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| Total Respond.^ |
Mostly sitting/standing | Mostly walking | Mostly heavy labor | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,115 | 4,476 | 58.9 | 57.1-60.6 | 1,741 | 25.9 | 24.3-27.5 | 898 | 15.2 | 14.0-16.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,217 | 1,381 | 57.3 | 54.2-60.3 | 558 | 26.5 | 23.8-29.5 | 278 | 16.2 | 13.9-18.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 882 | 493 | 51.6 | 47.0-56.2 | 201 | 25.5 | 21.3-30.1 | 188 | 22.9 | 19.3-27.0 |
| Female | 1,335 | 888 | 64.9 | 61.5-68.2 | 357 | 28.0 | 25.0-31.1 | 90 | 7.1 | 5.3- 9.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,498 | 977 | 60.0 | 56.1-63.8 | 329 | 22.3 | 19.1-25.8 | 192 | 17.7 | 14.8-21.1 |
| African American | 471 | 278 | 57.4 | 51.3-63.3 | 142 | 29.6 | 24.5-35.2 | 51 | 13.0 | 9.2-18.1 |
| Other Minorities | 234 | 116 | 43.5 | 34.6-52.7 | 86 | 42.5 | 33.3-52.2 | 32 | 14.1 | 8.8-21.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 122 | 57 | 38.7 | 28.0-50.6 | 50 | 46.0 | 34.1-58.4 | 15 | 15.3 | 8.2-26.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,086 | 1,318 | 59.3 | 56.2-62.4 | 506 | 24.4 | 21.7-27.3 | 262 | 16.3 | 13.9-18.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 100 | 54 | 49.6 | 37.6-61.7 | 25 | 24.1 | 14.4-37.5 | 21 | 26.3 | 17.1-38.2 |
| 25-34 | 382 | 219 | 51.7 | 45.0-58.3 | 115 | 31.2 | 25.3-37.8 | 48 | 17.1 | 12.3-23.3 |
| 35-44 | 553 | 318 | 56.8 | 51.4-62.0 | 165 | 30.9 | 25.9-36.3 | 70 | 12.4 | 9.5-16.0 |
| 45-54 | 625 | 404 | 62.0 | 57.1-66.7 | 136 | 22.1 | 18.3-26.3 | 85 | 15.9 | 12.5-20.2 |
| 55-64 | 422 | 303 | 70.8 | 64.9-76.0 | 80 | 18.2 | 13.8-23.4 | 39 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.6 |
| 65-74 | 99 | 60 | 58.5 | 47.0-69.2 | 29 | 28.7 | 19.6-39.9 | 10 | 12.7 | 6.7-22.9 |
| 75+ | 21 | 12 | 59.3 | 35.4-79.5 | 6 | 31.6 | 13.8-57.2 | 3 | 9.0 | 2.6-26.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 179 | 82 | 42.2 | 31.1-54.2 | 66 | 35.8 | 24.6-48.9 | 31 | 22.0 | 13.9-33.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 651 | 352 | 50.1 | 44.7-55.6 | 173 | 26.4 | 22.0-31.3 | 126 | 23.4 | 18.9-28.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 668 | 418 | 58.6 | 53.2-63.8 | 164 | 26.2 | 21.6-31.5 | 86 | 15.2 | 11.6-19.6 |
| College Graduate | 718 | 528 | 70.9 | 66.4-75.1 | 155 | 22.7 | 19.0-26.9 | 35 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 90 | 49 | 49.6 | 33.5-65.8 | 29 | 40.0 | 25.0-57.1 | 12 | 10.4 | 5.0-20.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 324 | 151 | 37.7 | 30.3-45.7 | 117 | 39.2 | 31.2-47.8 | 56 | 23.1 | 16.4-31.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 275 | 150 | 48.0 | 40.2-55.9 | 82 | 29.4 | 22.6-37.2 | 43 | 22.6 | 16.2-30.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 366 | 221 | 59.4 | 52.1-66.4 | 94 | 20.6 | 16.2-25.8 | 51 | 20.0 | 13.9-27.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 416 | 283 | 67.1 | 60.7-72.9 | 86 | 20.9 | 16.3-26.5 | 47 | 12.0 | 8.2-17.2 |
| $75,000+ | 551 | 405 | 68.4 | 62.5-73.7 | 105 | 22.3 | 17.5-28.1 | 41 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 455 | 291 | 58.8 | 51.0-66.2 | 93 | 19.5 | 13.4-27.4 | 71 | 21.7 | 16.1-28.6 |
| No | 1,681 | 1,042 | 57.0 | 53.6-60.4 | 446 | 28.9 | 25.8-32.2 | 193 | 14.0 | 11.7-16.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 348 | 215 | 56.3 | 49.4-62.9 | 74 | 24.8 | 19.1-31.6 | 59 | 18.9 | 14.0-25.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,868 | 1,165 | 57.5 | 54.1-60.9 | 484 | 26.9 | 23.8-30.2 | 219 | 15.6 | 13.1-18.5 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.
^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.
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