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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,218 | 2,194 | 63.3 | 60.5-66.0 | 705 | 23.5 | 21.2-25.9 | 319 | 13.2 | 11.2-15.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,409 | 881 | 57.9 | 53.7-62.0 | 301 | 22.9 | 19.6-26.5 | 227 | 19.2 | 15.8-23.1 |
| Female | 1,809 | 1,313 | 70.0 | 66.6-73.2 | 404 | 24.1 | 21.2-27.4 | 92 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,584 | 1,781 | 65.5 | 62.5-68.3 | 542 | 21.8 | 19.5-24.4 | 261 | 12.7 | 10.5-15.3 |
| African American | 421 | 279 | 58.2 | 50.9-65.3 | 105 | 27.8 | 21.8-34.8 | 37 | 13.9 | 8.9-21.2 |
| Other Minorities | 182 | 116 | 59.7 | 47.6-70.8 | 48 | 23.9 | 15.9-34.3 | 18 | 16.4 | 8.9-28.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 127 | 75 | 50.7 | 36.6-64.7 | 36 | 29.2 | 18.7-42.7 | 16 | 20.0 | 10.7-34.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,083 | 2,112 | 64.4 | 61.7-67.0 | 668 | 23.0 | 20.7-25.4 | 303 | 12.6 | 10.6-15.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 76 | 30 | 39.8 | 25.1-56.5 | 28 | 31.9 | 20.0-46.7 | 18 | 28.3 | 16.3-44.6 |
| 25-34 | 440 | 275 | 56.8 | 50.2-63.2 | 106 | 28.1 | 22.4-34.5 | 59 | 15.2 | 10.8-20.9 |
| 35-44 | 764 | 525 | 66.3 | 61.3-71.0 | 167 | 22.2 | 18.2-26.8 | 72 | 11.4 | 8.4-15.3 |
| 45-54 | 933 | 662 | 69.9 | 65.3-74.2 | 182 | 18.6 | 15.5-22.1 | 89 | 11.5 | 8.1-16.1 |
| 55-64 | 719 | 491 | 67.9 | 62.8-72.6 | 163 | 22.8 | 18.9-27.3 | 65 | 9.3 | 6.3-13.5 |
| 65+ | 251 | 181 | 70.9 | 62.9-77.7 | 54 | 22.0 | 15.9-29.6 | 16 | 7.1 | 4.1-12.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 172 | 77 | 42.3 | 27.9-58.2 | 54 | 28.5 | 18.0-41.9 | 41 | 29.2 | 17.7-44.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 762 | 398 | 44.3 | 38.7-50.0 | 223 | 32.0 | 26.7-37.8 | 141 | 23.7 | 18.5-29.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 783 | 512 | 58.8 | 53.2-64.1 | 184 | 24.4 | 20.1-29.2 | 87 | 16.8 | 12.6-22.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,499 | 1,206 | 79.6 | 76.4-82.5 | 243 | 17.5 | 14.7-20.6 | 50 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 103 | 58 | 48.7 | 31.4-66.4 | 27 | 26.0 | 15.1-41.0 | 18 | 25.3 | 11.2-47.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 275 | 142 | 44.2 | 34.6-54.2 | 85 | 41.0 | 31.0-51.8 | 48 | 14.9 | 9.9-21.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 278 | 153 | 43.4 | 34.3-52.9 | 75 | 29.0 | 21.0-38.7 | 50 | 27.6 | 18.1-39.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 455 | 294 | 65.5 | 59.2-71.2 | 107 | 22.2 | 17.6-27.5 | 54 | 12.4 | 8.7-17.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 620 | 410 | 58.4 | 52.2-64.3 | 141 | 24.3 | 19.5-29.7 | 69 | 17.3 | 12.5-23.5 |
| $75,000+ | 1,197 | 955 | 78.6 | 75.0-81.7 | 197 | 16.6 | 13.9-19.8 | 45 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 598 | 398 | 61.2 | 54.1-67.8 | 128 | 21.3 | 16.9-26.4 | 72 | 17.5 | 11.7-25.5 |
| No | 2,491 | 1,720 | 64.6 | 61.7-67.5 | 546 | 23.5 | 21.0-26.2 | 225 | 11.8 | 9.9-14.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 303 | 202 | 66.5 | 58.2-73.9 | 61 | 18.7 | 13.3-25.7 | 40 | 14.8 | 9.5-22.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,670 | 1,826 | 63.1 | 60.0-66.1 | 597 | 23.9 | 21.4-26.6 | 247 | 13.0 | 10.7-15.8 |
*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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