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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 | 1,672 | 218 | 12.9 | 11.0-15.0 | 302 | 19.5 | 17.2-22.0 | 735 | 43.1 | 40.3-46.0 | 259 | 14.7 | 12.8-16.9 | 158 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 109 | 29 | 26.6 | 18.1-37.2 | 22 | 19.7 | 11.8-31.1 | 45 | 38.4 | 28.3-49.6 | 6 | 7.5 | 2.8-18.9 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.5-16.3 |
25-34 | 636 | 112 | 17.6 | 14.3-21.5 | 139 | 23.9 | 20.1-28.2 | 252 | 38.0 | 33.7-42.4 | 76 | 12.1 | 9.4-15.4 | 57 | 8.4 | 6.3-11.2 |
35-44 | 674 | 49 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.2 | 105 | 17.7 | 14.3-21.7 | 315 | 46.4 | 41.9-51.0 | 140 | 19.7 | 16.3-23.5 | 65 | 8.9 | 6.7-11.7 |
45-54 | 196 | 16 | 8.4 | 4.6-15.0 | 27 | 13.7 | 9.1-20.3 | 100 | 50.6 | 42.3-58.8 | 30 | 13.0 | 8.6-19.2 | 23 | 14.2 | 9.2-21.4 |
55-64 | 36 | 9 | 15.9 | 6.6-33.6 | 7 | 17.7 | 6.4-40.3 | 10 | 22.7 | 10.4-42.7 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.1-20.0 | 6 | 36.8 | 15.6-64.8 |
65-74 | 14 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.6-14.1 | 2 | 4.3 | 0.9-17.6 | 8 | 84.5 | 61.7-94.9 | 2 | 8.2 | 1.7-32.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
75+ | 2 | 1 | 51.5 | 6.2-94.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 48.5 | 5.6-93.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 120 | 13 | 11.9 | 6.0-22.3 | 31 | 26.9 | 18.6-37.3 | 48 | 36.2 | 26.6-47.0 | 15 | 10.4 | 5.9-17.7 | 13 | 14.6 | 7.3-27.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 438 | 66 | 16.2 | 12.3-20.9 | 66 | 18.2 | 13.9-23.3 | 184 | 38.4 | 33.2-43.9 | 70 | 14.7 | 11.2-19.1 | 52 | 12.6 | 9.1-17.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 479 | 69 | 14.2 | 10.8-18.4 | 79 | 17.4 | 13.5-22.2 | 194 | 40.8 | 35.5-46.2 | 91 | 18.8 | 14.9-23.4 | 46 | 8.9 | 6.4-12.2 |
College Graduate | 633 | 70 | 9.9 | 7.5-13.0 | 126 | 20.3 | 16.7-24.4 | 307 | 49.4 | 44.8-54.1 | 83 | 12.8 | 10.0-16.3 | 47 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 81 | 13 | 13.0 | 7.2-22.4 | 16 | 28.0 | 17.3-42.0 | 25 | 29.7 | 18.3-44.4 | 16 | 15.3 | 8.6-25.6 | 11 | 14.0 | 7.4-24.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 215 | 34 | 17.7 | 11.8-25.7 | 41 | 20.1 | 13.9-28.2 | 92 | 39.3 | 31.7-47.5 | 31 | 13.8 | 9.3-20.0 | 17 | 9.1 | 5.4-15.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 192 | 24 | 12.0 | 7.2-19.5 | 25 | 14.9 | 9.6-22.4 | 90 | 46.5 | 37.8-55.5 | 31 | 13.9 | 9.3-20.2 | 22 | 12.7 | 7.0-21.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 269 | 34 | 11.5 | 7.9-16.5 | 44 | 19.1 | 13.6-26.1 | 127 | 45.7 | 38.9-52.7 | 42 | 15.9 | 11.4-21.7 | 22 | 7.8 | 4.9-12.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 275 | 41 | 15.9 | 11.3-22.0 | 51 | 19.6 | 14.6-25.7 | 125 | 44.0 | 37.3-50.9 | 35 | 12.5 | 8.4-18.2 | 23 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.5 |
$75,000+ | 369 | 38 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.3 | 61 | 16.6 | 12.6-21.5 | 172 | 46.5 | 40.5-52.6 | 70 | 18.9 | 14.5-24.3 | 28 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 319 | 41 | 13.4 | 9.3-18.8 | 58 | 19.3 | 14.5-25.3 | 127 | 40.0 | 33.6-46.7 | 56 | 15.2 | 11.2-20.3 | 37 | 12.1 | 8.0-18.0 |
No | 1,346 | 177 | 12.8 | 10.8-15.1 | 243 | 19.6 | 17.1-22.3 | 605 | 43.9 | 40.8-47.1 | 202 | 14.6 | 12.5-17.0 | 119 | 9.1 | 7.4-11.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 38 | 5 | 19.2 | 7.3-41.9 | 8 | 21.4 | 9.5-41.5 | 14 | 28.0 | 15.5-45.2 | 8 | 24.2 | 11.4-44.1 | 3 | 7.2 | 1.8-24.9 |
Non-Veteran | 1,625 | 212 | 12.8 | 10.9-14.9 | 293 | 19.5 | 17.2-22.0 | 719 | 43.6 | 40.7-46.5 | 247 | 14.3 | 12.4-16.5 | 154 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.8 |
Currently Serving | 9 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.8-34.4 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.6-29.8 | 2 | 18.0 | 3.9-54.5 | 4 | 49.4 | 17.9-81.4 | 1 | 21.7 | 3.2-69.6 |
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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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