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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%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,807 | 2,000 | 52.1 | 50.2-54.1 | 831 | 22.8 | 21.2-24.5 | 568 | 14.1 | 12.8-15.5 | 135 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 273 | 7.1 | 6.1- 8.1 |
| -Western NC | 356 | 177 | 50.4 | 44.2-56.6 | 89 | 24.3 | 19.4-29.9 | 60 | 18.0 | 13.5-23.5 | 14 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.4 | 16 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 120 | 56 | 49.9 | 39.9-60.0 | 36 | 28.0 | 20.1-37.6 | 20 | 16.3 | 9.9-25.6 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.2- 8.6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.9- 7.1 |
| Female | 236 | 121 | 50.8 | 43.2-58.5 | 53 | 21.2 | 15.6-28.0 | 40 | 19.4 | 13.8-26.6 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.0 | 12 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 297 | 158 | 53.7 | 47.0-60.3 | 72 | 23.5 | 18.5-29.5 | 48 | 17.2 | 12.6-23.1 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.5 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.8 |
| African American | 22 | 6 | 25.4 | 9.7-51.9 | 5 | 22.3 | 8.1-48.4 | 5 | 31.0 | 10.9-62.1 | 1 | 7.8 | 1.1-39.5 | 5 | 13.5 | 4.7-33.1 |
| Other Minorities | 2 | 1 | 65.3 | 10.5-96.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 34.7 | 3.2-89.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 32 | 16 | 44.8 | 27.0-63.9 | 12 | 48.0 | 29.5-67.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 | 2 | 4.6 | 1.1-17.4 |
| 25-34 | 139 | 79 | 55.5 | 45.0-65.5 | 31 | 19.0 | 12.6-27.6 | 23 | 21.0 | 13.1-31.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.2 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.2- 8.9 |
| 35-44 | 143 | 62 | 48.4 | 39.0-57.9 | 36 | 21.6 | 15.0-30.2 | 29 | 19.7 | 13.3-28.2 | 9 | 7.1 | 3.4-14.4 | 7 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.8 |
| 45-54 | 32 | 16 | 52.3 | 31.0-72.8 | 7 | 25.0 | 11.0-47.2 | 6 | 18.1 | 6.9-39.6 | 2 | 4.2 | 1.0-15.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 |
| 55-64 | 5 | 2 | 16.0 | 2.3-60.4 | 1 | 41.0 | 6.7-87.1 | 1 | 28.2 | 3.7-80.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 14.9 | 1.7-63.4 |
| 65-74 | 4 | 2 | 40.3 | 7.1-85.6 | 1 | 14.9 | 1.7-64.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 44.8 | 7.4-89.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 54 | 19 | 31.3 | 19.1-46.8 | 20 | 41.6 | 27.2-57.6 | 7 | 15.7 | 6.6-32.7 | 4 | 6.3 | 2.0-18.1 | 4 | 5.1 | 1.8-13.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 116 | 60 | 60.3 | 49.4-70.2 | 25 | 19.9 | 12.8-29.6 | 21 | 13.7 | 8.1-22.4 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 7.9 | 8 | 4.2 | 1.9- 9.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 101 | 50 | 47.0 | 35.7-58.5 | 26 | 21.5 | 13.9-31.7 | 19 | 25.2 | 15.7-37.7 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.3 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.5 |
| College Graduate | 84 | 48 | 54.8 | 42.0-66.9 | 18 | 21.3 | 12.7-33.4 | 13 | 16.9 | 9.5-28.3 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.7-16.3 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 31 | 13 | 24.6 | 12.0-44.0 | 7 | 26.8 | 10.8-52.7 | 6 | 35.0 | 15.9-60.5 | 4 | 11.3 | 3.5-30.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 74 | 32 | 50.7 | 36.9-64.5 | 21 | 27.7 | 16.9-41.9 | 14 | 17.6 | 9.1-31.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 6 | 3.7 | 1.5- 8.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 60 | 31 | 54.7 | 39.5-69.2 | 10 | 12.8 | 5.8-26.1 | 14 | 24.5 | 13.4-40.4 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-13.9 | 3 | 4.6 | 1.4-14.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 58 | 32 | 57.5 | 42.7-71.1 | 18 | 32.0 | 20.0-47.0 | 6 | 8.7 | 3.6-19.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 8.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 49 | 22 | 41.2 | 26.5-57.6 | 12 | 25.0 | 13.9-40.8 | 10 | 19.8 | 10.0-35.4 | 4 | 11.2 | 3.9-28.2 | 1 | 2.8 | 0.4-17.5 |
| $75,000+ | 36 | 21 | 54.8 | 36.3-72.1 | 9 | 28.4 | 14.9-47.5 | 4 | 13.2 | 4.4-33.2 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 79 | 36 | 42.8 | 30.6-55.9 | 19 | 30.5 | 19.4-44.4 | 18 | 19.3 | 11.6-30.3 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.3-15.0 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.7 |
| No | 277 | 141 | 52.3 | 45.2-59.4 | 70 | 22.7 | 17.6-28.9 | 42 | 17.6 | 12.6-24.2 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.0- 7.8 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 24 | 9 | 37.6 | 18.5-61.6 | 7 | 19.0 | 7.9-38.9 | 4 | 27.9 | 10.7-55.5 | 2 | 8.5 | 1.9-30.5 | 2 | 7.0 | 1.4-28.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 330 | 166 | 51.3 | 44.8-57.8 | 82 | 24.8 | 19.7-30.8 | 56 | 17.2 | 12.8-22.8 | 12 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.2 | 14 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.2 |
| Currently Serving | 2 | 2 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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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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