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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,113 | 3,626 | 71.6 | 69.4-73.7 | 1,487 | 28.4 | 26.3-30.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,527 | 1,803 | 75.2 | 72.5-77.7 | 724 | 24.8 | 22.3-27.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 978 | 747 | 79.2 | 74.9-83.0 | 231 | 20.8 | 17.0-25.1 |
| Female | 1,549 | 1,056 | 71.3 | 67.9-74.6 | 493 | 28.7 | 25.4-32.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,976 | 1,388 | 73.3 | 70.1-76.3 | 588 | 26.7 | 23.7-29.9 |
| African American | 459 | 343 | 78.9 | 73.3-83.6 | 116 | 21.1 | 16.4-26.7 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 62 | 80.0 | 63.4-90.2 | 19 | 20.0 | 9.8-36.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 42 | 86.0 | 75.3-92.6 | 15 | 14.0 | 7.4-24.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,461 | 1,754 | 74.7 | 71.9-77.3 | 707 | 25.3 | 22.7-28.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 14 | 94.2 | 78.1-98.7 | 2 | 5.8 | 1.3-21.9 |
| 25-34 | 67 | 52 | 82.5 | 69.1-90.8 | 15 | 17.5 | 9.2-30.9 |
| 35-44 | 168 | 121 | 68.8 | 55.9-79.3 | 47 | 31.2 | 20.7-44.1 |
| 45-54 | 411 | 308 | 78.8 | 73.5-83.3 | 103 | 21.2 | 16.7-26.5 |
| 55-64 | 635 | 486 | 78.9 | 74.4-82.7 | 149 | 21.1 | 17.3-25.6 |
| 65+ | 1,206 | 800 | 68.7 | 64.6-72.5 | 406 | 31.3 | 27.5-35.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 432 | 268 | 68.8 | 61.8-75.0 | 164 | 31.2 | 25.0-38.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 790 | 546 | 72.2 | 66.3-77.4 | 244 | 27.8 | 22.6-33.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 616 | 447 | 77.4 | 72.7-81.4 | 169 | 22.6 | 18.6-27.3 |
| College Graduate | 685 | 539 | 79.8 | 75.2-83.8 | 146 | 20.2 | 16.2-24.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 306 | 195 | 70.0 | 62.5-76.5 | 111 | 30.0 | 23.5-37.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 427 | 287 | 68.4 | 59.2-76.3 | 140 | 31.6 | 23.7-40.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 291 | 177 | 65.9 | 55.8-74.8 | 114 | 34.1 | 25.2-44.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 318 | 235 | 74.8 | 67.6-80.9 | 83 | 25.2 | 19.1-32.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 314 | 237 | 79.5 | 73.3-84.6 | 77 | 20.5 | 15.4-26.7 |
| $75,000+ | 429 | 355 | 85.0 | 80.0-89.0 | 74 | 15.0 | 11.0-20.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,141 | 725 | 69.8 | 65.7-73.7 | 416 | 30.2 | 26.3-34.3 |
| No | 1,332 | 1,043 | 79.1 | 75.2-82.5 | 289 | 20.9 | 17.5-24.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 375 | 285 | 78.3 | 72.0-83.4 | 90 | 21.7 | 16.6-28.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,935 | 1,357 | 74.7 | 71.5-77.6 | 578 | 25.3 | 22.4-28.5 |
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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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