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Table 3.4A, Supplement, New data on explanations for inequality (white respondents).

 

  1994 1996 1998 2000
No Special Favors (NORC)        
Disagree strongly
3% 4% 4% 4%
Disagree somewhat
9 8 8 8
Neither agree/disagree
10 11 11 10
Agree somewhat
30 29 30 30
Agree strongly
48 48 46 48

 

Question Wording and Notes:

No Special Favors (NORC): "Irish, Italians and Jewish and many other minorities overcame prejudice and worked they way up. Blacks should do the same without any special favors."

1. Agree strongly
2. Agree somewhat
3. Neither agree nor disagree
4. Disagree somewhat
5. Disagree strongly


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