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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,098 | 3,274 | 66.9 | 64.6-69.0 | 1,824 | 33.1 | 31.0-35.4 |
| -Western NC | 1,079 | 667 | 66.5 | 63.0-69.9 | 412 | 33.5 | 30.1-37.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 443 | 301 | 72.7 | 67.7-77.1 | 142 | 27.3 | 22.9-32.3 |
| Female | 636 | 366 | 60.1 | 55.1-64.9 | 270 | 39.9 | 35.1-44.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 990 | 604 | 66.6 | 62.9-70.1 | 386 | 33.4 | 29.9-37.1 |
| African American | 39 | 26 | 57.7 | 37.4-75.7 | 13 | 42.3 | 24.3-62.6 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 35 | 84.1 | 66.9-93.3 | 10 | 15.9 | 6.7-33.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 6 | 69.3 | 25.1-93.9 | 2 | 30.7 | 6.1-74.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,070 | 661 | 66.5 | 62.9-69.9 | 409 | 33.5 | 30.1-37.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 4 | 2 | 69.8 | 20.8-95.3 | 2 | 30.2 | 4.7-79.2 |
| 25-34 | 18 | 17 | 96.2 | 76.7-99.5 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-23.3 |
| 35-44 | 70 | 55 | 80.1 | 67.6-88.6 | 15 | 19.9 | 11.4-32.4 |
| 45-54 | 154 | 118 | 79.5 | 71.3-85.9 | 36 | 20.5 | 14.1-28.7 |
| 55-64 | 274 | 189 | 71.5 | 64.8-77.3 | 85 | 28.5 | 22.7-35.2 |
| 65+ | 554 | 284 | 51.7 | 46.6-56.7 | 270 | 48.3 | 43.3-53.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 194 | 106 | 54.1 | 44.3-63.7 | 88 | 45.9 | 36.3-55.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 399 | 264 | 74.1 | 68.8-78.7 | 135 | 25.9 | 21.3-31.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 250 | 153 | 67.8 | 60.6-74.2 | 97 | 32.2 | 25.8-39.4 |
| College Graduate | 234 | 143 | 62.4 | 54.8-69.4 | 91 | 37.6 | 30.6-45.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 190 | 116 | 63.1 | 52.5-72.5 | 74 | 36.9 | 27.5-47.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 207 | 136 | 73.3 | 65.8-79.6 | 71 | 26.7 | 20.4-34.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 140 | 77 | 58.9 | 49.2-67.9 | 63 | 41.1 | 32.1-50.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 124 | 82 | 70.2 | 60.3-78.4 | 42 | 29.8 | 21.6-39.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 128 | 85 | 73.2 | 63.9-80.7 | 43 | 26.8 | 19.3-36.1 |
| $75,000+ | 123 | 87 | 70.9 | 60.6-79.5 | 36 | 29.1 | 20.5-39.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 547 | 343 | 66.0 | 60.9-70.7 | 204 | 34.0 | 29.3-39.1 |
| No | 511 | 314 | 68.0 | 63.0-72.6 | 197 | 32.0 | 27.4-37.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 171 | 113 | 71.3 | 63.5-78.0 | 58 | 28.7 | 22.0-36.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 819 | 498 | 64.9 | 60.7-69.0 | 321 | 35.1 | 31.0-39.3 |
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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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