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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--WHITE 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 2,921 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 201 11 6.3 2.8-13.6 179 82.2 70.3-90.0 5 4.8 1.5-14.1 2 3.7 0.6-20.5 4 3.1 0.8-10.5
25-34 640 15 2.8 1.4- 5.4 580 90.7 86.9-93.4 28 4.7 2.8- 7.8 5 0.6 0.2- 1.5 12 1.3 0.5- 2.9
35-44 763 26 3.6 2.2- 6.0 687 90.6 87.2-93.1 31 3.3 1.8- 5.9 9 1.5 0.6- 3.3 10 1.0 0.4- 2.4
45-54 799 29 4.5 2.7- 7.4 725 90.6 87.1-93.3 26 2.7 1.4- 4.8 7 1.1 0.3- 3.6 12 1.1 0.5- 2.3
55-64 396 11 3.9 1.9- 8.0 361 91.5 87.0-94.6 13 2.2 1.1- 4.6 5 1.0 0.2- 4.8 6 1.2 0.5- 2.9
65-74 81 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6 75 92.5 82.5-97.0 2 2.4 0.4-12.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.9 0.6-12.2
75+ 23 0 0.0 . - . 22 93.9 66.3-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.1 0.8-33.7 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 214 10 4.0 1.7- 9.1 196 84.8 71.0-92.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 3 6.5 1.4-25.1 3 3.0 0.6-14.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 832 40 5.7 3.8- 8.4 749 88.8 85.2-91.6 21 2.6 1.2- 5.4 9 1.3 0.6- 3.0 13 1.6 0.8- 3.1
Some Post-H.S. 713 23 3.7 1.9- 7.1 653 92.3 88.7-94.8 19 2.3 1.2- 4.4 5 0.5 0.1- 1.7 13 1.2 0.6- 2.6
College Graduate 1,158 22 2.4 1.4- 4.2 1,044 90.0 86.8-92.5 63 5.9 3.9- 8.8 12 0.8 0.3- 1.9 17 0.9 0.5- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 4 3.6 1.1-11.1 92 89.9 78.2-95.7 3 2.6 0.5-12.8 2 3.8 0.8-16.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
$15,000- 24,999 329 17 8.5 4.0-17.1 296 88.3 80.3-93.3 8 1.7 0.7- 4.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.0 6 1.3 0.5- 3.0
$25,000- 34,999 371 12 3.2 1.6- 6.6 330 89.5 84.1-93.2 13 4.0 1.7- 9.1 8 1.4 0.6- 3.3 8 1.8 0.7- 4.6
$35,000- 49,999 523 9 2.1 0.9- 4.9 482 93.4 89.5-95.9 19 2.1 0.9- 4.9 5 1.8 0.6- 5.1 8 0.6 0.3- 1.4
$50,000-74,999 481 19 4.4 2.4- 7.8 432 90.2 85.8-93.3 21 4.1 2.2- 7.4 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 8 1.4 0.6- 3.2
$75,000+ 607 20 4.8 2.7- 8.3 554 89.9 85.5-93.1 26 4.7 2.6- 8.4 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 210 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 189 90.5 85.1-94.0 13 5.8 3.1-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.2 1.3- 7.4
Forsyth 206 7 4.4 1.7-11.0 178 86.6 80.0-91.2 11 4.6 2.4- 8.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2 6 2.9 1.3- 6.5
Guilford 161 11 8.7 4.5-15.9 145 89.3 82.0-93.9 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
Henderson/Transylvania 192 5 2.4 1.0- 5.9 173 91.5 86.4-94.8 9 4.4 2.1- 8.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7
Mecklenburg 164 6 3.7 1.5- 8.8 146 86.6 77.2-92.5 7 6.7 2.6-16.4 3 2.3 0.6- 8.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0
Orange 227 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 205 92.0 87.0-95.2 15 6.3 3.4-11.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Pitt 189 4 2.4 0.7- 7.8 175 93.0 87.3-96.3 5 1.7 0.6- 4.5 2 1.2 0.2- 5.4 3 1.7 0.5- 5.8
Randolph 229 9 4.6 2.1- 9.8 212 92.7 87.3-95.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 3 1.0 0.2- 4.1 2 1.1 0.2- 4.6
Robeson 94 4 3.4 1.1- 9.9 87 94.6 88.3-97.7 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
Wake 216 5 2.9 1.1- 7.3 202 93.9 89.4-96.5 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
Western NC 317 11 6.2 3.0-12.4 286 87.7 81.6-91.9 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 10 3.1 1.5- 6.3
Piedmont NC 414 19 4.2 2.6- 6.8 375 89.1 84.0-92.7 12 3.6 1.8- 7.3 4 2.2 0.6- 8.1 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4
Eastern NC 302 8 3.2 1.4- 7.0 273 90.4 85.5-93.8 12 3.5 1.8- 6.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 4 1.6 0.4- 5.8

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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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