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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,078 | 3,907 | 78.5 | 76.4-80.3 | 1,171 | 21.5 | 19.7-23.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,485 | 1,140 | 79.2 | 75.5-82.4 | 345 | 20.8 | 17.6-24.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 526 | 395 | 79.0 | 73.1-83.9 | 131 | 21.0 | 16.1-26.9 |
| Female | 959 | 745 | 79.3 | 74.6-83.3 | 214 | 20.7 | 16.7-25.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 974 | 753 | 81.0 | 76.7-84.6 | 221 | 19.0 | 15.4-23.3 |
| African American | 399 | 308 | 77.8 | 70.2-83.9 | 91 | 22.2 | 16.1-29.8 |
| Other Minorities | 101 | 70 | 65.7 | 47.5-80.3 | 31 | 34.3 | 19.7-52.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 24 | 18 | 79.2 | 54.1-92.5 | 6 | 20.8 | 7.5-45.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,459 | 1,120 | 79.1 | 75.5-82.4 | 339 | 20.9 | 17.6-24.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | 6 | 90.5 | 48.1-99.0 | 1 | 9.5 | 1.0-51.9 |
| 25-34 | 39 | 32 | 80.4 | 53.5-93.6 | 7 | 19.6 | 6.4-46.5 |
| 35-44 | 117 | 98 | 81.4 | 68.1-90.0 | 19 | 18.6 | 10.0-31.9 |
| 45-54 | 268 | 217 | 81.2 | 72.8-87.4 | 51 | 18.8 | 12.6-27.2 |
| 55-64 | 381 | 312 | 86.1 | 80.7-90.2 | 69 | 13.9 | 9.8-19.3 |
| 65+ | 661 | 465 | 70.1 | 64.1-75.5 | 196 | 29.9 | 24.5-35.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 251 | 179 | 78.9 | 70.1-85.7 | 72 | 21.1 | 14.3-29.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 487 | 376 | 76.6 | 69.2-82.7 | 111 | 23.4 | 17.3-30.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 412 | 332 | 80.4 | 73.6-85.9 | 80 | 19.6 | 14.1-26.4 |
| College Graduate | 332 | 251 | 81.9 | 74.6-87.4 | 81 | 18.1 | 12.6-25.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 245 | 166 | 67.0 | 56.3-76.2 | 79 | 33.0 | 23.8-43.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 289 | 228 | 81.5 | 72.9-87.8 | 61 | 18.5 | 12.2-27.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 149 | 120 | 86.9 | 75.7-93.4 | 29 | 13.1 | 6.6-24.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 175 | 138 | 84.8 | 76.1-90.7 | 37 | 15.2 | 9.3-23.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 184 | 152 | 89.5 | 81.3-94.3 | 32 | 10.5 | 5.7-18.7 |
| $75,000+ | 228 | 185 | 79.1 | 68.9-86.5 | 43 | 20.9 | 13.5-31.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 752 | 565 | 75.7 | 70.2-80.5 | 187 | 24.3 | 19.5-29.8 |
| No | 707 | 558 | 82.6 | 77.7-86.6 | 149 | 17.4 | 13.4-22.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 260 | 196 | 77.4 | 68.6-84.3 | 64 | 22.6 | 15.7-31.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,088 | 835 | 78.6 | 74.2-82.5 | 253 | 21.4 | 17.5-25.8 |
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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.
**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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