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| Total Respond.^ |
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 | 14,939 | 1,826 | 10.5 | 9.8-11.2 | 3,614 | 22.0 | 21.0-23.1 | 7,116 | 50.4 | 49.2-51.7 | 1,629 | 12.1 | 11.3-13.0 | 754 | 4.9 | 4.4- 5.5 |
| -FEMALES | 9,302 | 1,440 | 14.5 | 13.5-15.6 | 2,586 | 25.7 | 24.5-27.1 | 4,074 | 47.1 | 45.5-48.6 | 796 | 8.8 | 8.0- 9.7 | 406 | 3.9 | 3.4- 4.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 7,153 | 794 | 8.7 | 7.9- 9.6 | 1,925 | 23.7 | 22.4-25.1 | 3,408 | 53.0 | 51.2-54.7 | 709 | 10.4 | 9.4-11.5 | 317 | 4.2 | 3.5- 4.9 |
| African American | 1,538 | 520 | 32.7 | 29.6-36.1 | 473 | 31.0 | 27.8-34.4 | 442 | 30.0 | 26.8-33.5 | 52 | 3.8 | 2.5- 5.6 | 51 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.7 |
| Other Minorities | 577 | 120 | 24.2 | 18.7-30.7 | 182 | 30.7 | 25.3-36.7 | 210 | 34.9 | 29.2-41.1 | 32 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.4 | 33 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 264 | 34 | 12.2 | 8.0-18.4 | 35 | 13.6 | 9.1-19.7 | 148 | 59.0 | 51.1-66.5 | 37 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.4 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.3 |
| 25-34 | 901 | 105 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.7 | 227 | 24.7 | 21.2-28.5 | 440 | 51.2 | 47.0-55.3 | 97 | 10.3 | 8.1-13.0 | 32 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.6 |
| 35-44 | 1,426 | 167 | 12.4 | 10.2-14.9 | 327 | 23.7 | 20.9-26.6 | 706 | 49.0 | 45.8-52.3 | 152 | 9.9 | 8.2-11.9 | 74 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.5 |
| 45-54 | 1,795 | 212 | 13.0 | 10.9-15.4 | 442 | 24.5 | 22.1-27.2 | 873 | 49.2 | 46.3-52.2 | 194 | 9.4 | 8.0-11.1 | 74 | 3.8 | 2.8- 5.1 |
| 55-64 | 1,924 | 265 | 14.2 | 12.2-16.5 | 577 | 31.0 | 28.5-33.7 | 870 | 44.6 | 41.8-47.4 | 139 | 6.7 | 5.5- 8.2 | 73 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.6 |
| 65-74 | 1,654 | 312 | 19.7 | 17.4-22.3 | 545 | 33.2 | 30.4-36.1 | 620 | 37.4 | 34.6-40.3 | 99 | 5.4 | 4.3- 6.9 | 78 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.5 |
| 75+ | 1,265 | 335 | 27.5 | 24.3-30.9 | 403 | 32.1 | 28.8-35.5 | 392 | 30.3 | 27.2-33.6 | 73 | 5.7 | 4.3- 7.4 | 62 | 4.4 | 3.3- 5.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,253 | 380 | 29.2 | 25.5-33.2 | 335 | 26.7 | 23.1-30.5 | 409 | 33.3 | 29.4-37.5 | 67 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.6 | 62 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,697 | 472 | 16.7 | 14.5-19.1 | 706 | 24.3 | 21.8-26.9 | 1,168 | 46.4 | 43.2-49.6 | 217 | 7.7 | 6.4- 9.3 | 134 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,624 | 343 | 12.5 | 10.8-14.3 | 752 | 26.6 | 24.3-29.1 | 1,152 | 46.6 | 43.7-49.4 | 261 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.6 | 116 | 3.8 | 3.0- 4.8 |
| College Graduate | 2,708 | 239 | 8.2 | 6.9- 9.7 | 788 | 25.9 | 23.8-28.2 | 1,341 | 54.1 | 51.4-56.7 | 248 | 9.1 | 7.8-10.6 | 92 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 1,173 | 344 | 32.7 | 28.0-37.7 | 318 | 23.2 | 19.9-26.8 | 365 | 30.5 | 25.8-35.6 | 75 | 7.5 | 5.0-11.0 | 71 | 6.2 | 4.1- 9.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,550 | 336 | 22.2 | 19.0-25.8 | 428 | 26.0 | 22.6-29.7 | 603 | 39.4 | 35.6-43.4 | 105 | 7.9 | 5.7-10.9 | 78 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 989 | 147 | 14.6 | 11.9-17.7 | 284 | 27.4 | 23.5-31.7 | 436 | 47.0 | 42.6-51.5 | 81 | 8.1 | 5.8-11.2 | 41 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,246 | 154 | 12.3 | 9.9-15.1 | 365 | 27.4 | 24.0-31.0 | 564 | 48.2 | 44.1-52.3 | 118 | 9.2 | 7.2-11.8 | 45 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,233 | 102 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.3 | 317 | 25.1 | 22.1-28.4 | 639 | 51.9 | 48.1-55.6 | 119 | 10.4 | 8.3-13.0 | 56 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.2 |
| $75,000+ | 1,682 | 89 | 5.4 | 4.1- 7.0 | 438 | 23.7 | 21.1-26.5 | 903 | 57.6 | 54.3-60.9 | 202 | 10.7 | 9.1-12.7 | 50 | 2.5 | 1.8- 3.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 3,510 | 742 | 20.6 | 18.5-22.8 | 1,056 | 27.7 | 25.7-29.9 | 1,288 | 39.9 | 37.3-42.5 | 238 | 6.9 | 5.9- 8.1 | 186 | 4.9 | 4.0- 6.1 |
| No | 5,738 | 681 | 11.6 | 10.5-12.8 | 1,518 | 24.9 | 23.3-26.5 | 2,767 | 50.5 | 48.6-52.5 | 554 | 9.6 | 8.5-10.9 | 218 | 3.4 | 2.8- 4.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 203 | 28 | 14.0 | 8.2-22.9 | 49 | 27.6 | 19.8-37.1 | 94 | 44.9 | 35.9-54.3 | 22 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.1 | 10 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 9,099 | 1,412 | 14.5 | 13.5-15.6 | 2,537 | 25.7 | 24.4-27.0 | 3,980 | 47.1 | 45.6-48.7 | 774 | 8.8 | 7.9- 9.7 | 396 | 3.8 | 3.3- 4.4 |
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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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