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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,380 | 4,684 | 81.6 | 79.4-83.6 | 696 | 18.4 | 16.4-20.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,571 | 1,372 | 81.7 | 77.1-85.6 | 199 | 18.3 | 14.4-22.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 563 | 479 | 77.8 | 68.9-84.7 | 84 | 22.2 | 15.3-31.1 |
| Female | 1,008 | 893 | 85.1 | 81.0-88.5 | 115 | 14.9 | 11.5-19.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,019 | 887 | 79.7 | 72.9-85.1 | 132 | 20.3 | 14.9-27.1 |
| African American | 431 | 383 | 87.9 | 82.5-91.8 | 48 | 12.1 | 8.2-17.5 |
| Other Minorities | 109 | 92 | 73.6 | 55.9-86.0 | 17 | 26.4 | 14.0-44.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 25 | 14 | 55.1 | 29.6-78.2 | 11 | 44.9 | 21.8-70.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,544 | 1,356 | 82.2 | 77.5-86.1 | 188 | 17.8 | 13.9-22.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 8 | 1 | 21.9 | 2.6-74.8 | 7 | 78.1 | 25.2-97.4 |
| 25-34 | 41 | 20 | 30.7 | 16.9-49.1 | 21 | 69.3 | 50.9-83.1 |
| 35-44 | 127 | 68 | 57.0 | 43.3-69.7 | 59 | 43.0 | 30.3-56.7 |
| 45-54 | 289 | 239 | 83.0 | 75.4-88.5 | 50 | 17.0 | 11.5-24.6 |
| 55-64 | 396 | 366 | 93.2 | 89.0-95.9 | 30 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.0 |
| 65+ | 698 | 667 | 96.3 | 93.9-97.7 | 31 | 3.7 | 2.3- 6.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 271 | 243 | 90.3 | 81.5-95.1 | 28 | 9.7 | 4.9-18.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 525 | 472 | 82.2 | 70.9-89.8 | 53 | 17.8 | 10.2-29.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 429 | 369 | 78.7 | 70.8-85.0 | 60 | 21.3 | 15.0-29.2 |
| College Graduate | 343 | 285 | 77.2 | 68.9-83.8 | 58 | 22.8 | 16.2-31.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 260 | 223 | 86.0 | 76.2-92.2 | 37 | 14.0 | 7.8-23.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 305 | 276 | 91.0 | 85.9-94.4 | 29 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 151 | 130 | 70.3 | 43.6-87.9 | 21 | 29.7 | 12.1-56.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 189 | 170 | 85.7 | 76.8-91.6 | 19 | 14.3 | 8.4-23.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 193 | 166 | 72.5 | 58.6-83.1 | 27 | 27.5 | 16.9-41.4 |
| $75,000+ | 235 | 185 | 73.2 | 63.3-81.2 | 50 | 26.8 | 18.8-36.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 793 | 706 | 85.5 | 80.6-89.4 | 87 | 14.5 | 10.6-19.4 |
| No | 717 | 616 | 79.0 | 70.9-85.3 | 101 | 21.0 | 14.7-29.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 278 | 243 | 81.9 | 72.7-88.6 | 35 | 18.1 | 11.4-27.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,149 | 1,002 | 81.2 | 75.2-86.0 | 147 | 18.8 | 14.0-24.8 |
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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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