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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,493 | 3,756 | 69.9 | 68.2-71.5 | 1,737 | 30.1 | 28.5-31.8 |
| -Western NC | 1,087 | 737 | 69.5 | 66.1-72.7 | 350 | 30.5 | 27.3-33.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 417 | 303 | 74.2 | 69.0-78.8 | 114 | 25.8 | 21.2-31.0 |
| Female | 670 | 434 | 65.2 | 60.6-69.5 | 236 | 34.8 | 30.5-39.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,014 | 690 | 70.1 | 66.7-73.3 | 324 | 29.9 | 26.7-33.3 |
| African American | 45 | 32 | 68.3 | 49.4-82.7 | 13 | 31.7 | 17.3-50.6 |
| Other Minorities | 24 | 13 | 48.2 | 22.6-74.7 | 11 | 51.8 | 25.3-77.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 11 | 6 | 41.2 | 14.1-74.9 | 5 | 58.8 | 25.1-85.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,075 | 730 | 69.9 | 66.6-73.1 | 345 | 30.1 | 26.9-33.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 6 | 6 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 17 | 13 | 86.5 | 66.4-95.4 | 4 | 13.5 | 4.6-33.6 |
| 35-44 | 68 | 48 | 68.2 | 53.9-79.8 | 20 | 31.8 | 20.2-46.1 |
| 45-54 | 151 | 101 | 71.2 | 62.2-78.9 | 50 | 28.8 | 21.1-37.8 |
| 55-64 | 275 | 173 | 64.5 | 57.9-70.7 | 102 | 35.5 | 29.3-42.1 |
| 65-74 | 322 | 234 | 72.4 | 66.7-77.5 | 88 | 27.6 | 22.5-33.3 |
| 75+ | 240 | 156 | 63.1 | 55.5-70.0 | 84 | 36.9 | 30.0-44.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 216 | 133 | 64.4 | 56.5-71.6 | 83 | 35.6 | 28.4-43.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 364 | 245 | 70.2 | 64.0-75.7 | 119 | 29.8 | 24.3-36.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 279 | 195 | 69.7 | 63.0-75.7 | 84 | 30.3 | 24.3-37.0 |
| College Graduate | 226 | 163 | 72.6 | 65.2-78.8 | 63 | 27.4 | 21.2-34.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 176 | 114 | 69.5 | 61.3-76.7 | 62 | 30.5 | 23.3-38.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 243 | 157 | 65.8 | 58.1-72.7 | 86 | 34.2 | 27.3-41.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 117 | 84 | 70.0 | 58.8-79.2 | 33 | 30.0 | 20.8-41.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 157 | 107 | 66.7 | 57.7-74.6 | 50 | 33.3 | 25.4-42.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 119 | 89 | 80.2 | 71.2-86.9 | 30 | 19.8 | 13.1-28.8 |
| $75,000+ | 122 | 90 | 74.8 | 65.0-82.6 | 32 | 25.2 | 17.4-35.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 567 | 344 | 63.8 | 59.0-68.4 | 223 | 36.2 | 31.6-41.0 |
| No | 500 | 379 | 75.1 | 70.2-79.5 | 121 | 24.9 | 20.5-29.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 209 | 144 | 71.6 | 64.5-77.7 | 65 | 28.4 | 22.3-35.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 878 | 593 | 69.0 | 65.1-72.6 | 285 | 31.0 | 27.4-34.9 |
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^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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