GSS 1972-2024 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3

Some religious and business groups have set up programs to encourage 
(Negro/Black) people to buy houses in white suburbs. Do you favor or 
oppose these voluntary programs to integrate white suburbs?

What about the city government in white suburbs? Do you think they 
should encourage (Negro/Black) people to buy homes in the suburbs, 
should they discourage them, or should they leave it to private 
efforts?

How would it make you feel if a close relative of yours were planning 
to marry a [(Negro/Black)/White]?  Would you be very uneasy, somewhat 
uneasy, or not uneasy at all?

Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following 
statements . . . 
A. You can expect special problems with marriages between 
(Negroes/Blacks) and Whites.

Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following 
statements . . . 
B. You can expect special problems with (Negroes/Black) supervisors 
getting along with workers that are mostly White.

Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following 
statements . . . 
C. A school board should not hire a person to teach if that person 
belongs to an organization that opposes school integration.

If you were driving through the neighborhoods in a city, would you go 
out of your way of your way to avoid going through a 
(Negro/Black/African-American) section?

If you and your friends belonged to a social club that would not let 
[Whites/Negroes/Blacks] join, would you try to change the rules so 
that [Whites/(Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans] could join?

If you and your friends belonged to a social club that would not let 
[Whites/Negroes/Blacks] join, would you try to change the rules so 
that [Whites/(Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans] could join?
A. IF YES:  If you could not get the rules changed, do you think you 
would resign from the club, even if your friends didn't?

On the average Black people have worse jobs, income, and housing than 
white people. Do you think these differences are . . . A. Mainly due 
to discrimination?

On the average Black people have worse jobs, income, and housing than 
white people. Do you think these differences are . . . B. Because 
most Black people have less in-born ability to learn?

On the average Black people have worse jobs, income, and housing than 
white people.Do you think these differences are . . .C. Because most 
Black people don't have the chance for education that it takes to 
rise out of poverty?

On the average Black people have worse jobs, income, and housing than 
white people.Do you think these differences are . . .D. Because most 
Black people just don't have the motivation or will power to pull 
themselves up out of poverty?

How often would you say that you and your friends think about topics 
we've been discussing during the interview? would you say that you 
and your friends think about (READ EACH ITEM A-E) very often, 
sometimes, or almost never?
A. Women's rights

How often would you say that you and your friends think about topics 
we've been discussing during the interview? would you say that you 
and your friends think about (READ EACH ITEM A-E) very often, 
sometimes, or almost never?
B. The people running organized labor

How often would you say that you and your friends think about topics 
we've been discussing during the interview? would you say that you 
and your friends think about (READ EACH ITEM A-E) very often, 
sometimes, or almost never?
C. Satisfaction with their present financial situation

How often would you say that you and your friends think about topics 
we've been discussing during the interview? would you say that you 
and your friends think about (READ EACH ITEM A-E) very often, 
sometimes, or almost never?
D. Laws about abortions

How often would you say that you and your friends think about topics 
we've been discussing during the interview? would you say that you 
and your friends think about (READ EACH ITEM A-E) very often, 
sometimes, or almost never?
E. The scientific community