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Always | Nearly always | Sometimes | Seldom | 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 | 15,114 | 4,707 | 27.7 | 26.6-28.8 | 3,547 | 23.6 | 22.6-24.7 | 3,481 | 25.4 | 24.2-26.5 | 1,078 | 8.0 | 7.4- 8.7 | 2,301 | 15.3 | 14.4-16.3 |
-Gaston County | 393 | 123 | 28.9 | 22.9-35.7 | 83 | 18.8 | 14.3-24.4 | 103 | 31.4 | 24.7-38.9 | 23 | 6.7 | 3.6-12.1 | 61 | 14.3 | 10.5-19.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 165 | 47 | 27.1 | 18.6-37.6 | 33 | 14.8 | 9.9-21.7 | 45 | 30.4 | 20.9-41.8 | 13 | 10.0 | 4.5-20.8 | 27 | 17.7 | 11.4-26.5 |
Female | 228 | 76 | 30.6 | 22.7-39.7 | 50 | 22.6 | 15.7-31.5 | 58 | 32.4 | 23.5-42.6 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.7- 6.8 | 34 | 11.0 | 7.4-16.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 340 | 107 | 28.5 | 22.5-35.5 | 78 | 21.8 | 16.5-28.3 | 86 | 30.0 | 23.6-37.4 | 22 | 8.1 | 4.3-14.8 | 47 | 11.5 | 8.1-16.0 |
Other | 53 | 16 | 30.1 | 15.6-50.1 | 5 | 8.1 | 3.1-19.2 | 17 | 36.2 | 18.8-58.0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.7 | 14 | 24.3 | 12.8-41.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 107 | 28 | 26.9 | 17.2-39.4 | 20 | 15.9 | 9.2-26.1 | 35 | 36.5 | 25.0-49.7 | 7 | 7.3 | 2.5-19.1 | 17 | 13.5 | 7.9-22.2 |
45+ | 283 | 94 | 30.6 | 24.8-37.0 | 62 | 21.9 | 16.8-27.9 | 68 | 26.4 | 20.8-33.0 | 16 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.2 | 43 | 15.0 | 10.7-20.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 207 | 64 | 28.9 | 20.4-39.3 | 29 | 11.1 | 7.2-16.7 | 55 | 31.2 | 21.9-42.4 | 16 | 9.6 | 4.5-19.6 | 43 | 19.1 | 13.2-26.8 |
Some College + | 185 | 59 | 28.8 | 21.2-37.9 | 53 | 27.3 | 19.5-36.8 | 48 | 31.6 | 22.8-41.9 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.5 | 18 | 9.0 | 4.9-15.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 211 | 66 | 30.0 | 21.7-39.9 | 33 | 12.9 | 8.6-19.0 | 60 | 33.9 | 24.2-45.1 | 10 | 4.5 | 2.2- 8.9 | 42 | 18.7 | 12.8-26.3 |
$50,000+ | 120 | 34 | 25.6 | 17.9-35.3 | 39 | 28.3 | 20.0-38.3 | 25 | 29.1 | 19.1-41.6 | 9 | 6.3 | 3.0-12.5 | 13 | 10.8 | 5.6-19.8 |
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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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