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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 | 6,820 | 2,417 | 34.1 | 32.7-35.5 | 1,554 | 23.4 | 22.2-24.7 | 1,380 | 21.6 | 20.4-22.9 | 501 | 7.4 | 6.7- 8.2 | 968 | 13.4 | 12.5-14.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 305 | 71 | 21.8 | 16.7-27.9 | 62 | 20.7 | 15.5-27.2 | 82 | 27.4 | 21.6-34.0 | 43 | 14.4 | 10.2-19.8 | 47 | 15.8 | 11.5-21.1 |
25-34 | 952 | 276 | 29.4 | 26.1-33.0 | 239 | 26.4 | 23.2-29.9 | 239 | 25.8 | 22.5-29.3 | 84 | 7.9 | 6.2-10.1 | 114 | 10.5 | 8.5-12.9 |
35-44 | 1,209 | 412 | 33.2 | 30.1-36.5 | 321 | 26.5 | 23.6-29.7 | 250 | 22.2 | 19.3-25.4 | 86 | 7.0 | 5.5- 8.9 | 140 | 11.0 | 9.1-13.3 |
45-54 | 1,274 | 428 | 33.1 | 30.1-36.4 | 301 | 23.9 | 21.1-26.9 | 292 | 22.9 | 20.2-25.9 | 90 | 7.1 | 5.5- 9.0 | 163 | 13.0 | 10.8-15.6 |
55-64 | 1,205 | 429 | 34.2 | 31.1-37.5 | 278 | 24.4 | 21.6-27.6 | 250 | 21.4 | 18.7-24.4 | 78 | 6.2 | 4.8- 7.9 | 170 | 13.8 | 11.5-16.5 |
65-74 | 997 | 422 | 42.9 | 39.2-46.7 | 199 | 18.2 | 15.6-21.2 | 158 | 16.2 | 13.6-19.2 | 68 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.1 | 150 | 15.1 | 12.6-18.0 |
75+ | 846 | 368 | 41.4 | 37.4-45.5 | 145 | 18.1 | 15.0-21.6 | 102 | 14.1 | 11.3-17.6 | 52 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.6 | 179 | 20.2 | 17.2-23.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 865 | 322 | 35.0 | 31.1-39.0 | 134 | 14.8 | 12.2-17.9 | 130 | 16.4 | 13.5-19.9 | 60 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.7 | 219 | 25.8 | 22.2-29.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,997 | 648 | 30.6 | 28.2-33.1 | 367 | 19.2 | 17.1-21.4 | 444 | 23.9 | 21.6-26.4 | 189 | 9.3 | 7.9-11.0 | 349 | 17.0 | 15.0-19.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,826 | 635 | 33.1 | 30.5-35.7 | 438 | 25.0 | 22.6-27.7 | 379 | 22.1 | 19.8-24.7 | 128 | 6.8 | 5.6- 8.4 | 246 | 12.9 | 11.2-14.9 |
College Graduate | 2,125 | 810 | 37.8 | 35.3-40.3 | 613 | 28.8 | 26.6-31.2 | 427 | 21.0 | 19.0-23.3 | 122 | 5.9 | 4.8- 7.3 | 153 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 705 | 278 | 38.3 | 34.0-42.9 | 116 | 16.6 | 13.4-20.5 | 116 | 17.4 | 13.9-21.5 | 50 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.0 | 145 | 21.0 | 17.5-25.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,067 | 394 | 35.7 | 32.2-39.3 | 189 | 17.1 | 14.4-20.1 | 186 | 19.1 | 16.3-22.2 | 98 | 9.2 | 7.3-11.6 | 200 | 18.9 | 16.2-22.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 765 | 253 | 30.8 | 26.9-34.9 | 165 | 22.3 | 18.9-26.2 | 168 | 22.6 | 19.1-26.6 | 69 | 9.8 | 7.5-12.8 | 110 | 14.5 | 11.4-18.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 881 | 284 | 32.3 | 28.7-36.1 | 198 | 21.7 | 18.7-25.1 | 217 | 24.2 | 21.0-27.7 | 77 | 9.0 | 6.9-11.6 | 105 | 12.8 | 10.2-15.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 864 | 275 | 29.5 | 26.1-33.1 | 236 | 27.9 | 24.4-31.7 | 200 | 25.0 | 21.7-28.7 | 67 | 7.5 | 5.6- 9.9 | 86 | 10.1 | 7.9-12.8 |
$75,000+ | 995 | 359 | 36.1 | 32.6-39.8 | 305 | 31.7 | 28.3-35.3 | 214 | 21.2 | 18.3-24.4 | 52 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.0 | 65 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,230 | 857 | 37.0 | 34.5-39.5 | 451 | 20.8 | 18.7-23.0 | 367 | 18.0 | 16.0-20.3 | 156 | 7.3 | 6.1- 8.8 | 399 | 16.9 | 15.0-18.9 |
No | 4,552 | 1,546 | 32.8 | 31.1-34.4 | 1,094 | 24.6 | 23.1-26.2 | 1,008 | 23.4 | 21.9-24.9 | 343 | 7.4 | 6.6- 8.4 | 561 | 11.8 | 10.7-13.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 98 | 36 | 36.5 | 26.0-48.5 | 17 | 18.2 | 10.2-30.2 | 26 | 29.5 | 19.6-41.7 | 10 | 7.7 | 3.8-14.9 | 9 | 8.2 | 4.1-15.7 |
Non-Veteran | 6,702 | 2,373 | 34.0 | 32.7-35.4 | 1,528 | 23.5 | 22.2-24.8 | 1,353 | 21.6 | 20.3-22.8 | 490 | 7.4 | 6.7- 8.2 | 958 | 13.5 | 12.5-14.5 |
Currently Serving | 20 | 8 | 43.2 | 20.6-69.0 | 9 | 37.1 | 17.2-62.6 | 1 | 7.8 | 1.1-39.4 | 1 | 6.7 | 0.9-35.5 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.7-29.5 |
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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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