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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,512 | 1,716 | 29.9 | 28.4-31.4 | 3,796 | 70.1 | 68.6-71.6 |
-Buncombe County | 130 | 35 | 24.6 | 17.5-33.5 | 95 | 75.4 | 66.5-82.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 61 | 19 | 27.3 | 17.1-40.5 | 42 | 72.7 | 59.5-82.9 |
Female | 69 | 16 | 21.2 | 12.8-33.0 | 53 | 78.8 | 67.0-87.2 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 121 | 34 | 26.3 | 18.6-35.6 | 87 | 73.7 | 64.4-81.4 |
Other | 9 | 1 | 6.4 | 0.8-35.9 | 8 | 93.6 | 64.1-99.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-44 | 42 | 12 | 29.5 | 16.7-46.6 | 30 | 70.5 | 53.4-83.3 |
45+ | 88 | 23 | 21.7 | 14.2-31.7 | 65 | 78.3 | 68.3-85.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 49 | 13 | 26.3 | 14.8-42.3 | 36 | 73.7 | 57.7-85.2 |
Some College + | 81 | 22 | 23.6 | 15.3-34.6 | 59 | 76.4 | 65.4-84.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 64 | 15 | 20.2 | 11.5-33.1 | 49 | 79.8 | 66.9-88.5 |
$50,000+ | 42 | 11 | 28.1 | 15.9-44.8 | 31 | 71.9 | 55.2-84.1 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having firearms.
^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 (MAHEC): 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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