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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior (Asked July--December Only)-WHITES

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 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
GENDER
Male 694 321 45.5 40.8-50.2 285 42.5 37.9-47.2 30 5.3 3.5- 8.1 44 4.9 3.6- 6.8 14 1.8 0.9- 3.5
Female 1,159 488 41.7 38.1-45.4 517 45.4 41.7-49.2 64 6.1 4.5- 8.2 76 5.5 4.2- 7.1 14 1.3 0.7- 2.3
AGE
18-24 106 45 42.4 31.8-53.7 47 46.9 35.9-58.3 11 9.8 5.1-18.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.5
25-34 455 212 45.6 40.0-51.3 195 44.3 38.6-50.1 24 5.1 3.1- 8.3 21 4.1 2.6- 6.6 3 0.9 0.2- 4.2
35-44 835 371 45.4 41.4-49.5 359 41.7 37.8-45.8 44 5.3 3.7- 7.6 46 5.3 3.8- 7.4 15 2.3 1.2- 4.1
45-49 445 178 37.3 32.1-42.8 193 45.5 40.0-51.2 15 4.3 2.4- 7.6 51 11.0 8.2-14.7 8 1.9 0.9- 3.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 114 40 29.8 19.4-42.7 44 45.5 33.3-58.3 8 11.4 4.9-24.4 18 10.8 6.2-18.1 4 2.5 0.7- 8.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 457 189 41.0 34.9-47.4 190 44.8 38.4-51.3 23 4.9 2.9- 8.4 42 6.2 4.3- 8.9 13 3.0 1.5- 6.0
Some Post-H.S. 526 212 41.8 36.4-47.3 247 45.5 40.1-51.0 33 6.5 4.3- 9.8 28 5.4 3.5- 8.0 6 0.9 0.4- 2.0
College Graduate 755 368 49.6 45.3-53.9 320 41.9 37.7-46.2 30 4.6 3.0- 6.9 32 3.3 2.2- 4.8 5 0.7 0.3- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 27 47.9 30.4-65.9 29 29.8 17.9-45.2 5 10.3 3.1-29.0 9 7.5 3.4-15.8 3 4.6 1.1-17.6
$15,000- 24,999 157 64 35.3 25.8-46.1 67 46.5 36.0-57.4 14 11.8 6.1-21.5 9 3.3 1.6- 7.0 3 3.1 0.7-12.4
$25,000- 34,999 171 62 34.5 26.4-43.6 77 44.8 35.9-54.1 13 9.9 5.2-18.2 17 9.6 5.3-16.6 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6
$35,000- 49,999 297 119 42.1 34.7-49.8 147 48.7 41.0-56.5 16 5.0 2.8- 8.8 13 3.7 2.0- 6.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
$50,000-74,999 365 179 48.4 42.0-54.9 150 43.2 36.9-49.8 15 3.3 1.9- 5.8 15 3.0 1.8- 5.2 6 2.0 0.7- 5.4
$75,000+ 618 298 48.3 43.4-53.2 253 41.7 36.9-46.6 21 3.7 2.2- 6.2 37 5.1 3.5- 7.3 9 1.2 0.6- 2.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 421 173 42.9 36.6-49.5 183 41.1 35.0-47.4 24 8.1 4.9-13.1 33 6.4 4.2- 9.5 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2
No 1,427 636 44.0 40.7-47.4 615 44.5 41.1-48.0 70 5.1 3.8- 6.8 86 4.8 3.8- 6.2 20 1.5 0.9- 2.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 153 72 46.0 36.5-55.8 69 47.6 37.9-57.4 7 4.3 1.9- 9.4 3 1.2 0.3- 4.6 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1
Non-Veteran 1,700 737 43.3 40.2-46.4 733 43.6 40.5-46.8 87 5.9 4.5- 7.6 117 5.6 4.6- 6.9 26 1.6 1.0- 2.5

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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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