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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 |
| Western NC | 338 | 184 | 51.3 | 45.1-57.5 | 92 | 28.1 | 22.8-34.1 | 62 | 20.6 | 15.8-26.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 168 | 80 | 46.6 | 38.1-55.3 | 46 | 27.4 | 20.3-35.8 | 42 | 26.1 | 19.0-34.6 |
| Female | 170 | 104 | 58.9 | 50.5-66.8 | 46 | 29.3 | 22.3-37.5 | 20 | 11.8 | 7.4-18.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 314 | 172 | 51.8 | 45.3-58.2 | 87 | 28.7 | 23.2-34.9 | 55 | 19.6 | 14.7-25.6 |
| Other | 23 | 11 | 43.8 | 23.0-67.1 | 5 | 22.7 | 8.3-48.8 | 7 | 33.5 | 15.3-58.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 179 | 85 | 45.4 | 37.1-54.1 | 50 | 28.3 | 21.0-36.8 | 44 | 26.3 | 19.1-34.9 |
| 45+ | 158 | 98 | 59.0 | 50.2-67.4 | 42 | 28.0 | 20.9-36.5 | 18 | 12.9 | 7.9-20.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 168 | 76 | 43.7 | 35.2-52.6 | 60 | 34.6 | 27.0-43.2 | 32 | 21.6 | 14.7-30.6 |
| Some College + | 170 | 108 | 59.7 | 50.6-68.1 | 32 | 20.9 | 14.1-29.8 | 30 | 19.5 | 13.4-27.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 207 | 107 | 48.9 | 40.9-57.0 | 59 | 28.7 | 21.9-36.6 | 41 | 22.4 | 16.0-30.5 |
| $50,000+ | 86 | 54 | 61.0 | 49.1-71.8 | 20 | 23.4 | 15.1-34.4 | 12 | 15.6 | 8.5-26.7 |
| 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 |
| Wake | 294 | 230 | 77.9 | 71.8-82.9 | 37 | 12.3 | 8.6-17.4 | 27 | 9.8 | 6.5-14.7 |
| 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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