0 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1 3 1.8 0.4- 8.2

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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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