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SA — Perceptions of racial and gender favoritism
SB — Comparative perceptions of racial groups
SC — Influence of social factors on elections
SD — Overall perceptions of race and gender relations
SE — Social reference point
Black officials more likely to favor blacks for government jobs
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 3
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Black elected officials are more likely to favor blacks for government jobs over white applicants.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
Black officials more likely to support government spending for blacks
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 3
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Black elected officials are more likely to support government spending that favors blacks.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
Black officials more likely to support policies that could cost whites jobs
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 3
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Black elected officials are more likely to support policies that could cost whites jobs.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
Black officials more likely to give favors to black community
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 3
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Black elected officials are more likely to give special favors to the black community.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
Female officials more likely to favor women for government jobs
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 3
All dates
4/2/08 – 6/10/08
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Female elected officials are more likely to favor women for government jobs over male applicants.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
Female officials more likely to promote education for girls at expense of boys
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 3
All dates
4/2/08 – 6/10/08
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Female elected officials are more likely to promote educational programs targeted at girls at the expense of boys.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
Female officials more likely to support government spending for women
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 3
All dates
4/2/08 – 6/10/08
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Female elected officials are more likely to support government spending that favors women.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
Female officials more likely to focus on women's issues
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 3
All dates
4/2/08 – 6/10/08
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Female elected officials are more likely to focus on issues that mainly affect women.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
Own ethnic group is hardworking
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Where would you rate ([if white in SE01:] whites / [if black:] blacks / [if Hispanic:] Hispanic Americans) in general on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely hardworking" at left, "extremely lazy" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 – 100
0 = extremely hardworking
100 = extremely lazy
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Own ethnic group is intelligent
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Where would you rate ([if white in SE01:] whites / [if black:] blacks / [if Hispanic:] Hispanic Americans) in general on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely intelligent" at left, "extremely unintelligent" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 – 100
0 = extremely intelligent
100 = extremely unintelligent
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Own ethnic group is trustworthy
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Where would you rate ([if white in SE01:] whites / [if black:] blacks / [if Hispanic:] Hispanic Americans) in general on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely trustworthy" at left, "extremely untrustworthy" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 – 100
0 = extremely trustworthy
100 = extremely untrustworthy
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Other ethnic group is hardworking
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Where would you rate ([if non-black in SE01:] blacks / [if black:] whites) in general on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely hardworking" at left, "extremely lazy" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 – 100
0 = extremely hardworking
100 = extremely lazy
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Other ethnic group is intelligent
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Where would you rate ([if non-black in SE01:] blacks / [if black:] whites) in general on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely intelligent" at left, "extremely unintelligent" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 – 100
0 = extremely intelligent
100 = extremely unintelligent
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Other ethnic group is trustworthy
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Where would you rate ([if non-black in SE01:] blacks / [if black:] whites) in general on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely trustworthy" at left, "extremely untrustworthy" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 – 100
0 = extremely trustworthy
100 = extremely untrustworthy
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Physicians are hardworking
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Where would you rate physicians in general on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely hardworking" at left, "extremely lazy" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 – 100
0 = extremely hardworking
100 = extremely lazy
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Most whites believe blacks are lazy
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
4/2/08 – 5/28/08, 6/5/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Do you think that most white Americans hold the following perception of black Americans, or not: the perception that blacks are lazy?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
Most whites believe blacks are religious
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
4/2/08 – 5/28/08, 6/5/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Do you think that most white Americans hold the following perception of black Americans, or not: the perception that blacks are religious?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
Most whites believe blacks are less intelligent than whites
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
4/2/08 – 5/28/08, 6/5/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Do you think that most white Americans hold the following perception of black Americans, or not: the perception that blacks are less intelligent than whites?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
Most whites believe blacks are better athletes than whites
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
4/2/08 – 5/28/08, 6/5/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Do you think that most white Americans hold the following perception of black Americans, or not: the perception that blacks are better athletes than whites?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
Most whites believe blacks have no self discipline
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
4/2/08 – 5/28/08, 6/5/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Do you think that most white Americans hold the following perception of black Americans, or not: the perception that blacks have no self-discipline?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
Most whites believe blacks are patriotic
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
4/2/08 – 5/28/08, 6/5/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Do you think that most white Americans hold the following perception of black Americans, or not: the perception that blacks are patriotic?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
Most whites believe blacks are good parents
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
4/2/08 – 5/28/08, 6/5/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Do you think that most white Americans hold the following perception of black Americans, or not: the perception that blacks are good parents?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
Most whites believe blacks are more likely to abuse drugs
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
4/2/08 – 5/28/08, 6/5/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
All dates
Do you think that most white Americans hold the following perception of black Americans, or not: the perception that blacks are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
Black candidate more or less likely to win
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3
All dates
All dates
All dates
Setting aside your own preferences and what you know about the current candidates for president, do you think — all else being equal — that a black candidate for president has more of a chance of winning, less of a chance of winning, or about the same chance as a white candidate for president?
1
Much more of a chance of winning
2
Somewhat more of a chance of winning
3
Somewhat less of a chance of winning
4
Much less of a chance of winning
5
About the same chance of winning
999
Skipped
Female candidate more or less likely to win
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3
All dates
All dates
All dates
Setting aside your own preferences and what you know about the current candidates for president, do you think — all else being equal — that a female candidate for president has more of a chance of winning, less of a chance of winning, or about the same chance as a male candidate for president?
1
Much more of a chance of winning
2
Somewhat more of a chance of winning
3
Somewhat less of a chance of winning
4
Much less of a chance of winning
5
About the same chance of winning
999
Skipped
Mormon candidate more or less likely to win
Schedule
Wave 2
1/1/08 – 2/7/08
Setting aside your own preferences and what you know about the current candidates for president, do you think — all else being equal — that a Mormon candidate for president has more of a chance of winning, less of a chance of winning, or about the same chance as a candidate of another religion?
1
Much more of a chance of winning
2
Somewhat more of a chance of winning
3
Somewhat less of a chance of winning
4
Much less of a chance of winning
5
About the same chance of winning
999
Skipped
More or less likely to vote for Mormon candidate
Schedule
Wave 2
1/1/08 – 2/7/08
Would you personally be more likely to vote for a presidential candidate who is a Mormon, less likely to vote for him, or no more or less likely to vote for him?
1
A lot more likely to vote for him
2
Somewhat more likely to vote for him
3
Somewhat less likely to vote for him
4
A lot less likely to vote for him
5
No more or less likely to vote for him
999
Skipped
Race relations good or bad
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
In general, do you think race relations in the United States are very good, fairly good, fairly bad, very bad, or neither good nor bad?
1
Very good
2
Fairly good
3
Fairly bad
4
Very bad
5
Neither good nor bad
999
Skipped
Race relations have gotten better or worse
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Over the course of the past 10 years, do you feel that race relations have gotten better, gotten worse, or stayed about the same?
1
Gotten a lot better
2
Gotten a little better
3
Gotten a little worse
4
Gotten a lot worse
5
Stayed about the same
999
Skipped
Race relations will get better or worse
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Looking ahead 10 years from today, do you feel that race relations will get better, get worse, or stay about the same?
1
Get a lot better
2
Get a little better
3
Get a little worse
4
Get a lot worse
5
Stay about the same
999
Skipped
Blacks should build relations with whites or build own pride
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Is it more important for blacks to build good relations with whites or for blacks to build pride and respect for themselves, even if it means causing tension between blacks and whites?
1
More important for blacks to build good relations with whites
2
More important for blacks to build pride and respect for themselves
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Blacks should control black economies
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Blacks should have control over the economy in mostly black communities.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Blacks should shop in black-owned stores
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
Please tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statement: Black people should shop in stores owned by other blacks whenever possible.
1
Strongly agree
2
Somewhat agree
3
Somewhat disagree
4
Strongly disagree
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
What happens to blacks affects own life
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
11/5/08 – 11/14/08
Do you think what happens generally to black people in this country will have something to do with what happens in your life, or not?
1
Yes
2
No
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Degree to which what happens to blacks affects own life
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
11/5/08 – 11/14/08
Filter
If think what happens to blacks in the country will affect own life (and respondent is black)
SD07 = 1
Will it (from SD07, what happens to blacks) affect you a lot, some, or not very much?
1
A lot
2
Some
3
Not very much
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Degree to which what happens to women affects own life
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
7/18/08 – 8/29/08
All dates
Filter
If think what happens to women in the country will affect own life (and respondent is black female)
SD09 = 1
Will it (from SD09, what happens to women) affect you a lot, some, or not very much?
1
A lot
2
Some
3
Not very much
999
Skipped
See note for SE01.
Reference point for questions about social group perceptions
Schedule
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
All dates
All dates
1
Respondent is white male
2
Respondent is white female
3
Respondent is black male
4
Respondent is black female
5
Respondent is Hispanic male
6
Respondent is Hispanic female
7
Respondent is other/undefined race/ethnicity, male
8
Respondent is other/undefined race/ethnicity, female
The categories used to classify a respondent's racial/ethnic reference point for questions about social group perceptions are slightly different from those used for the main race/ethnicity variable, WC01.