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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,078 | 3,907 | 78.5 | 76.4-80.3 | 1,171 | 21.5 | 19.7-23.6 |
| -Western NC | 1,076 | 818 | 77.8 | 74.6-80.8 | 258 | 22.2 | 19.2-25.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 443 | 340 | 79.3 | 74.6-83.3 | 103 | 20.7 | 16.7-25.4 |
| Female | 633 | 478 | 76.3 | 71.6-80.4 | 155 | 23.7 | 19.6-28.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 989 | 747 | 77.8 | 74.4-80.8 | 242 | 22.2 | 19.2-25.6 |
| African American | 37 | 28 | 76.7 | 57.8-88.7 | 9 | 23.3 | 11.3-42.2 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 41 | 90.6 | 72.5-97.3 | 4 | 9.4 | 2.7-27.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 6 | 69.3 | 25.1-93.9 | 2 | 30.7 | 6.1-74.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,067 | 811 | 77.9 | 74.6-80.8 | 256 | 22.1 | 19.2-25.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 2 | 62.5 | 19.5-91.9 | 3 | 37.5 | 8.1-80.5 |
| 25-34 | 18 | 16 | 88.9 | 64.1-97.3 | 2 | 11.1 | 2.7-35.9 |
| 35-44 | 70 | 60 | 86.9 | 74.7-93.7 | 10 | 13.1 | 6.3-25.3 |
| 45-54 | 152 | 131 | 87.7 | 80.6-92.4 | 21 | 12.3 | 7.6-19.4 |
| 55-64 | 275 | 225 | 81.1 | 74.6-86.3 | 50 | 18.9 | 13.7-25.4 |
| 65+ | 551 | 379 | 68.9 | 63.8-73.5 | 172 | 31.1 | 26.5-36.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 198 | 129 | 64.4 | 54.7-73.1 | 69 | 35.6 | 26.9-45.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 395 | 310 | 82.9 | 78.0-86.9 | 85 | 17.1 | 13.1-22.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 248 | 196 | 79.1 | 72.1-84.7 | 52 | 20.9 | 15.3-27.9 |
| College Graduate | 233 | 181 | 79.0 | 72.6-84.2 | 52 | 21.0 | 15.8-27.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 189 | 134 | 72.3 | 61.9-80.7 | 55 | 27.7 | 19.3-38.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 205 | 164 | 83.2 | 76.9-88.1 | 41 | 16.8 | 11.9-23.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 142 | 108 | 76.5 | 67.3-83.7 | 34 | 23.5 | 16.3-32.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 123 | 98 | 80.3 | 71.1-87.1 | 25 | 19.7 | 12.9-28.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 127 | 98 | 78.4 | 68.6-85.7 | 29 | 21.6 | 14.3-31.4 |
| $75,000+ | 121 | 102 | 83.2 | 73.5-89.9 | 19 | 16.8 | 10.1-26.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 549 | 418 | 79.2 | 74.9-83.0 | 131 | 20.8 | 17.0-25.1 |
| No | 506 | 388 | 77.6 | 72.8-81.9 | 118 | 22.4 | 18.1-27.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 171 | 132 | 77.8 | 69.7-84.2 | 39 | 22.2 | 15.8-30.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 815 | 621 | 77.7 | 73.9-81.2 | 194 | 22.3 | 18.8-26.1 |
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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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