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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 | 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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 7,282 | 2,172 | 26.8 | 25.3-28.4 | 1,820 | 25.0 | 23.5-26.5 | 1,697 | 25.7 | 24.1-27.4 | 534 | 7.9 | 7.0- 8.9 | 1,059 | 14.6 | 13.3-16.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 2,807 | 760 | 24.6 | 22.3-27.0 | 672 | 23.8 | 21.5-26.2 | 695 | 26.8 | 24.3-29.5 | 237 | 8.8 | 7.4-10.3 | 443 | 16.1 | 14.1-18.2 |
| Female | 4,475 | 1,412 | 29.0 | 27.0-31.0 | 1,148 | 26.1 | 24.3-28.1 | 1,002 | 24.6 | 22.6-26.7 | 297 | 7.1 | 6.1- 8.3 | 616 | 13.2 | 11.6-15.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 5,818 | 1,721 | 25.9 | 24.3-27.6 | 1,560 | 27.3 | 25.7-29.0 | 1,333 | 25.5 | 23.8-27.3 | 433 | 8.2 | 7.2- 9.3 | 771 | 13.1 | 11.7-14.6 |
| African American | 1,002 | 324 | 32.0 | 27.8-36.5 | 172 | 17.9 | 14.8-21.4 | 238 | 24.0 | 20.3-28.1 | 72 | 8.2 | 6.2-10.9 | 196 | 17.9 | 14.9-21.3 |
| Other Minorities | 442 | 123 | 24.8 | 19.8-30.5 | 87 | 22.4 | 16.8-29.2 | 119 | 28.5 | 22.2-35.7 | 28 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.9 | 85 | 18.4 | 13.7-24.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 332 | 91 | 24.6 | 18.8-31.4 | 70 | 24.1 | 17.6-32.2 | 84 | 27.2 | 19.8-36.1 | 27 | 7.3 | 4.2-12.4 | 60 | 16.7 | 11.6-23.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,933 | 2,074 | 27.1 | 25.5-28.7 | 1,748 | 25.1 | 23.6-26.6 | 1,610 | 25.5 | 23.9-27.2 | 507 | 8.0 | 7.1- 8.9 | 994 | 14.4 | 13.1-15.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 208 | 40 | 21.3 | 15.0-29.5 | 42 | 18.4 | 12.8-25.8 | 73 | 35.4 | 27.5-44.2 | 25 | 9.4 | 6.0-14.4 | 28 | 15.4 | 10.1-23.0 |
| 25-34 | 722 | 155 | 22.5 | 18.7-26.8 | 191 | 26.5 | 22.6-30.9 | 215 | 29.1 | 25.0-33.5 | 73 | 8.6 | 6.5-11.3 | 88 | 13.3 | 10.4-16.9 |
| 35-44 | 1,198 | 298 | 23.8 | 21.0-26.9 | 349 | 28.9 | 25.7-32.3 | 327 | 25.8 | 22.9-29.0 | 94 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.3 | 130 | 13.4 | 10.8-16.4 |
| 45-54 | 1,478 | 389 | 25.0 | 22.2-28.0 | 392 | 26.5 | 23.7-29.5 | 375 | 25.4 | 22.6-28.4 | 120 | 9.0 | 7.2-11.3 | 202 | 14.1 | 11.8-16.7 |
| 55-64 | 1,540 | 471 | 31.9 | 29.0-35.1 | 386 | 23.8 | 21.3-26.6 | 342 | 22.3 | 19.7-25.0 | 107 | 6.9 | 5.4- 8.7 | 234 | 15.1 | 12.9-17.6 |
| 65-74 | 1,189 | 425 | 35.0 | 31.7-38.4 | 266 | 23.9 | 21.0-27.1 | 221 | 18.9 | 16.3-21.8 | 68 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.3 | 209 | 17.5 | 14.9-20.4 |
| 75+ | 889 | 373 | 41.5 | 37.3-45.8 | 173 | 19.4 | 16.4-22.8 | 134 | 15.5 | 12.7-18.9 | 45 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.8 | 164 | 17.7 | 14.8-21.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 897 | 312 | 27.4 | 23.2-32.1 | 124 | 18.8 | 14.1-24.6 | 191 | 24.7 | 20.1-30.0 | 46 | 5.6 | 3.5- 8.9 | 224 | 23.4 | 19.1-28.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,008 | 608 | 30.0 | 26.6-33.5 | 406 | 17.3 | 15.0-19.8 | 459 | 24.8 | 21.5-28.5 | 154 | 8.8 | 7.0-11.0 | 381 | 19.1 | 16.3-22.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,874 | 557 | 26.3 | 23.5-29.4 | 446 | 23.0 | 20.3-25.9 | 452 | 27.0 | 23.9-30.4 | 163 | 9.2 | 7.5-11.2 | 256 | 14.5 | 12.2-17.2 |
| College Graduate | 2,486 | 691 | 24.5 | 22.3-26.8 | 841 | 35.3 | 32.7-37.9 | 589 | 25.6 | 23.3-28.1 | 171 | 7.1 | 5.9- 8.5 | 194 | 7.5 | 6.2- 9.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 663 | 243 | 32.1 | 26.5-38.2 | 88 | 12.9 | 8.8-18.4 | 135 | 24.9 | 18.9-32.0 | 42 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.8 | 155 | 22.8 | 16.9-30.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,110 | 357 | 29.5 | 25.0-34.5 | 191 | 18.5 | 14.4-23.4 | 234 | 25.6 | 20.4-31.5 | 74 | 6.4 | 4.6- 8.9 | 254 | 20.0 | 16.5-24.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 709 | 231 | 31.4 | 26.5-36.7 | 156 | 22.0 | 17.4-27.3 | 161 | 21.9 | 17.9-26.5 | 42 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | 119 | 18.6 | 14.7-23.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 975 | 271 | 23.2 | 19.9-26.8 | 250 | 26.3 | 22.4-30.6 | 238 | 26.3 | 22.5-30.6 | 80 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.5 | 136 | 15.6 | 12.4-19.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,041 | 288 | 26.1 | 22.5-30.2 | 286 | 24.8 | 21.5-28.5 | 265 | 26.9 | 23.3-31.0 | 90 | 9.4 | 7.3-12.0 | 112 | 12.7 | 10.0-16.0 |
| $75,000+ | 1,830 | 465 | 22.8 | 20.3-25.6 | 643 | 35.1 | 32.2-38.2 | 464 | 27.8 | 25.0-30.9 | 137 | 7.3 | 6.0- 8.9 | 121 | 6.9 | 5.4- 8.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 2,487 | 789 | 29.0 | 26.4-31.7 | 527 | 19.5 | 17.4-21.7 | 506 | 21.3 | 18.9-23.9 | 170 | 7.5 | 6.1- 9.2 | 495 | 22.8 | 20.0-25.9 |
| No | 4,759 | 1,372 | 26.0 | 24.2-27.9 | 1,286 | 27.1 | 25.2-29.1 | 1,184 | 27.5 | 25.4-29.6 | 362 | 8.1 | 7.1- 9.3 | 555 | 11.3 | 10.0-12.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 978 | 307 | 29.2 | 25.3-33.5 | 234 | 24.3 | 20.8-28.1 | 208 | 24.2 | 20.4-28.3 | 74 | 7.7 | 5.7-10.4 | 155 | 14.7 | 11.7-18.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 6,301 | 1,865 | 26.5 | 24.9-28.2 | 1,585 | 25.1 | 23.5-26.7 | 1,488 | 25.9 | 24.2-27.7 | 460 | 7.9 | 7.0- 9.0 | 903 | 14.6 | 13.2-16.1 |
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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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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