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| Total Respond.^ |
Mostly sitting/standing | Mostly walking | Mostly heavy labor | |||||||
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| 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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,625 | 2,348 | 60.3 | 57.8-62.7 | 859 | 25.9 | 23.7-28.1 | 418 | 13.9 | 12.2-15.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,563 | 900 | 55.0 | 51.4-58.5 | 369 | 25.6 | 22.5-28.9 | 294 | 19.5 | 16.7-22.5 |
| Female | 2,062 | 1,448 | 66.9 | 63.8-69.9 | 490 | 26.2 | 23.4-29.3 | 124 | 6.9 | 5.5- 8.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,874 | 1,935 | 63.2 | 60.4-65.8 | 599 | 22.2 | 19.9-24.7 | 340 | 14.6 | 12.6-16.9 |
| African American | 491 | 293 | 60.3 | 54.0-66.3 | 157 | 29.1 | 23.9-35.1 | 41 | 10.5 | 7.2-15.2 |
| Other Minorities | 246 | 112 | 43.8 | 35.3-52.6 | 99 | 41.7 | 33.5-50.4 | 35 | 14.5 | 9.7-21.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 175 | 70 | 35.0 | 26.3-44.9 | 84 | 52.5 | 42.7-62.2 | 21 | 12.5 | 7.6-19.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,444 | 2,275 | 62.8 | 60.3-65.2 | 772 | 23.2 | 21.1-25.4 | 397 | 14.0 | 12.3-16.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 129 | 54 | 41.0 | 30.9-51.8 | 44 | 36.8 | 26.9-47.9 | 31 | 22.2 | 14.6-32.3 |
| 25-34 | 510 | 315 | 58.2 | 52.3-63.8 | 127 | 27.4 | 22.5-32.9 | 68 | 14.4 | 10.8-19.1 |
| 35-44 | 913 | 584 | 61.1 | 56.8-65.3 | 215 | 25.7 | 22.0-29.9 | 114 | 13.1 | 10.5-16.3 |
| 45-54 | 1,099 | 743 | 67.0 | 63.3-70.5 | 233 | 20.2 | 17.4-23.3 | 123 | 12.8 | 10.2-16.0 |
| 55-64 | 739 | 499 | 66.9 | 62.5-71.1 | 175 | 23.6 | 20.0-27.6 | 65 | 9.5 | 7.1-12.6 |
| 65-74 | 175 | 116 | 64.2 | 53.7-73.4 | 45 | 21.7 | 14.9-30.5 | 14 | 14.1 | 7.6-24.7 |
| 75+ | 36 | 19 | 46.3 | 26.8-67.0 | 14 | 49.5 | 29.1-70.1 | 3 | 4.1 | 1.2-13.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 252 | 102 | 35.4 | 27.5-44.1 | 89 | 37.3 | 29.3-46.1 | 61 | 27.3 | 20.1-36.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 883 | 462 | 45.7 | 40.8-50.6 | 264 | 32.0 | 27.4-37.0 | 157 | 22.4 | 18.2-27.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 933 | 569 | 55.9 | 50.8-60.9 | 242 | 29.6 | 25.0-34.7 | 122 | 14.4 | 11.2-18.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,553 | 1,212 | 77.3 | 74.2-80.1 | 263 | 17.3 | 14.7-20.1 | 78 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 99 | 49 | 44.3 | 29.4-60.4 | 41 | 46.6 | 31.2-62.6 | 9 | 9.1 | 4.0-19.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 370 | 164 | 38.6 | 30.6-47.3 | 130 | 37.4 | 29.6-45.9 | 76 | 23.9 | 17.8-31.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 348 | 174 | 43.2 | 35.4-51.3 | 114 | 37.5 | 29.7-46.0 | 60 | 19.3 | 13.5-26.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 563 | 356 | 54.9 | 48.6-61.1 | 114 | 24.6 | 19.3-30.9 | 93 | 20.5 | 15.7-26.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 727 | 480 | 60.3 | 54.6-65.7 | 172 | 24.2 | 19.9-29.2 | 75 | 15.5 | 11.2-21.1 |
| $75,000+ | 1,237 | 958 | 76.7 | 73.4-79.7 | 209 | 16.9 | 14.3-19.9 | 70 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 722 | 468 | 62.8 | 57.1-68.2 | 146 | 18.4 | 14.5-23.2 | 108 | 18.8 | 14.8-23.5 |
| No | 2,774 | 1,801 | 59.7 | 56.9-62.4 | 682 | 27.8 | 25.2-30.4 | 291 | 12.5 | 10.7-14.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 385 | 220 | 46.7 | 39.5-54.1 | 102 | 32.0 | 25.1-39.8 | 63 | 21.3 | 14.7-29.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,238 | 2,128 | 61.8 | 59.3-64.3 | 756 | 25.2 | 22.9-27.6 | 354 | 13.0 | 11.3-14.9 |
*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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