Are you now trying to lose weight?
Wake County, 2000


Demographic
Groups

Total
Respond.#
Yes
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)
No
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 340 171  49.2  (43.2-55.2) 169  50.8  (44.8-56.8)
SEX      
Male 128  51  42.1  (33.0-51.9)  77  57.9  (48.1-67.0)
Female 212 120  55.7  (48.3-62.9)  92  44.3  (37.1-51.7)
RACE      
White 261 128  47.7  (41.1-54.4) 133  52.3  (45.6-58.9)
Other  74  41  53.2  (39.9-66.0)  33  46.8  (34.0-60.1)
AGE      
18-44 184  82  44.6  (36.7-52.8) 102  55.4  (47.2-63.3)
45+ 150  86  56.6  (47.8-65.0)  64  43.4  (35.0-52.2)
EDUCATION      
< College 151  80  48.9  (39.8-58.2)  71  51.1  (41.8-60.2)
College Graduate or More 186  89  49.1  (41.4-56.9)  97  50.9  (43.1-58.6)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
Less than $75,000 133  62  42.1  (32.8-52.0)  71  57.9  (48.0-67.2)
$75,000+ 148  78  50.7  (42.0-59.3)  70  49.3  (40.7-58.0)
DISABILITY STATUS      
Any Disability  75  42  53.4  (40.8-65.6)  33  46.6  (34.4-59.2)
No Disability 259 128  48.6  (41.8-55.4) 131  51.4  (44.6-58.2)

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.