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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--WHITE Respondents Only

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?

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  Total
Respond.#
Never Once a year Once a month Weekly/Daily Hourly/Constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,740 3,261 69.1 66.9-71.2 497 10.7 9.4-12.2 443 9.1 7.9-10.5 457 9.1 7.8-10.7 82 2.0 1.4- 2.7
GENDER
Male 1,824 1,177 63.9 60.3-67.4 193 12.0 9.7-14.6 202 10.4 8.3-12.8 216 11.5 9.1-14.3 36 2.3 1.4- 3.6
Female 2,916 2,084 73.9 71.6-76.2 304 9.5 8.2-11.1 241 7.9 6.6- 9.6 241 6.9 5.8- 8.3 46 1.6 1.0- 2.6
AGE
18-24 305 179 56.9 47.4-66.0 38 11.9 7.2-19.1 31 11.0 6.3-18.4 44 16.6 9.8-26.7 13 3.6 1.6- 7.9
25-34 761 448 58.0 52.7-63.1 102 14.7 11.3-19.0 99 14.0 10.5-18.5 101 11.5 8.8-14.9 11 1.7 0.6- 4.7
35-44 883 551 67.5 63.1-71.7 118 12.1 9.5-15.4 105 9.9 7.4-13.1 96 8.2 6.2-10.7 13 2.2 1.0- 4.8
45-54 950 604 68.1 63.4-72.5 117 11.8 8.7-15.7 105 9.5 7.0-12.7 108 8.9 6.7-11.9 16 1.7 0.9- 3.4
55-64 720 539 77.7 73.2-81.7 61 7.4 5.2-10.3 57 6.9 4.6-10.0 54 7.4 5.0-10.7 9 0.6 0.2- 1.5
65-74 614 507 84.1 79.5-87.8 36 5.7 3.5- 9.2 29 4.2 2.4- 7.1 34 4.1 2.6- 6.5 8 1.9 0.8- 4.5
75+ 476 408 84.4 78.7-88.8 22 5.4 3.0- 9.5 16 2.3 1.2- 4.3 18 5.3 2.7-10.2 12 2.6 1.3- 5.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 616 509 83.8 79.1-87.6 36 6.2 3.8- 9.8 17 1.5 0.8- 2.9 34 5.7 3.5- 9.1 20 2.7 1.5- 5.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,381 1,049 73.7 69.9-77.2 120 8.9 6.9-11.4 92 8.0 5.7-11.1 91 7.0 5.2- 9.3 29 2.4 1.4- 4.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,101 790 69.8 64.7-74.4 118 11.6 8.7-15.3 79 7.7 5.6-10.5 99 9.4 6.1-14.3 15 1.5 0.6- 3.4
College Graduate 1,634 908 56.0 52.2-59.6 222 14.3 11.8-17.2 253 15.2 12.7-18.1 233 13.1 10.9-15.7 18 1.4 0.7- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 403 299 73.5 65.7-80.1 30 7.2 4.0-12.6 26 8.1 4.3-14.5 35 6.5 4.0-10.4 13 4.7 2.0-10.9
$15,000- 24,999 647 480 75.1 69.1-80.2 55 9.4 6.4-13.5 45 6.3 3.5-11.2 51 6.7 4.2-10.6 16 2.6 1.2- 5.3
$25,000- 34,999 547 383 69.4 62.6-75.4 64 12.5 8.4-18.1 37 9.0 5.2-15.1 56 8.5 5.8-12.2 7 0.7 0.3- 1.8
$35,000- 49,999 685 464 67.4 61.7-72.7 80 12.7 8.7-18.1 66 9.4 6.7-13.1 69 9.5 6.8-13.1 6 0.9 0.3- 2.5
$50,000-74,999 609 371 61.6 55.0-67.8 83 13.1 9.8-17.3 79 11.8 8.5-16.2 67 11.5 6.8-18.8 9 2.0 0.9- 4.5
$75,000+ 729 407 56.4 51.1-61.5 106 14.4 11.2-18.3 118 15.4 11.8-19.8 89 12.3 9.1-16.4 9 1.5 0.5- 4.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 338 232 68.6 62.3-74.2 38 10.9 7.4-15.7 26 8.3 5.2-13.1 39 10.7 7.5-15.0 3 1.5 0.5- 4.6
Forsyth 327 218 64.4 57.9-70.3 33 10.2 6.8-14.9 41 13.6 9.8-18.7 28 9.0 5.9-13.5 7 2.8 1.2- 6.6
Guilford 260 173 62.9 55.6-69.6 24 10.8 6.8-16.8 31 14.2 9.7-20.3 24 9.3 6.0-14.1 8 2.8 1.2- 6.3
Henderson/Transylvania 400 301 74.6 69.3-79.3 46 11.3 8.1-15.4 27 7.8 5.2-11.7 23 5.7 3.6- 8.8 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1
Mecklenburg 252 154 53.3 44.6-61.9 33 18.1 11.3-27.7 26 12.9 7.0-22.5 30 12.0 8.0-17.6 9 3.8 1.7- 8.3
Orange 331 154 46.5 37.5-55.7 40 10.2 7.1-14.5 66 19.8 15.0-25.8 67 22.2 16.8-28.7 4 1.2 0.3- 4.9
Pitt 277 188 69.6 62.6-75.7 29 10.3 6.8-15.4 28 9.0 6.0-13.1 32 11.2 7.5-16.3 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 362 255 68.3 60.0-75.6 36 9.7 6.5-14.1 22 5.3 3.3- 8.2 35 9.1 6.1-13.2 14 7.7 2.8-19.1
Robeson 159 109 61.2 50.8-70.6 13 7.5 4.2-13.0 13 9.7 4.4-20.0 16 13.9 7.6-24.0 8 7.8 3.7-15.7
Wake 288 177 58.9 52.1-65.3 47 16.8 12.5-22.1 31 11.1 7.4-16.1 31 11.8 7.8-17.5 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8
Western NC 569 426 73.7 69.1-77.9 53 10.0 7.3-13.7 40 6.6 4.7- 9.1 41 7.5 5.3-10.5 9 2.2 0.8- 5.6
Piedmont NC 669 487 71.3 66.4-75.8 58 8.3 6.0-11.4 58 8.4 6.1-11.5 58 10.4 7.2-14.8 8 1.5 0.7- 3.5
Eastern NC 508 387 74.4 69.5-78.7 47 10.2 7.4-13.9 34 8.2 5.5-12.0 33 5.8 3.9- 8.5 7 1.5 0.6- 3.5

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#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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