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Total Respond.^ |
Always | Nearly always | Sometimes | Seldom | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,718 | 578 | 33.9 | 31.1-36.8 | 249 | 14.6 | 12.7-16.8 | 368 | 22.1 | 19.8-24.7 | 97 | 6.4 | 5.1- 8.2 | 426 | 23.0 | 20.6-25.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 112 | 20 | 21.2 | 12.5-33.6 | 13 | 12.4 | 6.8-21.3 | 35 | 28.7 | 19.5-40.1 | 11 | 10.2 | 5.0-19.6 | 33 | 27.6 | 18.7-38.6 |
25-34 | 317 | 72 | 25.1 | 19.5-31.6 | 48 | 14.2 | 10.3-19.3 | 82 | 26.6 | 21.3-32.8 | 28 | 9.7 | 6.0-15.3 | 87 | 24.4 | 19.2-30.4 |
35-44 | 334 | 99 | 28.2 | 22.4-34.9 | 41 | 13.2 | 9.2-18.4 | 82 | 25.4 | 20.0-31.7 | 15 | 5.6 | 3.1- 9.9 | 97 | 27.6 | 22.2-33.7 |
45-54 | 327 | 101 | 33.6 | 27.5-40.4 | 50 | 15.2 | 11.0-20.7 | 63 | 20.8 | 15.6-27.0 | 18 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.8 | 95 | 24.6 | 19.5-30.4 |
55-64 | 248 | 112 | 47.7 | 40.3-55.3 | 39 | 14.9 | 10.2-21.3 | 46 | 16.9 | 12.4-22.7 | 10 | 5.1 | 2.5-10.2 | 41 | 15.4 | 11.0-21.1 |
65-74 | 211 | 96 | 44.1 | 35.7-52.8 | 36 | 18.5 | 13.0-25.6 | 34 | 16.2 | 10.6-24.1 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.6 | 38 | 17.2 | 11.5-24.8 |
75+ | 158 | 70 | 43.1 | 34.2-52.4 | 22 | 15.5 | 9.3-24.9 | 25 | 17.9 | 11.8-26.2 | 8 | 5.0 | 2.4-10.4 | 33 | 18.5 | 12.3-27.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 364 | 156 | 41.6 | 35.7-47.8 | 47 | 13.2 | 9.6-17.9 | 60 | 16.8 | 12.8-21.8 | 13 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.7 | 88 | 24.1 | 19.0-30.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 558 | 161 | 29.4 | 24.9-34.5 | 72 | 12.9 | 9.8-16.7 | 128 | 23.1 | 19.0-27.9 | 30 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.6 | 167 | 28.9 | 24.6-33.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 450 | 136 | 31.7 | 26.4-37.5 | 63 | 14.0 | 10.5-18.4 | 100 | 23.3 | 18.7-28.5 | 30 | 7.7 | 4.9-12.0 | 121 | 23.4 | 19.0-28.4 |
College Graduate | 343 | 123 | 37.1 | 30.8-43.9 | 66 | 18.4 | 14.0-23.8 | 80 | 23.8 | 18.8-29.7 | 24 | 7.9 | 4.9-12.3 | 50 | 12.8 | 9.1-17.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 372 | 146 | 37.6 | 31.9-43.7 | 34 | 10.0 | 6.9-14.2 | 70 | 19.3 | 14.9-24.7 | 20 | 7.8 | 4.4-13.5 | 102 | 25.3 | 20.5-30.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 419 | 150 | 38.0 | 32.3-44.1 | 50 | 12.8 | 9.3-17.5 | 86 | 21.4 | 16.8-26.9 | 21 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.1 | 112 | 23.9 | 19.4-29.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 224 | 67 | 32.2 | 25.1-40.2 | 37 | 13.5 | 9.4-19.0 | 49 | 26.1 | 19.0-34.6 | 13 | 7.2 | 3.7-13.5 | 58 | 21.1 | 15.7-27.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 172 | 48 | 25.2 | 18.3-33.6 | 32 | 21.6 | 14.6-30.7 | 45 | 23.8 | 17.4-31.7 | 11 | 7.3 | 3.9-13.4 | 36 | 22.0 | 15.4-30.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 91 | 27 | 34.0 | 22.7-47.4 | 9 | 6.5 | 3.2-12.8 | 30 | 31.9 | 21.9-43.9 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.5-17.4 | 19 | 20.7 | 12.0-33.4 |
$75,000+ | 79 | 25 | 29.0 | 19.0-41.6 | 17 | 25.9 | 15.8-39.3 | 10 | 14.3 | 7.4-26.0 | 12 | 14.6 | 7.6-26.1 | 15 | 16.2 | 9.4-26.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 620 | 238 | 35.9 | 31.6-40.5 | 69 | 12.6 | 9.6-16.5 | 115 | 20.0 | 16.2-24.3 | 32 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.0 | 166 | 25.5 | 21.7-29.8 |
No | 1,079 | 332 | 32.8 | 29.2-36.6 | 177 | 15.5 | 13.1-18.3 | 250 | 23.3 | 20.4-26.6 | 65 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.0 | 255 | 21.6 | 18.7-24.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 50 | 23 | 48.6 | 31.2-66.2 | 9 | 22.4 | 10.7-40.8 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.4-17.6 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.3 | 12 | 21.2 | 11.1-36.7 |
Non-Veteran | 1,659 | 555 | 33.5 | 30.7-36.4 | 237 | 14.3 | 12.4-16.5 | 361 | 22.6 | 20.2-25.2 | 96 | 6.6 | 5.2- 8.4 | 410 | 22.9 | 20.6-25.5 |
Currently Serving | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 27.8 | 7.7-64.1 | 2 | 22.9 | 5.6-59.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 49.3 | 19.1-80.1 |
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^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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