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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 | 3,046 | 2,802 | 92.0 | 90.7-93.1 | 130 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 | 64 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.4 | 50 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.5 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 144 | 126 | 86.8 | 78.9-92.1 | 11 | 7.7 | 3.9-14.8 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.4 | 3 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.6 |
25-34 | 590 | 538 | 92.1 | 89.3-94.2 | 30 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.5 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.4 |
35-44 | 791 | 735 | 92.3 | 89.2-94.6 | 31 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.3 | 14 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.7 | 11 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 |
45-54 | 842 | 783 | 93.3 | 91.0-95.1 | 29 | 3.1 | 1.9- 4.9 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.7 | 16 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.7 |
55-64 | 522 | 477 | 91.0 | 87.2-93.8 | 24 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.9 | 12 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.3 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.1 |
65-74 | 117 | 106 | 90.4 | 82.5-95.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.9 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.1- 8.8 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.5-12.3 |
75+ | 26 | 24 | 95.8 | 81.6-99.1 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 156 | 123 | 77.1 | 67.8-84.3 | 16 | 8.6 | 4.8-14.7 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.6-13.8 | 7 | 7.2 | 3.0-16.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 797 | 709 | 88.2 | 85.1-90.8 | 42 | 6.4 | 4.4- 9.2 | 30 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.7 | 16 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 866 | 798 | 92.6 | 89.8-94.7 | 41 | 4.7 | 3.0- 7.3 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.0 | 17 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.3 |
College Graduate | 1,227 | 1,172 | 95.8 | 94.3-96.9 | 31 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.9 | 14 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.7 | 10 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 115 | 94 | 83.8 | 74.8-90.1 | 10 | 7.2 | 3.6-14.1 | 7 | 6.3 | 2.6-14.2 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.9- 7.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 373 | 322 | 83.3 | 77.7-87.7 | 20 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.9 | 20 | 6.0 | 3.6- 9.8 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 392 | 357 | 92.3 | 88.6-94.9 | 21 | 5.3 | 3.1- 8.9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.5 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.6- 2.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 540 | 501 | 92.9 | 89.6-95.2 | 23 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.2 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.4 | 10 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 557 | 525 | 93.4 | 89.6-95.9 | 24 | 5.2 | 3.0- 9.0 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 |
$75,000+ | 662 | 625 | 94.8 | 92.5-96.4 | 20 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.3 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.0 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 569 | 512 | 91.1 | 88.1-93.4 | 28 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.5 | 19 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.5 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.6 |
No | 2,439 | 2,255 | 92.1 | 90.6-93.4 | 101 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.9 | 44 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.1 | 39 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 46 | 43 | 93.5 | 80.7-98.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.4 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-18.4 |
Non-Veteran | 2,984 | 2,743 | 91.9 | 90.6-93.1 | 129 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 | 63 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.4 | 49 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.5 |
Currently Serving | 16 | 16 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 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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