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| Total Respond.^ |
Strongly support | Moderately support | Do not support | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,817 | 4,042 | 56.7 | 54.9-58.5 | 1,371 | 21.7 | 20.3-23.3 | 1,404 | 21.6 | 20.1-23.1 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,196 | 1,282 | 54.9 | 51.8-57.9 | 438 | 22.4 | 19.9-25.1 | 476 | 22.7 | 20.1-25.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 759 | 377 | 48.2 | 43.3-53.2 | 174 | 25.2 | 21.1-29.7 | 208 | 26.6 | 22.4-31.3 |
| Female | 1,437 | 905 | 61.5 | 57.9-64.9 | 264 | 19.7 | 16.9-22.8 | 268 | 18.9 | 16.2-21.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,494 | 842 | 52.2 | 48.5-55.8 | 312 | 23.3 | 20.3-26.7 | 340 | 24.5 | 21.3-27.9 |
| African American | 492 | 316 | 56.6 | 50.0-63.1 | 77 | 20.4 | 15.4-26.5 | 99 | 23.0 | 17.5-29.5 |
| Other Minorities | 203 | 122 | 67.2 | 57.8-75.4 | 47 | 20.8 | 14.3-29.3 | 34 | 12.0 | 7.6-18.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 97 | 69 | 76.0 | 64.1-84.9 | 15 | 15.7 | 8.5-27.1 | 13 | 8.3 | 4.3-15.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,090 | 1,211 | 53.3 | 50.2-56.4 | 419 | 22.7 | 20.2-25.5 | 460 | 24.0 | 21.3-26.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 76 | 33 | 40.5 | 28.7-53.5 | 22 | 28.3 | 18.4-40.8 | 21 | 31.2 | 20.1-45.0 |
| 25-34 | 267 | 159 | 57.3 | 49.4-64.8 | 62 | 25.1 | 18.9-32.5 | 46 | 17.6 | 12.4-24.3 |
| 35-44 | 357 | 210 | 57.8 | 51.1-64.3 | 80 | 22.6 | 17.4-28.8 | 67 | 19.6 | 14.9-25.3 |
| 45-54 | 450 | 263 | 56.1 | 50.4-61.6 | 84 | 21.7 | 17.1-27.1 | 103 | 22.3 | 18.0-27.2 |
| 55-64 | 453 | 264 | 56.9 | 51.4-62.3 | 80 | 18.4 | 14.6-22.9 | 109 | 24.6 | 20.0-29.9 |
| 65-74 | 339 | 205 | 59.0 | 52.6-65.1 | 54 | 16.1 | 12.0-21.2 | 80 | 25.0 | 19.8-30.9 |
| 75+ | 242 | 140 | 56.2 | 48.3-63.7 | 53 | 21.0 | 15.7-27.6 | 49 | 22.8 | 16.5-30.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 308 | 160 | 47.8 | 38.6-57.1 | 54 | 22.2 | 15.1-31.2 | 94 | 30.1 | 22.1-39.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 730 | 408 | 53.0 | 47.7-58.1 | 156 | 24.2 | 19.8-29.1 | 166 | 22.9 | 18.7-27.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 585 | 353 | 57.7 | 51.8-63.5 | 108 | 18.7 | 14.7-23.6 | 124 | 23.5 | 18.6-29.4 |
| College Graduate | 571 | 360 | 59.0 | 53.7-64.2 | 119 | 24.0 | 19.6-29.0 | 92 | 17.0 | 13.4-21.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 243 | 134 | 56.4 | 45.4-66.9 | 45 | 17.4 | 11.6-25.2 | 64 | 26.2 | 16.8-38.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 377 | 189 | 48.8 | 40.9-56.7 | 81 | 25.4 | 18.9-33.1 | 107 | 25.9 | 19.9-32.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 299 | 175 | 54.7 | 46.9-62.2 | 63 | 24.2 | 17.9-31.9 | 61 | 21.1 | 15.6-27.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 307 | 186 | 52.8 | 45.0-60.5 | 65 | 25.1 | 18.7-32.7 | 56 | 22.1 | 15.7-30.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 311 | 189 | 56.6 | 49.5-63.5 | 67 | 25.7 | 19.7-32.8 | 55 | 17.7 | 13.0-23.6 |
| $75,000+ | 364 | 233 | 62.6 | 55.4-69.3 | 61 | 15.2 | 11.3-20.2 | 70 | 22.2 | 16.4-29.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 842 | 465 | 51.5 | 46.5-56.4 | 156 | 19.3 | 15.7-23.5 | 221 | 29.3 | 24.7-34.3 |
| No | 1,338 | 810 | 56.8 | 52.9-60.6 | 279 | 24.0 | 20.8-27.5 | 249 | 19.3 | 16.3-22.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 353 | 185 | 53.6 | 47.0-60.2 | 75 | 20.0 | 15.4-25.5 | 93 | 26.3 | 20.8-32.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,843 | 1,097 | 55.2 | 51.7-58.6 | 363 | 22.9 | 20.1-25.9 | 383 | 22.0 | 19.1-25.1 |
^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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