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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,285 36 4.1 2.7- 6.2 1,175 88.9 85.6-91.6 45 4.2 2.7- 6.5 13 1.8 0.7- 4.7 16 1.0 0.5- 1.9
African American 237 47 21.3 15.0-29.5 172 70.0 61.1-77.6 9 3.9 1.7- 8.8 7 4.5 1.6-11.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
Asian 22 2 12.9 2.9-42.5 20 87.1 57.5-97.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 46 4 5.5 1.5-18.7 39 75.3 47.6-91.1 2 18.7 5.0-50.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9
Other Minorities 128 10 5.9 2.7-12.2 109 88.2 79.5-93.5 8 5.8 2.3-13.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 137 13 6.2 3.0-12.5 115 87.2 78.2-92.9 8 6.3 2.5-15.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 41 5 10.4 3.0-30.5 33 68.0 42.8-85.8 3 21.6 6.8-50.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 96 8 5.3 2.2-12.3 82 91.6 83.4-95.9 5 2.9 0.8- 9.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,585 88 7.2 5.5- 9.3 1,401 85.5 82.4-88.1 57 4.3 2.9- 6.2 20 2.2 1.1- 4.6 19 0.8 0.4- 1.6
AGE
18-24 138 7 4.9 1.7-12.9 125 85.5 73.0-92.8 4 5.2 1.7-14.9 1 3.6 0.5-21.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
25-34 391 19 5.2 3.0- 8.9 338 85.4 79.5-89.7 23 6.5 3.8-10.9 5 1.8 0.4- 7.5 6 1.2 0.4- 3.5
35-44 494 34 8.7 5.8-13.0 433 86.1 81.1-89.9 15 3.1 1.4- 6.7 6 1.3 0.5- 3.5 6 0.8 0.2- 2.5
45-54 441 24 8.1 4.8-13.4 389 84.4 78.4-88.9 18 4.9 2.7- 8.8 7 2.3 0.9- 5.6 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9
55-64 202 14 7.7 4.1-13.9 178 88.0 81.1-92.7 5 2.1 0.7- 6.1 2 1.4 0.2- 8.4 3 0.8 0.2- 2.3
65-74 35 1 14.1 2.1-55.3 34 85.9 44.7-97.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 9 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 227 15 5.5 2.9-10.2 196 85.2 75.5-91.4 10 4.3 2.0- 9.3 3 4.7 1.0-18.4 3 0.3 0.1- 1.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 533 37 6.8 4.4-10.4 468 87.0 82.2-90.7 15 3.7 1.8- 7.7 6 1.2 0.4- 3.5 7 1.3 0.5- 3.3
Some Post-H.S. 356 25 8.8 5.2-14.5 314 85.5 78.8-90.4 11 2.9 1.3- 6.4 4 2.2 0.6- 8.3 2 0.5 0.1- 3.3
College Graduate 607 24 6.9 4.3-10.8 539 84.5 79.4-88.6 29 6.7 4.0-11.2 8 1.3 0.5- 3.2 7 0.6 0.3- 1.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 62 5 2.8 0.9- 8.5 52 87.5 71.4-95.1 3 5.9 1.3-23.1 2 3.9 0.7-18.7 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 242 17 9.6 5.0-17.6 210 86.4 78.3-91.7 11 3.4 1.4- 7.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9
$25,000- 34,999 228 16 7.8 4.1-14.1 198 84.2 75.1-90.4 7 3.4 1.0-10.8 4 3.3 0.7-13.4 3 1.4 0.4- 5.4
$35,000- 49,999 300 17 8.5 4.7-14.7 266 86.0 78.9-90.9 10 3.3 1.3- 8.0 4 1.9 0.6- 6.4 3 0.3 0.1- 1.5
$50,000-74,999 231 11 5.6 2.6-11.3 202 88.2 81.5-92.7 12 5.2 2.5-10.5 2 0.5 0.1- 3.0 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5
$75,000+ 370 20 7.8 4.6-12.8 329 84.6 78.3-89.4 15 6.3 3.2-11.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 97 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7 89 90.2 81.2-95.2 4 4.7 1.7-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.0 0.7-11.2
Forsyth 117 5 4.2 1.6-10.4 98 85.9 78.1-91.2 8 6.0 2.9-12.2 2 1.2 0.3- 5.2 4 2.6 0.9- 7.2
Guilford 108 11 13.0 7.1-22.5 91 81.3 71.2-88.4 3 2.0 0.6- 7.2 2 2.8 0.7-10.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
Henderson/Transylvania 99 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 92 93.7 86.4-97.2 5 5.0 1.9-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
Mecklenburg 125 15 9.7 5.6-16.4 102 82.2 72.8-88.9 4 5.3 1.7-15.1 3 2.4 0.7- 8.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5
Orange 130 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 117 88.1 79.3-93.5 8 8.9 4.2-18.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 113 4 5.7 1.8-17.0 102 88.2 77.6-94.1 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6 3 2.8 0.8- 9.2 2 1.9 0.5- 7.6
Randolph 117 3 3.4 1.1-10.6 112 95.1 87.8-98.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9
Robeson 119 10 5.1 2.6- 9.8 105 92.7 87.4-95.9 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
Wake 145 11 8.2 4.1-15.8 124 83.9 75.3-89.9 8 6.9 3.3-14.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 0 0.0 . - .
Western NC 170 9 8.1 3.6-17.2 153 87.2 78.5-92.7 5 2.9 1.2- 6.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.7 0.4- 7.0
Piedmont NC 200 15 7.5 4.3-12.6 172 82.8 74.8-88.6 9 6.0 2.9-11.8 3 3.2 0.8-12.4 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
Eastern NC 185 11 5.5 2.8-10.5 162 88.7 82.3-93.0 7 3.0 1.2- 7.3 4 2.4 0.7- 7.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1

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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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