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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,114 | 3,820 | 74.7 | 72.4-76.8 | 1,294 | 25.3 | 23.2-27.6 |
| -Western NC | 1,077 | 792 | 74.7 | 71.3-77.8 | 285 | 25.3 | 22.2-28.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 440 | 318 | 73.6 | 68.4-78.2 | 122 | 26.4 | 21.8-31.6 |
| Female | 637 | 474 | 75.9 | 71.3-79.9 | 163 | 24.1 | 20.1-28.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 988 | 722 | 74.2 | 70.7-77.5 | 266 | 25.8 | 22.5-29.3 |
| African American | 39 | 30 | 78.7 | 60.6-89.8 | 9 | 21.3 | 10.2-39.4 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 36 | 87.5 | 72.0-95.0 | 9 | 12.5 | 5.0-28.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 8 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,068 | 784 | 74.5 | 71.1-77.7 | 284 | 25.5 | 22.3-28.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 2 | 62.5 | 19.5-91.9 | 3 | 37.5 | 8.1-80.5 |
| 25-34 | 18 | 16 | 90.0 | 66.1-97.7 | 2 | 10.0 | 2.3-33.9 |
| 35-44 | 70 | 53 | 72.5 | 58.9-83.0 | 17 | 27.5 | 17.0-41.1 |
| 45-54 | 153 | 119 | 72.8 | 62.9-80.9 | 34 | 27.2 | 19.1-37.1 |
| 55-64 | 274 | 221 | 80.9 | 74.4-86.0 | 53 | 19.1 | 14.0-25.6 |
| 65+ | 552 | 378 | 71.4 | 66.8-75.6 | 174 | 28.6 | 24.4-33.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 194 | 139 | 72.4 | 63.3-79.9 | 55 | 27.6 | 20.1-36.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 396 | 301 | 76.3 | 70.3-81.3 | 95 | 23.7 | 18.7-29.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 249 | 175 | 73.6 | 66.6-79.6 | 74 | 26.4 | 20.4-33.4 |
| College Graduate | 236 | 176 | 75.9 | 69.0-81.6 | 60 | 24.1 | 18.4-31.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 189 | 141 | 79.0 | 70.8-85.5 | 48 | 21.0 | 14.5-29.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 207 | 149 | 73.8 | 65.9-80.4 | 58 | 26.2 | 19.6-34.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 143 | 102 | 72.4 | 62.8-80.4 | 41 | 27.6 | 19.6-37.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 124 | 89 | 68.5 | 57.7-77.5 | 35 | 31.5 | 22.5-42.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 128 | 93 | 74.7 | 64.8-82.6 | 35 | 25.3 | 17.4-35.2 |
| $75,000+ | 123 | 94 | 72.2 | 61.1-81.1 | 29 | 27.8 | 18.9-38.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 546 | 403 | 76.4 | 71.8-80.5 | 143 | 23.6 | 19.5-28.2 |
| No | 510 | 373 | 73.6 | 68.5-78.1 | 137 | 26.4 | 21.9-31.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 172 | 124 | 75.9 | 68.0-82.4 | 48 | 24.1 | 17.6-32.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 816 | 603 | 74.8 | 70.8-78.3 | 213 | 25.2 | 21.7-29.2 |
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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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