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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,114 | 3,820 | 74.7 | 72.4-76.8 | 1,294 | 25.3 | 23.2-27.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,505 | 1,142 | 73.8 | 69.0-78.1 | 363 | 26.2 | 21.9-31.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 534 | 400 | 70.3 | 61.3-77.9 | 134 | 29.7 | 22.1-38.7 |
| Female | 971 | 742 | 76.8 | 72.1-80.9 | 229 | 23.2 | 19.1-27.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 987 | 712 | 71.7 | 65.4-77.2 | 275 | 28.3 | 22.8-34.6 |
| African American | 406 | 344 | 77.3 | 68.2-84.3 | 62 | 22.7 | 15.7-31.8 |
| Other Minorities | 102 | 78 | 78.3 | 63.3-88.2 | 24 | 21.7 | 11.8-36.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 24 | 17 | 56.0 | 28.5-80.3 | 7 | 44.0 | 19.7-71.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,479 | 1,123 | 74.1 | 69.2-78.4 | 356 | 25.9 | 21.6-30.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 4 | 35.9 | 6.3-82.3 | 3 | 64.1 | 17.7-93.7 |
| 25-34 | 40 | 30 | 67.2 | 43.5-84.5 | 10 | 32.8 | 15.5-56.5 |
| 35-44 | 118 | 84 | 69.9 | 54.8-81.6 | 34 | 30.1 | 18.4-45.2 |
| 45-54 | 268 | 215 | 78.3 | 69.1-85.4 | 53 | 21.7 | 14.6-30.9 |
| 55-64 | 385 | 325 | 80.6 | 72.6-86.8 | 60 | 19.4 | 13.2-27.4 |
| 65+ | 675 | 475 | 72.3 | 66.8-77.2 | 200 | 27.7 | 22.8-33.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 254 | 180 | 68.1 | 55.1-78.7 | 74 | 31.9 | 21.3-44.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 499 | 385 | 73.4 | 62.8-81.8 | 114 | 26.6 | 18.2-37.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 415 | 312 | 71.5 | 64.1-77.9 | 103 | 28.5 | 22.1-35.9 |
| College Graduate | 334 | 263 | 82.5 | 75.5-87.9 | 71 | 17.5 | 12.1-24.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 248 | 190 | 71.2 | 59.4-80.6 | 58 | 28.8 | 19.4-40.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 293 | 224 | 75.6 | 64.4-84.1 | 69 | 24.4 | 15.9-35.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 151 | 112 | 64.8 | 40.9-83.0 | 39 | 35.2 | 17.0-59.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 177 | 133 | 71.5 | 59.1-81.3 | 44 | 28.5 | 18.7-40.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 185 | 145 | 81.1 | 70.4-88.6 | 40 | 18.9 | 11.4-29.6 |
| $75,000+ | 229 | 182 | 79.5 | 70.5-86.3 | 47 | 20.5 | 13.7-29.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 765 | 580 | 75.0 | 69.4-79.9 | 185 | 25.0 | 20.1-30.6 |
| No | 714 | 544 | 73.1 | 65.2-79.8 | 170 | 26.9 | 20.2-34.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 266 | 196 | 74.4 | 65.6-81.6 | 70 | 25.6 | 18.4-34.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,100 | 837 | 73.4 | 67.3-78.8 | 263 | 26.6 | 21.2-32.7 |
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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.
**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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