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| Total Respond.^ |
Do NOT want to have one | Do want to have one | Not sure if do or don't | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,458 | 1,437 | 41.9 | 39.9-43.9 | 1,398 | 40.1 | 38.1-42.1 | 623 | 18.0 | 16.5-19.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,139 | 482 | 42.9 | 39.5-46.4 | 474 | 41.4 | 38.0-44.8 | 183 | 15.7 | 13.3-18.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 551 | 266 | 47.8 | 42.9-52.7 | 204 | 37.4 | 32.7-42.3 | 81 | 14.9 | 11.6-18.8 |
| Female | 588 | 216 | 36.3 | 31.8-40.9 | 270 | 46.9 | 42.2-51.6 | 102 | 16.9 | 13.6-20.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 741 | 306 | 42.6 | 38.4-46.8 | 311 | 40.4 | 36.3-44.6 | 124 | 17.1 | 14.0-20.6 |
| African American | 270 | 134 | 49.7 | 42.7-56.7 | 101 | 39.9 | 33.1-47.1 | 35 | 10.4 | 7.3-14.7 |
| Other Minorities | 4 | 3 | 93.9 | 60.1-99.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 6.1 | 0.6-39.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 214 | 39 | 18.7 | 13.2-25.8 | 145 | 66.4 | 58.3-73.5 | 30 | 15.0 | 10.0-21.8 |
| 25-34 | 470 | 145 | 31.1 | 26.3-36.2 | 231 | 49.7 | 44.3-55.1 | 94 | 19.3 | 15.3-23.9 |
| 35-44 | 296 | 171 | 57.9 | 51.2-64.2 | 81 | 27.9 | 22.3-34.2 | 44 | 14.3 | 10.3-19.4 |
| 45-54 (All Males*) | 107 | 85 | 82.4 | 73.3-88.9 | 12 | 10.5 | 5.6-18.8 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.5-13.7 |
| 55-59 (All Males*) | 52 | 42 | 76.8 | 58.4-88.7 | 5 | 7.9 | 3.2-18.4 | 5 | 15.3 | 5.4-36.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 129 | 57 | 37.2 | 28.1-47.4 | 51 | 43.2 | 32.8-54.3 | 21 | 19.6 | 11.9-30.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 331 | 157 | 48.5 | 42.2-54.9 | 121 | 36.0 | 30.1-42.2 | 53 | 15.5 | 11.5-20.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 339 | 129 | 37.8 | 32.1-44.0 | 156 | 48.6 | 42.5-54.8 | 54 | 13.5 | 10.0-18.1 |
| College Graduate | 339 | 138 | 44.8 | 38.6-51.2 | 146 | 39.0 | 33.3-45.1 | 55 | 16.1 | 12.1-21.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 98 | 44 | 41.3 | 30.0-53.6 | 39 | 47.4 | 35.0-60.1 | 15 | 11.3 | 6.3-19.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 198 | 77 | 37.2 | 29.5-45.6 | 84 | 41.3 | 33.1-49.9 | 37 | 21.5 | 14.7-30.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 159 | 63 | 41.1 | 32.6-50.1 | 74 | 48.3 | 39.6-57.1 | 22 | 10.6 | 6.8-16.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 182 | 73 | 43.3 | 35.1-52.0 | 74 | 38.3 | 30.6-46.6 | 35 | 18.4 | 12.8-25.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 152 | 67 | 45.4 | 36.5-54.5 | 70 | 44.6 | 35.8-53.8 | 15 | 10.0 | 5.7-16.9 |
| $75,000+ | 174 | 78 | 48.0 | 39.6-56.5 | 66 | 34.4 | 27.0-42.6 | 30 | 17.6 | 11.9-25.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 217 | 98 | 44.0 | 36.6-51.8 | 86 | 41.9 | 34.5-49.6 | 33 | 14.1 | 9.7-20.1 |
| No | 897 | 375 | 42.8 | 38.9-46.7 | 375 | 41.1 | 37.3-45.1 | 147 | 16.1 | 13.4-19.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 115 | 66 | 58.9 | 48.2-68.8 | 32 | 28.7 | 20.2-39.0 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.3-20.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 948 | 389 | 41.0 | 37.3-44.7 | 405 | 42.7 | 39.0-46.5 | 154 | 16.3 | 13.6-19.4 |
| Currently Serving | 76 | 27 | 41.7 | 29.4-55.1 | 37 | 44.6 | 32.3-57.6 | 12 | 13.7 | 7.3-24.2 |
* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant, or male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old
^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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