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Table 5.4A, Supplement, New data on explanations for inequality (black respondents).

 

  1994 1996 1998 2000
No Special Favors (NORC)        
Disagree strongly
 25% 15% 19% 22%
Disagree somewhat
 17 18 13 14
Neither agree/disagree
 10 14 20 15
Agree somewhat
 27 25 24 22
Agree strongly
 22 29 24 27

 

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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