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| Total Respond.^ |
No difficulty | A little difficulty | Moderate difficulty | Extreme difficulty | Unable to do b/c of eyesight | |||||||||||
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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 | 12,259 | 8,169 | 66.6 | 65.5-67.7 | 2,480 | 20.4 | 19.5-21.4 | 1,085 | 8.9 | 8.2- 9.6 | 398 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.6 | 127 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.2 |
| -Gaston County | 317 | 198 | 62.4 | 56.0-68.4 | 64 | 19.5 | 15.0-25.0 | 36 | 12.0 | 8.3-16.9 | 14 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.1 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 129 | 84 | 65.6 | 55.6-74.4 | 25 | 19.4 | 12.6-28.6 | 14 | 10.8 | 6.0-18.7 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 |
| Female | 188 | 114 | 59.6 | 51.3-67.4 | 39 | 19.6 | 14.1-26.6 | 22 | 12.9 | 8.1-20.1 | 9 | 5.5 | 2.7-11.0 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 281 | 181 | 65.1 | 58.4-71.2 | 57 | 19.3 | 14.7-25.0 | 28 | 10.6 | 6.9-15.8 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 |
| Other | 36 | 17 | 46.6 | 28.5-65.6 | 7 | 20.5 | 8.8-41.0 | 8 | 20.2 | 9.5-38.0 | 3 | 9.0 | 2.6-26.7 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-22.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 30 | 18 | 59.7 | 40.2-76.5 | 5 | 17.1 | 6.7-37.1 | 5 | 18.2 | 7.6-37.9 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.5 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.4 |
| 45+ | 287 | 180 | 62.9 | 56.3-69.1 | 59 | 20.0 | 15.3-25.7 | 31 | 10.7 | 7.2-15.6 | 13 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.8 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 172 | 105 | 57.7 | 48.9-66.0 | 33 | 19.8 | 13.8-27.6 | 20 | 13.4 | 8.2-21.1 | 12 | 8.1 | 4.4-14.4 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.4 |
| Some College + | 145 | 93 | 67.7 | 58.4-75.7 | 31 | 19.2 | 13.0-27.5 | 16 | 10.4 | 6.0-17.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.4 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.5- 6.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 172 | 104 | 59.5 | 50.7-67.7 | 33 | 18.2 | 12.6-25.6 | 22 | 14.1 | 8.8-21.7 | 10 | 6.8 | 3.4-13.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.5 |
| $50,000+ | 97 | 63 | 65.0 | 53.5-74.9 | 24 | 24.8 | 16.3-35.9 | 8 | 8.8 | 4.1-17.9 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 |
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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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