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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 | 2,912 | 1,974 | 65.1 | 62.4-67.8 | 566 | 20.0 | 17.9-22.3 | 372 | 14.8 | 12.9-17.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,280 | 766 | 60.1 | 56.0-64.1 | 259 | 19.5 | 16.5-22.9 | 255 | 20.4 | 17.3-23.9 |
| Female | 1,632 | 1,208 | 71.2 | 67.7-74.4 | 307 | 20.6 | 17.8-23.8 | 117 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 189 | 103 | 59.3 | 48.1-69.6 | 49 | 23.5 | 15.9-33.4 | 37 | 17.2 | 11.0-26.0 |
| 25-34 | 630 | 415 | 61.0 | 55.1-66.6 | 115 | 19.7 | 15.2-25.0 | 100 | 19.3 | 15.0-24.5 |
| 35-44 | 777 | 512 | 64.0 | 59.0-68.7 | 159 | 21.4 | 17.6-25.9 | 106 | 14.6 | 11.3-18.6 |
| 45-54 | 790 | 561 | 69.9 | 64.8-74.6 | 142 | 17.0 | 13.5-21.1 | 87 | 13.1 | 9.7-17.5 |
| 55-64 | 406 | 304 | 71.7 | 65.0-77.6 | 71 | 19.0 | 14.2-24.9 | 31 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.7 |
| 65-74 | 83 | 54 | 67.2 | 52.0-79.5 | 21 | 23.3 | 13.0-38.0 | 8 | 9.5 | 3.6-22.8 |
| 75+ | 21 | 17 | 73.5 | 29.4-94.8 | 4 | 26.5 | 5.2-70.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 203 | 100 | 44.0 | 33.5-55.0 | 57 | 28.2 | 20.0-38.0 | 46 | 27.9 | 19.0-38.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 819 | 446 | 52.7 | 47.6-57.7 | 206 | 25.7 | 21.5-30.4 | 167 | 21.6 | 17.8-26.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 717 | 491 | 68.5 | 63.1-73.4 | 122 | 16.6 | 12.9-21.0 | 104 | 14.9 | 11.5-19.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,171 | 936 | 80.5 | 76.8-83.7 | 180 | 14.9 | 12.1-18.2 | 55 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 91 | 46 | 55.2 | 38.5-70.9 | 28 | 32.0 | 18.7-49.1 | 17 | 12.8 | 6.7-22.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 324 | 177 | 48.3 | 39.9-56.9 | 80 | 27.4 | 20.0-36.2 | 67 | 24.3 | 17.7-32.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 367 | 228 | 59.7 | 51.7-67.3 | 72 | 17.6 | 12.5-24.1 | 67 | 22.7 | 16.5-30.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 520 | 335 | 61.2 | 54.8-67.3 | 123 | 25.8 | 20.7-31.7 | 62 | 12.9 | 9.2-17.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 494 | 346 | 65.3 | 58.5-71.5 | 87 | 21.1 | 16.0-27.2 | 61 | 13.7 | 9.8-18.7 |
| $75,000+ | 614 | 495 | 81.7 | 76.9-85.6 | 89 | 11.9 | 8.9-15.7 | 30 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 212 | 157 | 68.5 | 60.6-75.4 | 28 | 16.1 | 11.1-22.7 | 27 | 15.5 | 10.4-22.4 |
| Forsyth | 204 | 144 | 64.7 | 55.8-72.6 | 43 | 23.2 | 16.9-31.0 | 17 | 12.1 | 6.5-21.4 |
| Guilford | 162 | 126 | 73.7 | 64.4-81.3 | 22 | 14.9 | 9.5-22.8 | 14 | 11.4 | 6.2-20.0 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 191 | 111 | 57.9 | 49.5-65.9 | 47 | 22.5 | 16.5-30.0 | 33 | 19.6 | 13.6-27.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 161 | 135 | 81.0 | 71.8-87.7 | 17 | 11.3 | 6.6-18.6 | 9 | 7.7 | 3.6-16.0 |
| Orange | 232 | 178 | 79.1 | 71.7-85.0 | 34 | 13.4 | 9.0-19.4 | 20 | 7.5 | 4.5-12.3 |
| Pitt | 187 | 125 | 60.7 | 49.9-70.6 | 42 | 28.8 | 19.1-40.9 | 20 | 10.5 | 6.5-16.4 |
| Randolph | 227 | 136 | 58.4 | 50.5-65.9 | 56 | 22.5 | 16.9-29.4 | 35 | 19.1 | 13.5-26.3 |
| Robeson | 96 | 54 | 49.7 | 37.4-62.1 | 21 | 19.2 | 11.8-29.6 | 21 | 31.1 | 19.8-45.1 |
| Wake | 212 | 173 | 82.3 | 75.8-87.4 | 22 | 9.9 | 6.2-15.4 | 17 | 7.8 | 4.6-12.8 |
| Western NC | 314 | 172 | 51.8 | 45.3-58.2 | 87 | 28.7 | 23.2-34.9 | 55 | 19.6 | 14.7-25.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 413 | 271 | 63.9 | 58.0-69.4 | 84 | 19.5 | 15.4-24.2 | 58 | 16.7 | 12.6-21.7 |
| Eastern NC | 301 | 192 | 61.4 | 54.7-67.6 | 63 | 23.3 | 17.9-29.7 | 46 | 15.4 | 11.3-20.5 |
* 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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