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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%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,851 | 2,538 | 63.1 | 60.7-65.4 | 830 | 22.2 | 20.3-24.3 | 483 | 14.7 | 13.0-16.6 |
| Wake County | 294 | 230 | 77.9 | 71.8-82.9 | 37 | 12.3 | 8.6-17.4 | 27 | 9.8 | 6.5-14.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 135 | 104 | 75.4 | 66.0-82.8 | 13 | 10.6 | 5.8-18.6 | 18 | 14.0 | 8.5-22.1 |
| Female | 159 | 126 | 81.0 | 73.6-86.8 | 24 | 14.4 | 9.4-21.6 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.3- 8.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 212 | 173 | 82.3 | 75.8-87.4 | 22 | 9.9 | 6.2-15.4 | 17 | 7.8 | 4.6-12.8 |
| Other | 80 | 56 | 67.5 | 53.7-78.9 | 14 | 17.7 | 9.7-30.1 | 10 | 14.8 | 7.4-27.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 178 | 135 | 76.3 | 68.4-82.7 | 22 | 11.9 | 7.4-18.6 | 21 | 11.8 | 7.4-18.3 |
| 45+ | 112 | 92 | 81.5 | 71.4-88.6 | 14 | 11.9 | 6.5-20.6 | 6 | 6.6 | 2.6-15.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 69 | 46 | 61.0 | 46.7-73.7 | 10 | 18.3 | 9.2-33.1 | 13 | 20.7 | 11.6-34.3 |
| Some College + | 225 | 184 | 83.6 | 77.8-88.2 | 27 | 10.2 | 6.8-15.1 | 14 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 108 | 72 | 64.1 | 52.5-74.2 | 18 | 17.5 | 10.2-28.3 | 18 | 18.4 | 11.1-29.0 |
| $50,000+ | 137 | 119 | 86.4 | 78.7-91.7 | 14 | 9.8 | 5.5-16.8 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.4- 9.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 235 | 168 | 66.3 | 58.9-73.1 | 34 | 16.9 | 12.1-23.2 | 33 | 16.7 | 11.7-23.4 |
| Forsyth | 274 | 191 | 64.3 | 56.9-71.1 | 60 | 23.2 | 17.8-29.6 | 23 | 12.5 | 7.7-19.8 |
| Guilford | 246 | 177 | 66.6 | 58.7-73.6 | 48 | 22.3 | 16.4-29.7 | 21 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.7 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 216 | 120 | 54.1 | 45.2-62.8 | 59 | 28.0 | 21.0-36.4 | 37 | 17.8 | 12.5-24.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 287 | 209 | 70.1 | 62.8-76.4 | 54 | 18.7 | 13.8-24.7 | 24 | 11.3 | 7.1-17.5 |
| Orange | 282 | 217 | 77.3 | 70.2-83.1 | 38 | 14.1 | 9.6-20.1 | 27 | 8.6 | 5.6-13.1 |
| Pitt | 260 | 167 | 58.3 | 49.8-66.4 | 65 | 31.2 | 23.3-40.4 | 28 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.4 |
| Randolph | 246 | 146 | 58.2 | 50.7-65.4 | 62 | 23.4 | 17.9-30.1 | 38 | 18.3 | 13.1-25.1 |
| Robeson | 232 | 137 | 53.7 | 45.4-61.7 | 61 | 26.0 | 19.5-33.7 | 34 | 20.4 | 13.9-28.9 |
| Western NC | 338 | 184 | 51.3 | 45.1-57.5 | 92 | 28.1 | 22.8-34.1 | 62 | 20.6 | 15.8-26.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 509 | 325 | 63.1 | 57.7-68.1 | 115 | 21.0 | 17.2-25.4 | 69 | 15.9 | 12.3-20.3 |
| Eastern NC | 432 | 267 | 59.2 | 53.2-64.8 | 105 | 25.9 | 21.0-31.6 | 60 | 14.9 | 11.1-19.7 |
* 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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