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| Total Respond.^ |
Not allowed | Allowed in some areas | Allowed in all areas | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,139 | 2,647 | 83.7 | 81.9-85.4 | 440 | 14.7 | 13.1-16.5 | 52 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,822 | 1,540 | 83.8 | 81.3-86.0 | 254 | 14.8 | 12.7-17.2 | 28 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 641 | 521 | 81.4 | 77.1-85.1 | 102 | 16.2 | 12.8-20.3 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.3 |
| Female | 1,181 | 1,019 | 85.9 | 83.2-88.3 | 152 | 13.6 | 11.3-16.4 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.2- 0.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,383 | 1,195 | 86.5 | 83.9-88.8 | 165 | 12.1 | 10.0-14.6 | 23 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.4 |
| African American | 290 | 227 | 76.4 | 69.5-82.1 | 62 | 23.3 | 17.6-30.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 |
| Other Minorities | 136 | 107 | 77.5 | 66.9-85.4 | 25 | 19.7 | 12.3-30.0 | 4 | 2.9 | 0.8- 9.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 103 | 81 | 77.2 | 64.7-86.3 | 18 | 19.0 | 10.8-31.4 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.0-12.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,715 | 1,456 | 84.5 | 82.1-86.7 | 235 | 14.4 | 12.3-16.7 | 24 | 1.1 | 0.7- 2.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 55 | 40 | 76.8 | 62.0-87.1 | 14 | 21.1 | 11.4-35.6 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.7 |
| 25-34 | 298 | 255 | 84.2 | 78.1-88.9 | 40 | 14.4 | 10.0-20.3 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.3 |
| 35-44 | 513 | 438 | 85.0 | 80.9-88.3 | 72 | 14.5 | 11.2-18.6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.6 |
| 45-54 | 499 | 422 | 83.5 | 79.0-87.2 | 68 | 14.7 | 11.2-19.1 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.6 |
| 55-64 | 348 | 290 | 85.5 | 80.9-89.1 | 47 | 12.3 | 8.9-16.7 | 11 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.3 |
| 65-74 | 81 | 69 | 82.7 | 69.4-91.0 | 11 | 15.7 | 7.8-29.0 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.3 |
| 75+ | 13 | 13 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 129 | 91 | 71.1 | 59.2-80.7 | 30 | 24.4 | 15.3-36.4 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 419 | 326 | 74.7 | 67.9-80.5 | 85 | 23.7 | 18.0-30.5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 488 | 404 | 81.5 | 76.3-85.7 | 77 | 17.1 | 13.1-22.1 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.3 |
| College Graduate | 783 | 718 | 92.2 | 89.7-94.1 | 61 | 7.5 | 5.7-10.0 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 55 | 38 | 82.2 | 66.9-91.3 | 12 | 13.0 | 5.5-27.8 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.7-13.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 197 | 147 | 77.1 | 69.3-83.5 | 43 | 20.3 | 14.3-28.0 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 195 | 159 | 80.4 | 71.9-86.8 | 34 | 18.5 | 12.3-27.0 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 269 | 227 | 81.6 | 74.5-87.1 | 40 | 16.6 | 11.6-23.3 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3- 9.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 311 | 263 | 82.9 | 76.2-87.9 | 46 | 16.7 | 11.6-23.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 |
| $75,000+ | 648 | 585 | 89.4 | 86.0-92.0 | 56 | 9.5 | 7.0-12.6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 359 | 299 | 82.2 | 75.9-87.2 | 53 | 16.7 | 11.8-23.1 | 7 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 |
| No | 1,430 | 1,214 | 84.4 | 81.8-86.8 | 196 | 14.2 | 11.9-16.7 | 20 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 156 | 129 | 82.4 | 73.8-88.6 | 21 | 15.2 | 9.4-23.9 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,666 | 1,411 | 83.9 | 81.3-86.2 | 233 | 14.8 | 12.6-17.3 | 22 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.3 |
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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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.
** 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.
***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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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