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| Total Respond.^ |
Mostly sitting/standing | Mostly walking | Mostly heavy labor | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,061 | 3,976 | 62.3 | 60.2-64.4 | 1,378 | 23.9 | 22.0-25.8 | 707 | 13.8 | 12.3-15.5 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,646 | 1,041 | 61.5 | 56.9-65.9 | 407 | 25.2 | 21.2-29.7 | 198 | 13.2 | 10.5-16.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 670 | 363 | 53.8 | 46.6-60.8 | 174 | 25.8 | 19.5-33.2 | 133 | 20.4 | 15.7-26.2 |
| Female | 976 | 678 | 70.7 | 66.0-75.1 | 233 | 24.6 | 20.4-29.4 | 65 | 4.6 | 3.3- 6.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,112 | 729 | 64.3 | 59.4-69.0 | 238 | 21.9 | 18.1-26.2 | 145 | 13.8 | 10.6-17.8 |
| African American | 351 | 216 | 67.8 | 59.5-75.0 | 102 | 24.1 | 17.9-31.6 | 33 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.6 |
| Other Minorities | 176 | 93 | 36.5 | 23.2-52.3 | 63 | 43.8 | 26.2-63.2 | 20 | 19.6 | 10.0-35.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 82 | 49 | 43.3 | 23.1-66.0 | 24 | 37.9 | 15.4-67.0 | 9 | 18.8 | 7.1-41.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,560 | 991 | 63.2 | 59.0-67.3 | 380 | 24.0 | 20.6-27.8 | 189 | 12.8 | 10.2-15.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 59 | 31 | 58.0 | 39.0-74.9 | 16 | 31.1 | 16.6-50.6 | 12 | 11.0 | 5.5-20.6 |
| 25-34 | 258 | 148 | 52.5 | 40.9-63.9 | 71 | 28.5 | 17.8-42.2 | 39 | 19.0 | 11.8-29.2 |
| 35-44 | 386 | 250 | 65.6 | 57.6-72.8 | 84 | 18.8 | 13.6-25.3 | 52 | 15.6 | 10.3-23.1 |
| 45-54 | 468 | 298 | 63.4 | 56.5-69.8 | 116 | 26.8 | 21.0-33.5 | 54 | 9.8 | 6.7-14.3 |
| 55-64 | 341 | 225 | 67.5 | 59.7-74.4 | 85 | 24.0 | 18.0-31.3 | 31 | 8.5 | 5.0-14.1 |
| 65+ | 120 | 79 | 70.7 | 58.0-80.9 | 32 | 23.6 | 14.6-35.6 | 9 | 5.7 | 1.9-15.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 105 | 47 | 50.8 | 34.4-67.0 | 38 | 23.9 | 13.3-39.1 | 20 | 25.3 | 12.9-43.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 474 | 251 | 50.4 | 41.0-59.8 | 133 | 32.0 | 22.7-42.9 | 90 | 17.7 | 12.6-24.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 488 | 320 | 66.8 | 59.6-73.3 | 114 | 20.4 | 15.6-26.3 | 54 | 12.8 | 8.4-19.0 |
| College Graduate | 577 | 423 | 71.2 | 64.7-76.9 | 120 | 23.1 | 18.0-29.1 | 34 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 83 | 41 | 39.4 | 20.7-61.9 | 24 | 40.9 | 17.6-69.2 | 18 | 19.7 | 8.5-39.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 228 | 122 | 58.1 | 45.9-69.4 | 71 | 24.8 | 16.7-35.1 | 35 | 17.1 | 9.5-28.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 171 | 100 | 58.2 | 43.9-71.3 | 50 | 26.4 | 16.7-39.0 | 21 | 15.4 | 7.7-28.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 253 | 161 | 62.3 | 52.9-70.9 | 61 | 28.4 | 20.5-38.0 | 31 | 9.2 | 5.7-14.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 298 | 201 | 67.4 | 58.4-75.3 | 57 | 13.9 | 9.8-19.5 | 40 | 18.6 | 11.8-28.1 |
| $75,000+ | 481 | 338 | 67.0 | 59.3-73.9 | 103 | 24.2 | 17.9-31.9 | 40 | 8.8 | 5.3-14.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 346 | 210 | 55.7 | 46.1-64.8 | 87 | 23.7 | 16.5-32.9 | 49 | 20.6 | 13.1-30.9 |
| No | 1,229 | 787 | 63.0 | 57.5-68.1 | 306 | 25.7 | 20.9-31.2 | 136 | 11.3 | 8.7-14.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 269 | 168 | 57.9 | 47.5-67.6 | 58 | 24.0 | 15.5-35.2 | 43 | 18.1 | 11.8-26.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,253 | 792 | 61.7 | 56.2-66.9 | 319 | 25.7 | 21.0-31.1 | 142 | 12.6 | 9.5-16.5 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.
^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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