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Within the past month | Within the past year | Within the past 2 years | 2 or more years ago | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 12,213 | 1,586 | 12.0 | 11.3-12.8 | 6,284 | 50.2 | 49.0-51.4 | 1,917 | 15.9 | 15.1-16.8 | 2,249 | 19.8 | 18.9-20.8 | 177 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.5 |
-Gaston County | 318 | 36 | 12.8 | 8.8-18.2 | 156 | 47.5 | 41.2-53.9 | 50 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.7 | 71 | 21.3 | 16.6-26.9 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 128 | 11 | 11.1 | 5.6-20.8 | 58 | 45.0 | 35.3-55.0 | 22 | 16.8 | 10.7-25.5 | 35 | 25.3 | 17.9-34.4 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.8 |
Female | 190 | 25 | 14.2 | 9.3-21.1 | 98 | 49.8 | 41.6-57.9 | 28 | 15.9 | 10.5-23.3 | 36 | 17.8 | 12.3-25.1 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 282 | 28 | 11.0 | 7.3-16.2 | 139 | 48.8 | 42.1-55.5 | 48 | 17.7 | 13.1-23.6 | 65 | 21.5 | 16.6-27.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.3 |
Other | 36 | 8 | 23.7 | 10.3-45.5 | 17 | 40.0 | 23.4-59.3 | 2 | 7.7 | 1.8-27.6 | 6 | 19.8 | 8.8-38.7 | 3 | 8.8 | 2.6-25.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 30 | 2 | 6.3 | 1.5-22.5 | 19 | 60.6 | 40.8-77.4 | 5 | 19.9 | 8.2-41.0 | 4 | 13.2 | 4.7-32.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
45+ | 288 | 34 | 14.0 | 9.6-20.1 | 137 | 45.0 | 38.5-51.7 | 45 | 15.6 | 11.4-21.0 | 67 | 22.8 | 17.7-28.9 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 172 | 17 | 9.7 | 5.6-16.2 | 84 | 46.4 | 38.0-54.9 | 26 | 15.1 | 9.9-22.4 | 40 | 24.8 | 18.0-33.1 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.9 |
Some College + | 146 | 19 | 16.1 | 9.8-25.4 | 72 | 48.8 | 39.3-58.3 | 24 | 17.6 | 11.3-26.3 | 31 | 17.5 | 11.7-25.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 172 | 17 | 8.3 | 4.9-13.6 | 73 | 40.1 | 32.0-48.8 | 27 | 16.8 | 11.1-24.6 | 51 | 31.2 | 23.6-40.0 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.8 |
$50,000+ | 97 | 12 | 14.2 | 7.4-25.4 | 58 | 60.3 | 48.8-70.8 | 15 | 14.9 | 8.6-24.6 | 11 | 9.9 | 5.3-17.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 |
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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.
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