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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,115 | 4,706 | 87.5 | 85.3-89.4 | 409 | 12.5 | 10.6-14.7 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,526 | 2,303 | 87.0 | 84.2-89.4 | 223 | 13.0 | 10.6-15.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 974 | 854 | 82.4 | 77.5-86.5 | 120 | 17.6 | 13.5-22.5 |
| Female | 1,552 | 1,449 | 91.4 | 88.3-93.7 | 103 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,977 | 1,808 | 87.8 | 84.6-90.4 | 169 | 12.2 | 9.6-15.4 |
| African American | 457 | 424 | 89.0 | 82.3-93.4 | 33 | 11.0 | 6.6-17.7 |
| Other Minorities | 81 | 62 | 70.3 | 52.6-83.5 | 19 | 29.7 | 16.5-47.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 57 | 41 | 65.2 | 45.6-80.8 | 16 | 34.8 | 19.2-54.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,460 | 2,256 | 88.1 | 85.3-90.5 | 204 | 11.9 | 9.5-14.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 5 | 20.8 | 7.3-46.9 | 10 | 79.2 | 53.1-92.7 |
| 25-34 | 65 | 36 | 63.8 | 47.0-77.8 | 29 | 36.2 | 22.2-53.0 |
| 35-44 | 167 | 125 | 72.3 | 59.2-82.4 | 42 | 27.7 | 17.6-40.8 |
| 45-54 | 412 | 354 | 86.5 | 81.4-90.4 | 58 | 13.5 | 9.6-18.6 |
| 55-64 | 637 | 603 | 95.4 | 93.0-96.9 | 34 | 4.6 | 3.1- 7.0 |
| 65+ | 1,206 | 1,157 | 96.6 | 94.5-97.9 | 49 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 432 | 393 | 88.4 | 81.3-93.1 | 39 | 11.6 | 6.9-18.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 788 | 722 | 86.1 | 79.5-90.8 | 66 | 13.9 | 9.2-20.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 619 | 568 | 87.6 | 81.7-91.8 | 51 | 12.4 | 8.2-18.3 |
| College Graduate | 683 | 616 | 86.8 | 82.4-90.2 | 67 | 13.2 | 9.8-17.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 305 | 278 | 87.5 | 78.7-92.9 | 27 | 12.5 | 7.1-21.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 425 | 389 | 86.0 | 74.7-92.7 | 36 | 14.0 | 7.3-25.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 288 | 265 | 87.4 | 76.0-93.8 | 23 | 12.6 | 6.2-24.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 317 | 295 | 90.6 | 84.2-94.6 | 22 | 9.4 | 5.4-15.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 316 | 282 | 86.6 | 80.5-91.0 | 34 | 13.4 | 9.0-19.5 |
| $75,000+ | 430 | 381 | 84.9 | 78.7-89.4 | 49 | 15.1 | 10.6-21.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,142 | 1,073 | 92.1 | 88.7-94.6 | 69 | 7.9 | 5.4-11.3 |
| No | 1,331 | 1,187 | 83.3 | 78.9-86.9 | 144 | 16.7 | 13.1-21.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 372 | 351 | 96.2 | 93.6-97.7 | 21 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,937 | 1,751 | 84.9 | 81.4-87.8 | 186 | 15.1 | 12.2-18.6 |
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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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