GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

A. IF CATHOLIC RESPONDENT, ASK FEPRIEST. OTHERS GO TO FECLERGY.
As I read this statement, will you tell me whether you agree 
strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly? 
It would be a good thing if women were allowed to be ordained as 
priests.

B. ASK NON-CATHOLICS ONLY. 
Do you favor or oppose women as pastors, ministers, priests, or 
rabbis in your own faith or denomination?

Using the school grading system of A,B,C,D, and F for Fail, how Do 
you rate your church or religious group in meeting your spiritual 
needs?

A. Do you think there should be laws against marriages between 
(Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) and whites?

B. Now thinking about ten years ago, that is in 1972, did you then 
think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/Blacks) 
and whites?

How strongly would you object if a member of your family wanted to 
bring a (Negro/Black) friend home to dinner?  
Would you object strongly, mildly, or not at all?

Here are some opinions other people have expressed in connection with 
(Negro/Black)-white relations. Which statement on the card comes 
closest to how you, yourself, feel? The first one is . . . 
A. (Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) shouldn't push themselves where 
they're not wanted.

Here are some opinions other people have expressed in connection with 
(Negro/Black)-white relations. Which statement on the card comes 
closest to how you, yourself, feel? The first one is . . . 
B. White people have a right to keep 
(Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) out of their neighborhoods if they 
want to, and (Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) should respect that 
right.

Suppose there is a community-wide vote on the general housing issue. 
There are two possible laws to vote on: One law says that a homeowner 
can decide whom to sell his house to, even if that homeowner prefers 
not to sell to someone because of their race or color. The second law 
says that a homeowner cannot refuse to sell to someone because of 
their race or color. Which law would you vote for?

Are there any (œwhites for black respondents, œBlack people for 
non-black respondents) living in this neighborhood now?

Are there any (œwhites for black respondents, œblacks for 
non-black respondents) living in this neighborhood now?
 A. Are there any (Negro/Black/African-American) families living 
close to you?

Are there any (œwhites for black respondents, œblacks for 
non-black respondents) living in this neighborhood now?
 B. How many blocks (or miles) away do they (the 
[Negro/Black/African-American] families who live closest to you) 
live?

Are there any (œwhites for black respondents, œblacks for 
non-black respondents) living in this neighborhood now?
 C. Do you think this neighborhood will become all 
(Negro/Black/African-American) in the next few years, or  will it 
remain integrated?

If a Negro with the same income and education as you have, moved into 
your block, would it make any difference to you?

During the last few years, has anyone in your family brought a friend 
who was a (Negro/Black/African-American) home for dinner?

Was the high school you attended all black, integrated - but mostly 
black, or integrated - but mostly white?

A. Would you yourself have any objection to sending your children to 
a school where a few of the children are

B. IF NO OR DON''T KNOW TO A:  Where half of the children are 
[Whites/(Negroes/Blacks/African- Americans]?

C. IF NO OR DON''T KNOW TO B:  Where more than half of the children 
are [Whites/(Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans]?

A. In general, do you favor or oppose the busing of 
(Negro/Black/African-American) and white school children from one 
school district to another?

B. Now, thinking about ten years ago, that is in 1972, did you then 
favor or oppose the busing of (Negro/Black) and white school children 
from one school district to another?

If your party nominated a (Negro/Black/African-American) for 
President, would you vote for him if he were qualified for the job?

Do you think Negroes should have as good a chance as white people to 
get any kind of job, or do you think white people should have the 
first chance at any kind of job?

Do (Blacks/Negroes/African-Americans)/Whites attend the church that 
you, yourself, attend most often, or not?

Respondent''s skin color is . . .

Which would you most like to be called, "Black", "Negro", "Colored", 
or "Afro- American", or does it make any difference?

Was the high school you attended all black, integrated--but mostly 
black, or integrated--but mostly white?

How many of your close friends are white?

If you could find the housing that you would want and like, would you 
rather live in a neighborhood that is all black; mostly black; half 
black, half white; or mostly white?

Have you ever stopped buying certain products because of the way the 
company or country which makes them has treated black people?

Do you feel you can trust most white people, some white people, or no 
white people?