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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,115 | 4,706 | 87.5 | 85.3-89.4 | 409 | 12.5 | 10.6-14.7 |
| -Western NC | 1,085 | 1,008 | 90.8 | 88.0-93.0 | 77 | 9.2 | 7.0-12.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 445 | 406 | 87.9 | 83.0-91.5 | 39 | 12.1 | 8.5-17.0 |
| Female | 640 | 602 | 93.9 | 90.9-96.0 | 38 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 996 | 926 | 91.1 | 88.1-93.3 | 70 | 8.9 | 6.7-11.9 |
| African American | 39 | 37 | 87.3 | 61.0-96.8 | 2 | 12.7 | 3.2-39.0 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 40 | 86.0 | 67.9-94.7 | 5 | 14.0 | 5.3-32.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 7 | 83.9 | 37.2-97.9 | 1 | 16.1 | 2.1-62.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,076 | 1,000 | 90.9 | 88.0-93.1 | 76 | 9.1 | 6.9-12.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 5 | 2 | 62.5 | 19.5-91.9 | 3 | 37.5 | 8.1-80.5 |
| 25-34 | 18 | 10 | 50.8 | 26.4-74.8 | 8 | 49.2 | 25.2-73.6 |
| 35-44 | 70 | 56 | 80.9 | 68.7-89.1 | 14 | 19.1 | 10.9-31.3 |
| 45-54 | 154 | 139 | 92.6 | 87.4-95.8 | 15 | 7.4 | 4.2-12.6 |
| 55-64 | 276 | 262 | 94.1 | 89.0-96.9 | 14 | 5.9 | 3.1-11.0 |
| 65+ | 557 | 534 | 96.2 | 93.9-97.6 | 23 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 199 | 183 | 90.4 | 83.4-94.6 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.4-16.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 399 | 369 | 89.4 | 84.4-92.9 | 30 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 250 | 237 | 92.3 | 82.8-96.7 | 13 | 7.7 | 3.3-17.2 |
| College Graduate | 235 | 217 | 91.9 | 86.9-95.2 | 18 | 8.1 | 4.8-13.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 191 | 178 | 92.2 | 84.5-96.2 | 13 | 7.8 | 3.8-15.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 207 | 197 | 92.9 | 85.2-96.7 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.3-14.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 143 | 134 | 95.5 | 90.8-97.9 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 124 | 119 | 88.7 | 72.3-95.9 | 5 | 11.3 | 4.1-27.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 128 | 116 | 88.7 | 80.3-93.8 | 12 | 11.3 | 6.2-19.7 |
| $75,000+ | 122 | 108 | 86.5 | 76.7-92.6 | 14 | 13.5 | 7.4-23.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 550 | 529 | 95.2 | 92.1-97.2 | 21 | 4.8 | 2.8- 7.9 |
| No | 514 | 461 | 87.6 | 83.0-91.1 | 53 | 12.4 | 8.9-17.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 172 | 165 | 94.8 | 88.8-97.7 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.3-11.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 823 | 760 | 89.8 | 86.3-92.6 | 63 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.7 |
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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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