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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior (Asked July--December Only)

Some people use condoms to keep from getting infected with HIV through sexual activity.
How effective do you think a properly use condom is for this purpose?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Very effective Somewhat effective Not at all effective Don't know how effective Don't know method
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,683 1,220 45.0 42.5-47.5 1,100 41.0 38.5-43.4 127 5.3 4.2- 6.7 202 7.4 6.1- 8.8 34 1.4 0.9- 2.1
GENDER
Male 1,016 464 45.0 41.1-49.0 404 39.3 35.6-43.2 41 5.4 3.7- 7.8 90 8.7 6.7-11.3 17 1.5 0.8- 2.9
Female 1,667 756 44.9 41.9-48.0 696 42.7 39.6-45.8 86 5.2 4.0- 6.8 112 6.0 4.8- 7.4 17 1.2 0.7- 2.0
RACE
White 1,853 809 43.5 40.6-46.5 802 44.0 41.0-47.0 94 5.7 4.4- 7.4 120 5.2 4.3- 6.4 28 1.5 0.9- 2.4
African American 469 266 57.2 51.4-62.9 148 31.4 26.4-36.8 17 3.2 1.8- 5.6 34 7.3 4.7-11.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6
Asian 34 16 54.0 33.5-73.3 14 37.7 20.3-58.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 2 4.9 1.0-21.8 1 2.9 0.4-18.1
Native American 61 27 44.6 29.9-60.3 26 45.4 30.5-61.2 5 6.3 2.3-15.9 3 3.7 1.1-11.6 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 257 99 36.7 29.3-44.8 105 37.2 30.0-44.9 10 6.5 3.0-13.4 42 18.5 12.7-26.1 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 257 101 37.9 30.4-45.9 104 36.2 29.1-43.9 10 6.7 3.2-13.6 40 17.5 11.8-25.1 2 1.8 0.4- 7.3
-English Speaking 72 36 52.5 37.5-67.1 29 37.0 24.1-52.1 2 3.7 0.9-13.9 4 4.4 1.5-12.5 1 2.3 0.3-14.8
-Spanish Speaking 184 64 32.8 24.7-42.1 75 36.1 28.0-45.2 8 7.7 3.3-16.7 36 21.8 14.5-31.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.3
Non-Hispanic 2,420 1,116 46.1 43.5-48.7 993 41.7 39.1-44.3 117 5.1 4.1- 6.5 162 5.8 4.8- 6.9 32 1.3 0.8- 2.0
AGE
18-24 199 85 45.1 37.0-53.6 86 41.5 33.6-50.0 16 8.9 5.2-14.8 10 3.9 1.8- 8.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
25-34 749 365 46.5 42.1-51.0 297 40.8 36.5-45.3 36 4.2 2.8- 6.3 47 7.8 5.3-11.3 4 0.7 0.2- 2.6
35-44 1,128 515 46.2 42.7-49.8 467 39.7 36.3-43.2 55 5.2 3.6- 7.3 75 6.8 5.2- 8.9 16 2.1 1.1- 3.9
45-49 586 249 39.1 34.5-44.0 237 43.0 38.1-48.0 20 4.2 2.5- 7.1 69 11.7 9.0-15.1 11 1.9 1.0- 3.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 290 109 33.9 27.0-41.5 112 38.8 31.5-46.7 14 6.3 3.0-12.7 50 18.8 12.9-26.7 5 2.2 0.6- 7.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 716 316 42.9 38.0-47.9 282 41.1 36.2-46.2 36 6.0 3.8- 9.1 67 7.7 5.8-10.3 15 2.3 1.2- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 734 316 45.1 40.4-49.8 329 43.5 39.0-48.2 40 5.3 3.6- 7.7 41 5.3 3.7- 7.5 8 0.7 0.4- 1.5
College Graduate 941 478 51.5 47.5-55.4 376 39.5 35.7-43.4 37 4.4 3.0- 6.4 44 3.9 2.8- 5.5 6 0.6 0.3- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 171 75 49.8 38.4-61.3 59 24.3 17.0-33.6 9 7.9 3.0-19.1 25 16.2 8.7-28.2 3 1.7 0.4- 7.0
$15,000- 24,999 375 153 35.7 29.6-42.3 160 45.4 38.7-52.2 27 8.5 5.2-13.6 30 8.1 5.1-12.7 5 2.4 0.8- 7.1
$25,000- 34,999 283 127 43.8 36.4-51.5 115 40.1 33.1-47.5 16 6.6 3.6-11.9 23 8.8 5.3-14.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
$35,000- 49,999 412 186 46.1 39.8-52.6 183 44.8 38.3-51.4 19 4.6 2.7- 7.7 20 3.7 2.3- 6.1 4 0.7 0.3- 2.1
$50,000-74,999 447 218 47.7 42.0-53.5 180 42.2 36.5-48.0 18 3.5 2.1- 5.7 24 4.8 3.0- 7.6 7 1.8 0.7- 4.6
$75,000+ 718 356 49.9 45.4-54.4 289 40.7 36.4-45.2 22 3.2 1.9- 5.3 42 5.1 3.6- 7.2 9 1.0 0.5- 2.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 609 266 45.2 40.0-50.6 246 38.8 33.8-43.9 33 6.4 4.1- 9.9 53 8.2 5.8-11.5 11 1.4 0.7- 2.6
No 2,065 953 45.0 42.2-47.9 848 41.4 38.7-44.3 94 5.1 3.9- 6.6 147 7.1 5.7- 8.7 23 1.4 0.8- 2.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 220 108 46.8 38.8-54.9 95 46.6 38.6-54.8 7 3.1 1.4- 6.8 7 2.7 1.1- 6.7 3 0.9 0.2- 3.0
Non-Veteran 2,463 1,112 44.8 42.2-47.5 1,005 40.5 37.9-43.1 120 5.5 4.4- 7.0 195 7.8 6.5- 9.3 31 1.4 0.9- 2.2

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*This question was asked of respondents less than age 50 who had sexual intercourse in the last 12 months.

^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.

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