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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 |
| -Western NC | 1,354 | 825 | 55.7 | 52.0-59.4 | 261 | 19.7 | 16.9-22.8 | 268 | 24.6 | 21.3-28.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 499 | 259 | 48.0 | 42.1-53.9 | 105 | 20.4 | 16.0-25.6 | 135 | 31.6 | 26.0-37.8 |
| Female | 855 | 566 | 63.0 | 58.6-67.3 | 156 | 19.0 | 15.6-22.9 | 133 | 18.0 | 14.7-21.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,243 | 755 | 54.8 | 51.0-58.6 | 239 | 19.7 | 16.9-22.8 | 249 | 25.5 | 22.0-29.4 |
| African American | 44 | 25 | 58.8 | 39.5-75.8 | 8 | 14.1 | 6.3-28.4 | 11 | 27.1 | 13.5-46.9 |
| Other Minorities | 63 | 42 | 66.7 | 46.7-82.1 | 14 | 22.0 | 9.0-44.5 | 7 | 11.3 | 4.2-26.9 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 37 | 30 | 70.2 | 43.3-87.9 | 5 | 23.8 | 7.9-53.2 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.0-28.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,314 | 793 | 55.0 | 51.2-58.7 | 255 | 19.5 | 16.8-22.5 | 266 | 25.6 | 22.2-29.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 35 | 17 | 39.6 | 23.4-58.5 | 11 | 27.4 | 13.4-47.9 | 7 | 33.0 | 16.4-55.2 |
| 25-34 | 126 | 72 | 56.5 | 46.2-66.2 | 24 | 17.9 | 11.4-27.0 | 30 | 25.6 | 17.5-35.9 |
| 35-44 | 155 | 82 | 51.2 | 42.0-60.3 | 36 | 22.7 | 15.8-31.5 | 37 | 26.1 | 18.9-34.9 |
| 45-54 | 245 | 143 | 53.1 | 45.0-60.9 | 43 | 17.0 | 12.1-23.3 | 59 | 29.9 | 22.8-38.3 |
| 55-64 | 302 | 189 | 58.0 | 51.3-64.5 | 60 | 21.1 | 16.2-27.1 | 53 | 20.9 | 15.5-27.5 |
| 65-74 | 285 | 188 | 66.0 | 59.4-72.0 | 48 | 15.7 | 11.5-20.9 | 49 | 18.4 | 13.6-24.3 |
| 75+ | 202 | 130 | 63.8 | 55.5-71.3 | 39 | 20.1 | 14.0-28.0 | 33 | 16.1 | 10.9-23.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 209 | 111 | 47.2 | 38.1-56.5 | 44 | 20.7 | 14.5-28.7 | 54 | 32.1 | 23.1-42.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 403 | 224 | 51.9 | 44.8-58.9 | 87 | 22.1 | 16.6-28.8 | 92 | 26.0 | 20.0-33.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 378 | 239 | 58.8 | 52.0-65.2 | 72 | 19.0 | 14.3-24.7 | 67 | 22.3 | 16.9-28.8 |
| College Graduate | 362 | 249 | 61.5 | 54.1-68.5 | 58 | 17.1 | 12.3-23.3 | 55 | 21.4 | 15.5-28.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 161 | 95 | 61.5 | 51.1-70.9 | 33 | 19.4 | 12.4-29.0 | 33 | 19.1 | 12.8-27.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 293 | 163 | 48.5 | 40.9-56.1 | 59 | 22.2 | 16.3-29.4 | 71 | 29.4 | 22.3-37.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 142 | 80 | 48.1 | 36.5-59.9 | 32 | 26.0 | 15.9-39.5 | 30 | 25.9 | 17.1-37.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 218 | 130 | 55.9 | 46.7-64.6 | 45 | 21.4 | 14.7-30.2 | 43 | 22.7 | 15.9-31.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 189 | 121 | 59.0 | 49.4-68.0 | 35 | 19.2 | 13.2-27.1 | 33 | 21.7 | 14.3-31.6 |
| $75,000+ | 191 | 135 | 64.4 | 54.7-73.1 | 29 | 14.8 | 9.7-21.9 | 27 | 20.8 | 13.3-31.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 565 | 359 | 58.7 | 52.8-64.4 | 95 | 17.8 | 14.0-22.5 | 111 | 23.5 | 18.3-29.7 |
| No | 781 | 460 | 54.1 | 49.2-58.8 | 165 | 20.7 | 17.1-24.9 | 156 | 25.2 | 21.1-29.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 214 | 125 | 59.8 | 51.1-68.0 | 43 | 19.8 | 14.0-27.2 | 46 | 20.4 | 14.5-27.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,140 | 700 | 55.1 | 51.0-59.1 | 218 | 19.7 | 16.6-23.2 | 222 | 25.3 | 21.6-29.3 |
^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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