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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,684 | 4,981 | 82.3 | 80.5-84.0 | 703 | 17.7 | 16.0-19.5 |
| -Western NC | 1,133 | 999 | 84.1 | 80.8-86.9 | 134 | 15.9 | 13.1-19.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 432 | 384 | 83.9 | 78.4-88.3 | 48 | 16.1 | 11.7-21.6 |
| Female | 701 | 615 | 84.2 | 79.9-87.7 | 86 | 15.8 | 12.3-20.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,056 | 930 | 83.9 | 80.5-86.9 | 126 | 16.1 | 13.1-19.5 |
| African American | 48 | 44 | 90.3 | 75.7-96.5 | 4 | 9.7 | 3.5-24.3 |
| Other Minorities | 25 | 21 | 75.7 | 34.9-94.8 | 4 | 24.3 | 5.2-65.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 11 | 9 | 60.9 | 21.2-90.0 | 2 | 39.1 | 10.0-78.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,120 | 988 | 84.5 | 81.2-87.2 | 132 | 15.5 | 12.8-18.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 6 | 1 | 17.5 | 2.3-65.3 | 5 | 82.5 | 34.7-97.7 |
| 25-34 | 17 | 12 | 78.1 | 51.5-92.3 | 5 | 21.9 | 7.7-48.5 |
| 35-44 | 72 | 45 | 62.4 | 48.8-74.4 | 27 | 37.6 | 25.6-51.2 |
| 45-54 | 160 | 131 | 80.0 | 70.6-86.9 | 29 | 20.0 | 13.1-29.4 |
| 55-64 | 284 | 245 | 83.1 | 76.3-88.3 | 39 | 16.9 | 11.7-23.7 |
| 65-74 | 334 | 316 | 94.1 | 90.1-96.6 | 18 | 5.9 | 3.4- 9.9 |
| 75+ | 252 | 242 | 96.8 | 93.4-98.5 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 229 | 217 | 91.8 | 84.5-95.8 | 12 | 8.2 | 4.2-15.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 377 | 328 | 82.2 | 75.8-87.3 | 49 | 17.8 | 12.7-24.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 290 | 248 | 83.0 | 76.4-88.1 | 42 | 17.0 | 11.9-23.6 |
| College Graduate | 235 | 204 | 81.4 | 73.2-87.5 | 31 | 18.6 | 12.5-26.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 183 | 166 | 90.3 | 83.4-94.6 | 17 | 9.7 | 5.4-16.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 248 | 215 | 79.6 | 70.9-86.1 | 33 | 20.4 | 13.9-29.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 119 | 106 | 85.2 | 72.9-92.5 | 13 | 14.8 | 7.5-27.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 165 | 149 | 89.0 | 82.0-93.5 | 16 | 11.0 | 6.5-18.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 121 | 108 | 83.7 | 72.3-91.1 | 13 | 16.3 | 8.9-27.7 |
| $75,000+ | 128 | 108 | 81.7 | 71.0-89.1 | 20 | 18.3 | 10.9-29.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 580 | 517 | 85.4 | 80.7-89.1 | 63 | 14.6 | 10.9-19.3 |
| No | 504 | 440 | 82.7 | 77.4-87.0 | 64 | 17.3 | 13.0-22.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 216 | 202 | 93.6 | 88.9-96.4 | 14 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 917 | 797 | 81.8 | 77.9-85.2 | 120 | 18.2 | 14.8-22.1 |
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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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