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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,532 | 1,886 | 75.2 | 72.2-78.0 | 646 | 24.8 | 22.0-27.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 978 | 692 | 72.5 | 67.6-77.0 | 286 | 27.5 | 23.0-32.4 |
| Female | 1,554 | 1,194 | 77.7 | 74.1-80.9 | 360 | 22.3 | 19.1-25.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,980 | 1,420 | 72.0 | 68.6-75.1 | 560 | 28.0 | 24.9-31.4 |
| African American | 459 | 402 | 88.0 | 81.6-92.3 | 57 | 12.0 | 7.7-18.4 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 55 | 52.7 | 34.8-70.0 | 26 | 47.3 | 30.0-65.2 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 35 | 64.6 | 46.1-79.5 | 22 | 35.4 | 20.5-53.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,465 | 1,844 | 75.6 | 72.5-78.4 | 621 | 24.4 | 21.6-27.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 11 | 81.1 | 58.1-93.0 | 5 | 18.9 | 7.0-41.9 |
| 25-34 | 67 | 45 | 58.4 | 39.7-75.0 | 22 | 41.6 | 25.0-60.3 |
| 35-44 | 167 | 128 | 75.1 | 61.6-84.9 | 39 | 24.9 | 15.1-38.4 |
| 45-54 | 412 | 329 | 82.0 | 76.8-86.2 | 83 | 18.0 | 13.8-23.2 |
| 55-64 | 639 | 524 | 81.9 | 77.1-85.8 | 115 | 18.1 | 14.2-22.9 |
| 65+ | 1,207 | 831 | 69.0 | 64.8-72.9 | 376 | 31.0 | 27.1-35.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 434 | 299 | 71.1 | 64.1-77.2 | 135 | 28.9 | 22.8-35.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 790 | 591 | 73.7 | 67.2-79.3 | 199 | 26.3 | 20.7-32.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 619 | 477 | 80.1 | 74.1-84.9 | 142 | 19.9 | 15.1-25.9 |
| College Graduate | 685 | 517 | 75.1 | 69.9-79.6 | 168 | 24.9 | 20.4-30.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 307 | 238 | 79.0 | 71.3-85.1 | 69 | 21.0 | 14.9-28.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 429 | 327 | 73.1 | 62.4-81.6 | 102 | 26.9 | 18.4-37.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 289 | 203 | 70.3 | 60.0-78.9 | 86 | 29.7 | 21.1-40.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 317 | 244 | 82.3 | 76.5-87.0 | 73 | 17.7 | 13.0-23.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 317 | 235 | 72.1 | 62.5-80.0 | 82 | 27.9 | 20.0-37.5 |
| $75,000+ | 430 | 330 | 77.3 | 71.2-82.4 | 100 | 22.7 | 17.6-28.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,144 | 856 | 77.7 | 73.5-81.4 | 288 | 22.3 | 18.6-26.5 |
| No | 1,332 | 993 | 73.3 | 68.9-77.2 | 339 | 26.7 | 22.8-31.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 374 | 253 | 72.9 | 66.1-78.7 | 121 | 27.1 | 21.3-33.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,941 | 1,481 | 76.5 | 73.0-79.7 | 460 | 23.5 | 20.3-27.0 |
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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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