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| Total Respond.^ |
True | False | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,079 | 3,854 | 53.5 | 51.6-55.3 | 1,317 | 19.2 | 17.7-20.8 | 1,908 | 27.3 | 25.7-29.1 |
| -Wake County | 384 | 233 | 61.0 | 55.0-66.8 | 49 | 11.8 | 8.4-16.2 | 102 | 27.2 | 22.1-32.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 154 | 77 | 50.4 | 40.9-59.8 | 29 | 16.5 | 10.7-24.7 | 48 | 33.1 | 24.8-42.6 |
| Female | 230 | 156 | 71.3 | 64.3-77.4 | 20 | 7.2 | 4.5-11.4 | 54 | 21.5 | 16.0-28.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 273 | 162 | 59.9 | 53.1-66.4 | 38 | 13.3 | 9.2-18.8 | 73 | 26.8 | 21.3-33.2 |
| Other | 109 | 71 | 64.1 | 51.8-74.8 | 10 | 8.7 | 4.0-18.0 | 28 | 27.2 | 17.6-39.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 248 | 167 | 67.9 | 60.6-74.5 | 32 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.7 | 49 | 20.1 | 14.9-26.7 |
| 45+ | 136 | 66 | 45.6 | 36.0-55.6 | 17 | 11.5 | 6.7-19.0 | 53 | 42.9 | 33.1-53.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 85 | 46 | 54.4 | 40.8-67.3 | 12 | 10.2 | 4.7-20.8 | 27 | 35.4 | 23.6-49.2 |
| Some College + | 298 | 186 | 63.4 | 56.9-69.4 | 37 | 12.6 | 8.7-17.8 | 75 | 24.1 | 19.1-29.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 147 | 87 | 58.7 | 48.4-68.4 | 22 | 13.5 | 8.1-21.5 | 38 | 27.8 | 19.4-38.2 |
| $50,000+ | 179 | 110 | 62.6 | 54.2-70.2 | 21 | 12.1 | 7.3-19.4 | 48 | 25.3 | 19.0-32.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 314 | 185 | 55.8 | 48.9-62.4 | 46 | 17.2 | 12.4-23.3 | 83 | 27.0 | 21.3-33.7 |
| Guilford | 341 | 197 | 56.7 | 50.2-62.9 | 61 | 20.4 | 15.3-26.6 | 83 | 22.9 | 18.2-28.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 360 | 198 | 52.9 | 46.2-59.5 | 59 | 18.2 | 13.3-24.3 | 103 | 28.9 | 23.5-35.0 |
| Orange | 373 | 245 | 61.5 | 53.2-69.1 | 49 | 13.2 | 9.3-18.4 | 79 | 25.4 | 18.4-33.8 |
| Wake | 384 | 233 | 61.0 | 55.0-66.8 | 49 | 11.8 | 8.4-16.2 | 102 | 27.2 | 22.1-32.9 |
| Chatham/Lee | 288 | 158 | 53.7 | 46.6-60.7 | 48 | 13.9 | 10.1-18.8 | 82 | 32.4 | 25.8-39.7 |
| Nash/Wilson | 287 | 156 | 49.6 | 42.8-56.4 | 50 | 21.9 | 16.1-29.2 | 81 | 28.5 | 22.7-35.0 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 313 | 164 | 51.9 | 45.1-58.6 | 67 | 22.2 | 16.8-28.7 | 82 | 26.0 | 20.3-32.5 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 321 | 150 | 44.2 | 37.7-50.8 | 74 | 25.0 | 19.6-31.3 | 97 | 30.8 | 24.3-38.3 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 337 | 173 | 50.3 | 42.4-58.1 | 58 | 16.2 | 12.0-21.5 | 106 | 33.5 | 26.3-41.7 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 372 | 204 | 50.4 | 41.2-59.7 | 80 | 26.8 | 17.0-39.5 | 88 | 22.8 | 17.0-29.8 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 311 | 151 | 40.2 | 29.9-51.4 | 72 | 20.9 | 14.7-28.7 | 88 | 38.9 | 25.4-54.4 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 375 | 201 | 51.3 | 45.4-57.2 | 68 | 19.6 | 15.2-24.8 | 106 | 29.1 | 24.1-34.8 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 308 | 158 | 54.6 | 47.5-61.6 | 64 | 20.8 | 15.9-26.8 | 86 | 24.5 | 19.4-30.6 |
| Northeast NC I | 333 | 154 | 43.1 | 36.2-50.2 | 85 | 27.3 | 21.6-33.9 | 94 | 29.6 | 22.2-38.4 |
| Northeast NC II | 371 | 213 | 61.1 | 54.9-66.9 | 67 | 16.0 | 12.3-20.6 | 91 | 22.9 | 18.0-28.7 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 704 | 367 | 54.8 | 49.9-59.5 | 152 | 20.0 | 16.7-23.6 | 185 | 25.3 | 21.0-30.1 |
| Mountain AHEC | 915 | 502 | 53.2 | 47.9-58.6 | 169 | 17.7 | 14.4-21.5 | 244 | 29.1 | 23.7-35.1 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 2,467 | 1,309 | 53.3 | 49.9-56.6 | 489 | 20.2 | 17.5-23.1 | 669 | 26.6 | 23.6-29.8 |
| Piedmont | 3,124 | 1,753 | 54.1 | 51.5-56.7 | 549 | 18.7 | 16.6-20.9 | 822 | 27.2 | 24.9-29.5 |
| Western NC | 1,488 | 792 | 51.1 | 46.8-55.3 | 279 | 19.2 | 16.2-22.7 | 417 | 29.7 | 25.6-34.2 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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