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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 | 847 | 99 | 11.0 | 8.9-13.7 | 181 | 20.6 | 17.6-23.9 | 393 | 48.3 | 44.4-52.2 | 119 | 13.1 | 10.8-15.9 | 55 | 7.0 | 5.2- 9.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 40 | 8 | 17.4 | 7.7-34.8 | 17 | 42.2 | 26.8-59.4 | 11 | 30.3 | 16.6-48.8 | 4 | 10.0 | 3.4-26.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
25-34 | 282 | 43 | 14.4 | 10.5-19.5 | 80 | 26.1 | 20.6-32.4 | 116 | 42.5 | 35.9-49.4 | 27 | 10.1 | 6.7-15.0 | 16 | 6.8 | 3.9-11.6 |
35-44 | 354 | 37 | 10.5 | 7.3-14.9 | 53 | 15.2 | 11.2-20.2 | 185 | 52.7 | 46.7-58.7 | 52 | 12.8 | 9.5-17.0 | 27 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.0 |
45-54 | 127 | 9 | 5.8 | 2.7-11.8 | 21 | 13.2 | 8.2-20.6 | 63 | 55.0 | 45.0-64.6 | 26 | 21.1 | 14.1-30.5 | 8 | 4.9 | 2.1-10.8 |
55-64 | 34 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.6 | 7 | 26.3 | 11.9-48.6 | 16 | 55.4 | 35.4-73.8 | 7 | 11.5 | 4.8-24.7 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-16.3 |
65-74 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 32.0 | 9.0-69.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 39.0 | 12.4-74.4 | 2 | 29.0 | 7.2-68.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 73 | 13 | 15.1 | 8.2-26.1 | 15 | 19.0 | 11.0-30.9 | 34 | 52.8 | 39.5-65.8 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.5-12.7 | 5 | 7.3 | 2.8-17.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 237 | 27 | 10.4 | 6.8-15.6 | 45 | 20.0 | 14.5-26.9 | 105 | 43.6 | 36.4-51.1 | 42 | 17.4 | 12.5-23.7 | 18 | 8.6 | 5.1-14.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 209 | 29 | 12.7 | 8.4-18.8 | 55 | 26.5 | 20.2-34.1 | 80 | 39.3 | 32.0-47.0 | 33 | 15.8 | 11.1-22.0 | 12 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.4 |
College Graduate | 327 | 30 | 9.6 | 6.5-14.0 | 65 | 17.9 | 13.7-23.1 | 174 | 55.6 | 49.3-61.7 | 38 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.6 | 20 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 19 | 2 | 7.7 | 1.9-27.0 | 7 | 41.8 | 20.4-66.9 | 5 | 24.9 | 10.1-49.4 | 5 | 25.6 | 10.3-50.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
$15,000- 24,999 | 70 | 7 | 6.9 | 2.9-15.5 | 27 | 36.7 | 24.8-50.4 | 25 | 42.9 | 29.7-57.2 | 11 | 13.4 | 7.0-24.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
$25,000- 34,999 | 107 | 14 | 11.3 | 6.3-19.6 | 26 | 24.2 | 16.1-34.8 | 42 | 41.1 | 30.5-52.6 | 14 | 12.9 | 7.0-22.4 | 11 | 10.4 | 5.4-19.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 131 | 23 | 17.5 | 11.3-26.3 | 22 | 16.5 | 10.3-25.3 | 63 | 50.6 | 40.9-60.3 | 15 | 9.5 | 5.6-15.7 | 8 | 5.8 | 2.8-11.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 165 | 16 | 9.4 | 5.5-15.6 | 25 | 15.0 | 9.7-22.6 | 85 | 52.1 | 43.3-60.8 | 29 | 14.8 | 10.0-21.4 | 10 | 8.6 | 4.5-15.9 |
$75,000+ | 249 | 16 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.6 | 41 | 16.2 | 11.5-22.3 | 137 | 57.3 | 50.2-64.2 | 37 | 14.6 | 10.3-20.3 | 18 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.3 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 141 | 12 | 8.7 | 4.5-16.2 | 39 | 26.4 | 19.0-35.5 | 56 | 42.3 | 33.2-52.0 | 24 | 15.0 | 9.7-22.5 | 10 | 7.5 | 3.8-14.5 |
No | 700 | 86 | 11.3 | 9.0-14.2 | 141 | 19.6 | 16.4-23.3 | 335 | 49.4 | 45.1-53.8 | 94 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.9 | 44 | 6.8 | 4.9- 9.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 142 | 13 | 9.7 | 5.1-17.9 | 41 | 27.0 | 19.6-36.0 | 54 | 37.3 | 28.7-46.9 | 20 | 15.8 | 9.7-24.5 | 14 | 10.2 | 5.6-17.6 |
Non-Veteran | 658 | 79 | 10.8 | 8.5-13.7 | 128 | 19.0 | 15.7-22.8 | 319 | 51.0 | 46.6-55.5 | 93 | 12.7 | 10.2-15.8 | 39 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.1 |
Currently Serving | 46 | 7 | 19.9 | 9.6-36.8 | 12 | 25.1 | 14.1-40.5 | 20 | 39.9 | 26.0-55.6 | 5 | 9.8 | 3.9-22.5 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.1-21.9 |
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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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