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| Total Respond.^ |
Strongly support | Moderately support | Do not support | |||||||
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| 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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,267 | 1,935 | 57.8 | 55.2-60.3 | 672 | 21.9 | 19.8-24.2 | 660 | 20.3 | 18.3-22.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,174 | 604 | 53.2 | 48.9-57.4 | 237 | 20.3 | 17.1-23.9 | 333 | 26.6 | 22.9-30.5 |
| Female | 2,093 | 1,331 | 61.9 | 58.9-64.9 | 435 | 23.4 | 20.8-26.2 | 327 | 14.7 | 12.7-16.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,602 | 1,513 | 54.9 | 52.0-57.8 | 541 | 23.4 | 20.9-26.1 | 548 | 21.7 | 19.4-24.2 |
| African American | 474 | 290 | 61.4 | 55.1-67.4 | 100 | 19.6 | 15.3-24.8 | 84 | 19.0 | 14.4-24.6 |
| Other Minorities | 184 | 129 | 70.2 | 59.2-79.3 | 30 | 16.4 | 10.4-24.9 | 25 | 13.4 | 6.7-25.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 150 | 109 | 72.5 | 60.0-82.2 | 28 | 16.4 | 10.3-25.2 | 13 | 11.1 | 4.3-26.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,110 | 1,823 | 56.3 | 53.7-58.9 | 642 | 22.4 | 20.2-24.8 | 645 | 21.3 | 19.2-23.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 104 | 47 | 49.8 | 37.9-61.7 | 35 | 27.6 | 18.4-39.4 | 22 | 22.5 | 14.0-34.2 |
| 25-34 | 355 | 192 | 53.9 | 46.9-60.8 | 94 | 27.4 | 21.8-33.8 | 69 | 18.7 | 13.4-25.4 |
| 35-44 | 574 | 355 | 62.7 | 57.4-67.7 | 115 | 19.3 | 15.4-23.8 | 104 | 18.0 | 14.3-22.4 |
| 45-54 | 686 | 415 | 60.3 | 55.5-64.9 | 126 | 18.3 | 14.9-22.3 | 145 | 21.3 | 17.6-25.7 |
| 55-64 | 655 | 387 | 58.8 | 54.0-63.5 | 115 | 18.6 | 15.0-22.8 | 153 | 22.6 | 18.9-26.7 |
| 65-74 | 507 | 294 | 54.1 | 48.6-59.5 | 109 | 21.4 | 17.3-26.1 | 104 | 24.5 | 19.8-29.9 |
| 75+ | 371 | 235 | 61.0 | 54.4-67.2 | 75 | 22.8 | 17.5-29.1 | 61 | 16.2 | 12.0-21.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 412 | 223 | 54.0 | 45.7-62.0 | 78 | 18.9 | 14.0-25.0 | 111 | 27.1 | 20.0-35.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 905 | 508 | 54.9 | 49.7-60.0 | 207 | 22.9 | 18.8-27.6 | 190 | 22.2 | 18.1-26.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 853 | 489 | 56.2 | 51.0-61.1 | 193 | 25.3 | 20.8-30.3 | 171 | 18.6 | 15.3-22.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,095 | 715 | 63.2 | 59.3-67.0 | 193 | 19.7 | 16.7-23.2 | 187 | 17.1 | 14.2-20.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 270 | 151 | 54.5 | 44.5-64.2 | 50 | 19.8 | 13.1-28.8 | 69 | 25.7 | 18.5-34.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 485 | 262 | 53.8 | 46.5-61.0 | 106 | 21.1 | 15.6-27.9 | 117 | 25.1 | 19.2-32.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 363 | 196 | 52.5 | 44.6-60.2 | 83 | 27.6 | 20.9-35.6 | 84 | 19.9 | 14.9-26.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 428 | 243 | 58.7 | 51.9-65.2 | 95 | 22.4 | 17.3-28.6 | 90 | 18.9 | 14.7-23.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 503 | 308 | 53.8 | 47.2-60.3 | 104 | 26.9 | 20.9-33.7 | 91 | 19.3 | 14.6-25.2 |
| $75,000+ | 803 | 526 | 63.1 | 58.6-67.4 | 143 | 18.2 | 15.0-21.9 | 134 | 18.7 | 15.2-22.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,127 | 626 | 52.6 | 48.3-56.9 | 222 | 20.8 | 17.5-24.4 | 279 | 26.6 | 22.8-30.8 |
| No | 2,122 | 1,300 | 59.8 | 56.6-63.0 | 448 | 22.3 | 19.7-25.2 | 374 | 17.9 | 15.5-20.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 425 | 218 | 50.1 | 43.0-57.3 | 92 | 24.6 | 18.1-32.5 | 115 | 25.3 | 20.2-31.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,842 | 1,717 | 58.8 | 56.0-61.5 | 580 | 21.5 | 19.4-23.9 | 545 | 19.7 | 17.4-22.1 |
^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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