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| Total Respond.^ |
No prob./no reason to go | Cost/insurance | Access problems | Not thought of it | Other | |||||||||||
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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 | 4,414 | 2,190 | 49.7 | 47.7-51.6 | 1,106 | 25.9 | 24.1-27.7 | 153 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.0 | 322 | 7.2 | 6.2- 8.3 | 643 | 14.0 | 12.8-15.4 |
| -Gaston County | 129 | 52 | 39.0 | 29.8-49.1 | 41 | 31.6 | 23.0-41.7 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 6.2 | 9 | 6.2 | 2.8-13.0 | 24 | 21.4 | 14.2-31.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 61 | 27 | 39.1 | 26.6-53.1 | 17 | 30.4 | 18.9-45.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.6 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.1-19.7 | 11 | 22.3 | 12.4-36.8 |
| Female | 68 | 25 | 39.0 | 26.1-53.5 | 24 | 32.9 | 21.1-47.3 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-13.8 | 5 | 5.5 | 2.1-13.7 | 13 | 20.5 | 11.2-34.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 118 | 51 | 42.8 | 32.9-53.4 | 33 | 26.4 | 18.1-36.7 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 7.1 | 9 | 7.1 | 3.2-14.7 | 22 | 21.7 | 14.0-32.0 |
| Other | 11 | 1 | 12.6 | 1.8-53.4 | 8 | 67.5 | 34.8-89.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 19.8 | 5.0-53.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 10 | 6 | 53.9 | 23.6-81.5 | 3 | 33.0 | 10.8-66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 13.1 | 1.8-54.8 |
| 45+ | 117 | 46 | 37.0 | 27.9-47.2 | 37 | 31.5 | 22.7-42.0 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 7.3 | 9 | 7.4 | 3.4-15.3 | 22 | 21.9 | 14.3-32.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 71 | 27 | 33.8 | 22.7-47.1 | 24 | 36.6 | 24.8-50.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.6 | 6 | 8.8 | 3.5-20.4 | 13 | 20.2 | 11.3-33.4 |
| Some College + | 57 | 25 | 46.2 | 31.7-61.4 | 16 | 24.5 | 13.7-39.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.7-13.9 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.7 | 11 | 23.3 | 12.6-38.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 81 | 31 | 34.5 | 23.8-47.1 | 32 | 42.5 | 30.4-55.5 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 | 5 | 7.4 | 2.8-18.3 | 11 | 14.4 | 7.4-26.2 |
| $50,000+ | 29 | 15 | 51.1 | 31.8-70.1 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.6-23.8 | 1 | 4.2 | 0.6-24.8 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.6-16.5 | 8 | 32.7 | 16.9-53.7 |
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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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