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| Total Respond.^ |
Do NOT want to have one | Do want to have one | Not sure if do or don't | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,458 | 1,437 | 41.9 | 39.9-43.9 | 1,398 | 40.1 | 38.1-42.1 | 623 | 18.0 | 16.5-19.7 |
| -Western NC | 312 | 130 | 42.4 | 35.8-49.2 | 119 | 36.7 | 30.6-43.3 | 63 | 20.9 | 16.0-26.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 167 | 72 | 43.0 | 34.3-52.3 | 61 | 35.5 | 27.6-44.4 | 34 | 21.5 | 15.1-29.6 |
| Female | 145 | 58 | 41.2 | 32.1-51.0 | 58 | 39.0 | 30.2-48.5 | 29 | 19.8 | 13.3-28.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 273 | 112 | 41.3 | 34.5-48.4 | 102 | 36.5 | 30.0-43.4 | 59 | 22.3 | 16.9-28.7 |
| African American | 14 | 6 | 39.6 | 16.9-67.9 | 7 | 54.6 | 27.4-79.3 | 1 | 5.8 | 0.8-32.2 |
| Other Minorities | 2 | 1 | 34.7 | 3.2-89.5 | 1 | 65.3 | 10.5-96.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 52 | 11 | 29.1 | 16.4-46.0 | 32 | 54.5 | 38.9-69.3 | 9 | 16.4 | 8.2-30.2 |
| 25-34 | 107 | 27 | 27.2 | 17.1-40.4 | 52 | 49.7 | 38.0-61.4 | 28 | 23.1 | 15.3-33.4 |
| 35-44 | 103 | 57 | 51.0 | 39.9-62.0 | 23 | 19.0 | 12.2-28.4 | 23 | 30.0 | 20.1-42.2 |
| 45-54 (All Males*) | 30 | 21 | 68.8 | 45.7-85.2 | 7 | 25.8 | 11.1-49.0 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.0-24.9 |
| 55-59 (All Males*) | 20 | 14 | 62.9 | 37.0-83.0 | 5 | 25.5 | 10.1-51.0 | 1 | 11.6 | 1.7-49.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 41 | 18 | 44.7 | 28.6-61.9 | 14 | 27.9 | 15.5-45.0 | 9 | 27.4 | 14.5-45.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 90 | 39 | 45.0 | 32.7-57.8 | 34 | 37.0 | 26.0-49.5 | 17 | 18.0 | 10.7-28.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 86 | 32 | 34.7 | 24.2-46.9 | 36 | 45.3 | 33.5-57.6 | 18 | 20.0 | 11.6-32.2 |
| College Graduate | 95 | 41 | 46.2 | 33.7-59.3 | 35 | 32.6 | 22.3-45.0 | 19 | 21.1 | 12.7-33.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 34 | 16 | 47.6 | 25.9-70.2 | 13 | 36.1 | 18.3-58.8 | 5 | 16.3 | 6.0-37.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 58 | 20 | 35.6 | 22.6-51.1 | 25 | 40.8 | 27.3-55.9 | 13 | 23.6 | 13.0-39.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 50 | 17 | 30.5 | 18.5-45.9 | 21 | 42.1 | 27.7-57.9 | 12 | 27.4 | 15.5-43.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 58 | 25 | 36.6 | 24.2-51.1 | 22 | 42.7 | 28.8-57.9 | 11 | 20.7 | 10.8-36.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 39 | 18 | 44.3 | 27.9-62.0 | 15 | 37.1 | 21.9-55.4 | 6 | 18.7 | 7.8-38.4 |
| $75,000+ | 25 | 13 | 63.0 | 41.1-80.5 | 8 | 24.0 | 10.5-45.9 | 4 | 13.0 | 4.4-32.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 65 | 30 | 45.6 | 30.7-61.3 | 21 | 30.4 | 18.4-45.9 | 14 | 24.0 | 13.4-39.2 |
| No | 244 | 99 | 41.4 | 34.2-49.0 | 96 | 38.3 | 31.4-45.6 | 49 | 20.3 | 15.0-27.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 31 | 18 | 65.6 | 43.6-82.5 | 8 | 21.4 | 9.4-41.8 | 5 | 12.9 | 4.5-32.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 279 | 112 | 39.9 | 33.2-47.0 | 110 | 38.5 | 32.0-45.5 | 57 | 21.6 | 16.4-28.0 |
| Currently Serving | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 33.6 | 3.1-89.0 | 1 | 66.4 | 11.0-96.9 |
* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant, or male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old
^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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