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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,517 | 1,949 | 78.2 | 75.2-80.9 | 568 | 21.8 | 19.1-24.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 972 | 777 | 78.6 | 73.3-83.0 | 195 | 21.4 | 17.0-26.7 |
| Female | 1,545 | 1,172 | 77.8 | 74.6-80.8 | 373 | 22.2 | 19.2-25.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,970 | 1,503 | 78.0 | 74.8-80.8 | 467 | 22.0 | 19.2-25.2 |
| African American | 455 | 376 | 78.3 | 70.4-84.6 | 79 | 21.7 | 15.4-29.6 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 61 | 79.2 | 65.5-88.4 | 20 | 20.8 | 11.6-34.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 41 | 76.6 | 60.1-87.7 | 16 | 23.4 | 12.3-39.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,451 | 1,905 | 78.3 | 75.3-81.0 | 546 | 21.7 | 19.0-24.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 16 | 11 | 67.7 | 38.0-87.7 | 5 | 32.3 | 12.3-62.0 |
| 25-34 | 65 | 54 | 87.9 | 76.5-94.2 | 11 | 12.1 | 5.8-23.5 |
| 35-44 | 168 | 136 | 75.3 | 62.0-85.1 | 32 | 24.7 | 14.9-38.0 |
| 45-54 | 411 | 348 | 81.0 | 72.0-87.6 | 63 | 19.0 | 12.4-28.0 |
| 55-64 | 636 | 541 | 84.9 | 80.6-88.4 | 95 | 15.1 | 11.6-19.4 |
| 65+ | 1,197 | 840 | 70.8 | 66.9-74.5 | 357 | 29.2 | 25.5-33.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 428 | 282 | 65.0 | 57.2-72.1 | 146 | 35.0 | 27.9-42.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 787 | 618 | 77.6 | 70.7-83.2 | 169 | 22.4 | 16.8-29.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 616 | 490 | 79.1 | 73.4-83.9 | 126 | 20.9 | 16.1-26.6 |
| College Graduate | 682 | 556 | 84.9 | 81.2-88.0 | 126 | 15.1 | 12.0-18.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 304 | 212 | 66.2 | 56.5-74.7 | 92 | 33.8 | 25.3-43.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 425 | 307 | 72.6 | 63.1-80.4 | 118 | 27.4 | 19.6-36.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 288 | 225 | 73.8 | 61.1-83.5 | 63 | 26.2 | 16.5-38.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 318 | 267 | 85.4 | 79.4-89.8 | 51 | 14.6 | 10.2-20.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 315 | 271 | 88.1 | 83.1-91.9 | 44 | 11.9 | 8.1-16.9 |
| $75,000+ | 428 | 359 | 86.4 | 81.2-90.3 | 69 | 13.6 | 9.7-18.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,137 | 863 | 77.4 | 72.7-81.4 | 274 | 22.6 | 18.6-27.3 |
| No | 1,330 | 1,052 | 78.8 | 74.7-82.4 | 278 | 21.2 | 17.6-25.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 371 | 296 | 84.2 | 78.8-88.5 | 75 | 15.8 | 11.5-21.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,929 | 1,484 | 76.6 | 73.0-79.8 | 445 | 23.4 | 20.2-27.0 |
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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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