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Table 3.4B, Supplement, New data on perceptions of discrimination (white respondents).

 

  1962 1989 1990 1991 1995 1997 1998 1999 2001
Good Chance Education (Gallup)                  
Not as good a chance
4% 14% 10% 14% 11% 19% n/a 12% 13%
As good/same chance
94 86 90 86 89 81 n/a 88 87
                   
Good Chance Housing (Gallup)                  
Not as good a chance
n/a 24% 18% 22% n/a 10% 12% 15% 14%
As good/same chance
n/a 76 82 78 n/a 90 88 85 86

 

Question Wording and Notes:

Good Chance Education (Gallup): "In general, do you think that black children have as good a chance as white children in your community to get a good education, or don't you think they have as good a chance?" Sample sizes of fewer than 1,000 cases occurred in 1990 through 2001, when the sample sizes ranged from 650 to 934. From 1989 to 2001, data were collected by telephone interview.

1. As good a chance
2. Not as good a chance

Good Chance Housing (Gallup): "Again, in general, do you think that blacks have as good a chance as white people in your community to get any housing they can afford, or don't you think they have as good a chance?" Sample sizes of fewer than 1,000 cases occurred in 1991, and 1998 through 2001, when the sample sizes ranged from 650 to 942. From 1989 to 2001, data were collected by telephone interview.

1. As good a chance
2. Not as good a chance


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