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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,464 | 4,152 | 78.3 | 76.8-79.8 | 1,312 | 21.7 | 20.2-23.2 |
| -Western NC | 1,084 | 828 | 77.6 | 74.5-80.4 | 256 | 22.4 | 19.6-25.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 415 | 331 | 81.9 | 77.5-85.7 | 84 | 18.1 | 14.3-22.5 |
| Female | 669 | 497 | 73.7 | 69.3-77.7 | 172 | 26.3 | 22.3-30.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,011 | 772 | 77.8 | 74.6-80.7 | 239 | 22.2 | 19.3-25.4 |
| African American | 44 | 36 | 84.7 | 68.9-93.2 | 8 | 15.3 | 6.8-31.1 |
| Other Minorities | 25 | 16 | 56.3 | 29.9-79.6 | 9 | 43.7 | 20.4-70.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 11 | 9 | 79.0 | 41.0-95.3 | 2 | 21.0 | 4.7-59.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,072 | 818 | 77.5 | 74.4-80.4 | 254 | 22.5 | 19.6-25.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 6 | 4 | 70.8 | 29.3-93.4 | 2 | 29.2 | 6.6-70.7 |
| 25-34 | 17 | 12 | 76.1 | 47.9-91.7 | 5 | 23.9 | 8.3-52.1 |
| 35-44 | 68 | 58 | 86.2 | 74.9-92.9 | 10 | 13.8 | 7.1-25.1 |
| 45-54 | 152 | 124 | 84.5 | 77.4-89.6 | 28 | 15.5 | 10.4-22.6 |
| 55-64 | 276 | 221 | 78.7 | 72.5-83.8 | 55 | 21.3 | 16.2-27.5 |
| 65-74 | 317 | 242 | 76.4 | 70.7-81.2 | 75 | 23.6 | 18.8-29.3 |
| 75+ | 240 | 163 | 66.0 | 58.4-72.8 | 77 | 34.0 | 27.2-41.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 214 | 149 | 69.2 | 61.1-76.3 | 65 | 30.8 | 23.7-38.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 364 | 274 | 78.6 | 73.1-83.3 | 90 | 21.4 | 16.7-26.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 279 | 218 | 77.1 | 70.8-82.4 | 61 | 22.9 | 17.6-29.2 |
| College Graduate | 225 | 186 | 83.9 | 77.9-88.6 | 39 | 16.1 | 11.4-22.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 177 | 127 | 70.1 | 61.0-77.8 | 50 | 29.9 | 22.2-39.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 243 | 179 | 75.8 | 69.0-81.6 | 64 | 24.2 | 18.4-31.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 116 | 97 | 87.2 | 79.1-92.5 | 19 | 12.8 | 7.5-20.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 156 | 129 | 77.1 | 67.1-84.8 | 27 | 22.9 | 15.2-32.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 118 | 98 | 87.8 | 80.9-92.5 | 20 | 12.2 | 7.5-19.1 |
| $75,000+ | 123 | 101 | 84.2 | 76.0-90.0 | 22 | 15.8 | 10.0-24.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 562 | 431 | 79.5 | 75.6-83.0 | 131 | 20.5 | 17.0-24.4 |
| No | 502 | 385 | 76.2 | 71.3-80.5 | 117 | 23.8 | 19.5-28.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 209 | 164 | 79.5 | 72.7-84.9 | 45 | 20.5 | 15.1-27.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 875 | 664 | 77.1 | 73.6-80.3 | 211 | 22.9 | 19.7-26.4 |
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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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