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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,098 | 3,274 | 66.9 | 64.6-69.0 | 1,824 | 33.1 | 31.0-35.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,499 | 1,012 | 66.1 | 61.3-70.6 | 487 | 33.9 | 29.4-38.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 535 | 371 | 67.6 | 59.0-75.2 | 164 | 32.4 | 24.8-41.0 |
| Female | 964 | 641 | 64.9 | 59.6-69.8 | 323 | 35.1 | 30.2-40.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 981 | 628 | 64.7 | 58.6-70.3 | 353 | 35.3 | 29.7-41.4 |
| African American | 404 | 303 | 69.6 | 60.7-77.3 | 101 | 30.4 | 22.7-39.3 |
| Other Minorities | 102 | 73 | 64.7 | 46.5-79.4 | 29 | 35.3 | 20.6-53.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 24 | 14 | 58.5 | 30.7-81.8 | 10 | 41.5 | 18.2-69.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,473 | 996 | 66.2 | 61.4-70.8 | 477 | 33.8 | 29.2-38.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 5 | 37.6 | 6.7-83.4 | 2 | 62.4 | 16.6-93.3 |
| 25-34 | 40 | 30 | 65.9 | 39.7-85.0 | 10 | 34.1 | 15.0-60.3 |
| 35-44 | 117 | 94 | 72.2 | 56.5-83.9 | 23 | 27.8 | 16.1-43.5 |
| 45-54 | 267 | 209 | 78.0 | 69.2-84.7 | 58 | 22.0 | 15.3-30.8 |
| 55-64 | 386 | 289 | 73.5 | 65.5-80.2 | 97 | 26.5 | 19.8-34.5 |
| 65+ | 670 | 376 | 52.9 | 46.8-58.8 | 294 | 47.1 | 41.2-53.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 251 | 159 | 64.6 | 52.7-75.0 | 92 | 35.4 | 25.0-47.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 496 | 337 | 58.1 | 48.7-66.9 | 159 | 41.9 | 33.1-51.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 414 | 286 | 67.8 | 60.0-74.7 | 128 | 32.2 | 25.3-40.0 |
| College Graduate | 335 | 227 | 78.6 | 72.7-83.5 | 108 | 21.4 | 16.5-27.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 246 | 158 | 56.9 | 45.6-67.5 | 88 | 43.1 | 32.5-54.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 294 | 206 | 68.3 | 57.5-77.4 | 88 | 31.7 | 22.6-42.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 150 | 100 | 63.1 | 39.9-81.5 | 50 | 36.9 | 18.5-60.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 177 | 119 | 67.8 | 55.6-78.0 | 58 | 32.2 | 22.0-44.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 184 | 137 | 80.9 | 69.9-88.5 | 47 | 19.1 | 11.5-30.1 |
| $75,000+ | 228 | 172 | 74.7 | 65.0-82.5 | 56 | 25.3 | 17.5-35.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 760 | 511 | 66.6 | 60.8-72.0 | 249 | 33.4 | 28.0-39.2 |
| No | 712 | 487 | 65.9 | 58.4-72.7 | 225 | 34.1 | 27.3-41.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 264 | 172 | 66.2 | 56.7-74.6 | 92 | 33.8 | 25.4-43.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,096 | 752 | 66.4 | 60.4-71.9 | 344 | 33.6 | 28.1-39.6 |
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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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