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Not allowed | Allowed in some areas | Allowed in all areas | No official policy | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,043 | 2,569 | 84.9 | 83.3-86.4 | 341 | 11.3 | 9.9-12.8 | 68 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.5 | 65 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.6 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 145 | 111 | 77.5 | 69.1-84.1 | 23 | 15.7 | 10.2-23.3 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.5 | 6 | 4.6 | 1.9-10.7 |
25-34 | 591 | 495 | 84.6 | 80.9-87.7 | 74 | 12.1 | 9.3-15.6 | 12 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.5 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.7- 2.9 |
35-44 | 790 | 667 | 84.8 | 81.3-87.8 | 90 | 11.2 | 8.7-14.4 | 18 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.5 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 |
45-54 | 841 | 719 | 85.7 | 82.4-88.4 | 89 | 10.8 | 8.4-13.9 | 17 | 1.7 | 1.0- 3.0 | 16 | 1.7 | 1.0- 3.1 |
55-64 | 520 | 444 | 87.1 | 83.5-90.0 | 50 | 9.5 | 6.9-12.9 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 | 13 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.6 |
65-74 | 116 | 102 | 89.6 | 81.8-94.3 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.2 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.9 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.0-11.8 |
75+ | 26 | 20 | 82.2 | 60.1-93.4 | 4 | 15.2 | 4.9-38.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.6 | 0.6-10.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 156 | 100 | 66.1 | 56.7-74.4 | 36 | 19.1 | 13.2-26.9 | 11 | 6.2 | 3.1-12.3 | 9 | 8.5 | 3.9-17.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 796 | 623 | 78.6 | 75.0-81.8 | 120 | 15.5 | 12.7-18.8 | 33 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.7 | 20 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 866 | 725 | 84.2 | 80.8-87.1 | 109 | 13.0 | 10.3-16.4 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.1 | 21 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.7 |
College Graduate | 1,225 | 1,121 | 91.8 | 89.7-93.5 | 76 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.3 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.0 | 15 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 115 | 72 | 58.9 | 46.6-70.2 | 25 | 27.7 | 17.5-40.9 | 9 | 7.0 | 3.2-14.6 | 9 | 6.4 | 2.9-13.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 373 | 281 | 74.1 | 68.3-79.1 | 61 | 17.5 | 13.3-22.6 | 18 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.2 | 13 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 393 | 308 | 78.2 | 72.6-82.9 | 65 | 18.0 | 13.5-23.5 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 540 | 459 | 84.7 | 80.5-88.1 | 63 | 11.8 | 8.9-15.6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.8 | 10 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 558 | 500 | 89.1 | 85.2-92.1 | 45 | 8.8 | 6.0-12.6 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.3 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.7 |
$75,000+ | 658 | 595 | 91.7 | 89.1-93.7 | 48 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.1 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.9 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 566 | 465 | 81.7 | 77.2-85.5 | 66 | 13.0 | 9.6-17.3 | 22 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.5 | 13 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.3 |
No | 2,439 | 2,076 | 85.9 | 84.2-87.5 | 268 | 10.7 | 9.3-12.2 | 44 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.1 | 51 | 2.0 | 1.4- 2.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 46 | 42 | 91.9 | 79.3-97.1 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.9-18.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Veteran | 2,981 | 2,512 | 84.8 | 83.1-86.3 | 337 | 11.4 | 10.0-12.9 | 67 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.5 | 65 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.7 |
Currently Serving | 16 | 15 | 97.0 | 80.8-99.6 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-19.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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