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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,113 | 3,626 | 71.6 | 69.4-73.7 | 1,487 | 28.4 | 26.3-30.6 |
| -Western NC | 1,083 | 799 | 75.4 | 72.0-78.4 | 284 | 24.6 | 21.6-28.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 444 | 340 | 77.8 | 72.8-82.2 | 104 | 22.2 | 17.8-27.2 |
| Female | 639 | 459 | 72.8 | 68.2-77.0 | 180 | 27.2 | 23.0-31.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 994 | 731 | 75.0 | 71.5-78.3 | 263 | 25.0 | 21.7-28.5 |
| African American | 39 | 31 | 82.7 | 65.1-92.4 | 8 | 17.3 | 7.6-34.9 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 34 | 80.7 | 62.0-91.4 | 11 | 19.3 | 8.6-38.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 7 | 83.9 | 37.2-97.9 | 1 | 16.1 | 2.1-62.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,074 | 791 | 75.3 | 71.9-78.4 | 283 | 24.7 | 21.6-28.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 3 | 72.9 | 25.4-95.5 | 2 | 27.1 | 4.5-74.6 |
| 25-34 | 18 | 13 | 79.2 | 56.2-91.8 | 5 | 20.8 | 8.2-43.8 |
| 35-44 | 70 | 61 | 86.1 | 74.2-93.0 | 9 | 13.9 | 7.0-25.8 |
| 45-54 | 154 | 113 | 73.6 | 64.2-81.2 | 41 | 26.4 | 18.8-35.8 |
| 55-64 | 275 | 203 | 72.4 | 64.7-78.9 | 72 | 27.6 | 21.1-35.3 |
| 65+ | 556 | 401 | 74.7 | 70.3-78.6 | 155 | 25.3 | 21.4-29.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 198 | 136 | 74.3 | 66.2-81.0 | 62 | 25.7 | 19.0-33.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 397 | 288 | 72.8 | 66.6-78.3 | 109 | 27.2 | 21.7-33.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 250 | 184 | 73.5 | 66.3-79.5 | 66 | 26.5 | 20.5-33.7 |
| College Graduate | 236 | 190 | 82.9 | 77.1-87.5 | 46 | 17.1 | 12.5-22.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 190 | 129 | 74.6 | 65.9-81.7 | 61 | 25.4 | 18.3-34.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 207 | 146 | 72.2 | 64.4-78.9 | 61 | 27.8 | 21.1-35.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 143 | 105 | 71.8 | 62.3-79.7 | 38 | 28.2 | 20.3-37.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 123 | 96 | 77.6 | 67.9-85.0 | 27 | 22.4 | 15.0-32.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 128 | 99 | 76.5 | 66.7-84.1 | 29 | 23.5 | 15.9-33.3 |
| $75,000+ | 123 | 104 | 84.4 | 74.0-91.2 | 19 | 15.6 | 8.8-26.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 550 | 382 | 73.4 | 68.8-77.5 | 168 | 26.6 | 22.5-31.2 |
| No | 512 | 402 | 77.9 | 72.9-82.2 | 110 | 22.1 | 17.8-27.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 172 | 130 | 76.4 | 68.5-82.9 | 42 | 23.6 | 17.1-31.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 821 | 607 | 75.5 | 71.5-79.0 | 214 | 24.5 | 21.0-28.5 |
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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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