General Social Survey, 2000

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MARASIAN How would you respond to a close relative marrying an Asian American person?   1) Strongly favor   2) Favor   3) Neither favor nor oppose   4) Oppose   5) Strongly oppose   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly favor	202	14.4%	14.4%	-1.29
Favor	236	16.9%	31.3%	-.68
Neither favor nor oppose	609	43.6%	74.9%	-.07
Oppose	159	11.4%	86.3%	.55
Strongly oppose	115	8.2%	94.5%	1.16
Don't know	62	4.4%	98.9%	2.99
No answer	15	1.1%	100%	3.6

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly favor	21.1% 64	18.1% 82	10.0% 41	6.1% 14	14.4% 201
Favor	16.4% 50	16.6% 75	17.6% 72	16.2% 37	16.8% 234
Neither favor nor oppose	45.4% 138	46.5% 210	43.4% 177	36.0% 82	43.6% 607
Oppose	6.6% 20	8.6% 39	14.2% 58	18.4% 42	11.4% 159
Strongly oppose	6.9% 21	5.8% 26	9.8% 40	11.8% 27	8.2% 114
Don't know	2.6% 8	3.5% 16	3.4% 14	10.5% 24	4.5% 62
No answer	1.0% 3	0.9% 4	1.5% 6	0.9% 2	1.1% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 304	100.0% 452	100.0% 408	100.0% 228	1392

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly favor	14.8% 90	14.2% 112	14.4% 202
Favor	14.7% 89	18.6% 147	16.9% 236
Neither favor nor oppose	44.8% 272	42.6% 337	43.6% 609
Oppose	11.2% 68	11.5% 91	11.4% 159
Strongly oppose	9.2% 56	7.5% 59	8.2% 115
Don't know	4.1% 25	4.7% 37	4.4% 62
No answer	1.2% 7	1.0% 8	1.1% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 607	100.0% 791	1398

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Strongly favor	14.1% 91	8.3% 11	13.3% 28	12.7% 7	18.2% 64	14.4% 201
Favor	18.1% 117	14.3% 19	14.7% 31	14.5% 8	17.4% 61	16.9% 236
Neither favor nor oppose	42.7% 276	33.1% 44	47.9% 101	34.5% 19	48.1% 169	43.6% 609
Oppose	12.8% 83	19.5% 26	11.8% 25	12.7% 7	5.1% 18	11.4% 159
Strongly oppose	8.7% 56	12.0% 16	7.6% 16	10.9% 6	6.0% 21	8.2% 115
Don't know	2.6% 17	11.3% 15	3.8% 8	10.9% 6	4.6% 16	4.4% 62
No answer	1.1% 7	1.5% 2	0.9% 2	3.6% 2	0.6% 2	1.1% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 647	100.0% 133	100.0% 211	100.0% 55	100.0% 351	1397

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly favor	13.0% 145	17.3% 36	28.8% 21	14.4% 202
Favor	16.5% 184	18.8% 39	17.8% 13	16.9% 236
Neither favor nor oppose	45.6% 509	36.1% 75	34.2% 25	43.6% 609
Oppose	11.9% 133	10.1% 21	6.8% 5	11.4% 159
Strongly oppose	8.6% 96	7.7% 16	4.1% 3	8.2% 115
Don't know	3.4% 38	8.7% 18	8.2% 6	4.4% 62
No answer	1.1% 12	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 1117	100.0% 208	100.0% 73	1398

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Strongly favor	12.5% 18	16.8% 32	14.1% 14	15.0% 119	14.9% 183
Favor	16.0% 23	15.7% 30	21.2% 21	16.8% 133	16.9% 207
Neither favor nor oppose	39.6% 57	37.2% 71	40.4% 40	46.8% 371	44.0% 539
Oppose	9.7% 14	12.6% 24	11.1% 11	11.7% 93	11.6% 142
Strongly oppose	12.5% 18	8.9% 17	8.1% 8	7.2% 57	8.2% 100
Don't know	9.0% 13	8.4% 16	4.0% 4	1.4% 11	3.6% 44
No answer	0.7% 1	0.5% 1	1.0% 1	1.0% 8	0.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 191	100.0% 99	100.0% 792	1226

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Strongly favor	19.7% 72	13.8% 72	11.6% 49	14.7% 193
Favor	16.7% 61	15.4% 80	19.8% 84	17.2% 225
Neither favor nor oppose	46.6% 170	48.3% 251	37.3% 158	44.2% 579
Oppose	6.0% 22	11.2% 58	16.5% 70	11.5% 150
Strongly oppose	7.7% 28	6.3% 33	9.2% 39	7.6% 100
Don't know	2.5% 9	4.2% 22	4.5% 19	3.8% 50
No answer	0.8% 3	0.8% 4	1.2% 5	0.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 520	100.0% 424	1309

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Strongly favor	11.7% 85	18.0% 61	8.3% 3	15.2% 33	26.0% 20	14.5% 202
Favor	17.6% 128	17.2% 58	25.0% 9	12.9% 28	15.6% 12	16.8% 235
Neither favor nor oppose	41.1% 299	39.9% 135	44.4% 16	59.0% 128	40.3% 31	43.7% 609
Oppose	13.6% 99	11.2% 38	13.9% 5	5.1% 11	7.8% 6	11.4% 159
Strongly oppose	10.0% 73	7.1% 24	8.3% 3	5.1% 11	3.9% 3	8.2% 114
Don't know	5.1% 37	5.0% 17	0.0% 0	1.8% 4	5.2% 4	4.4% 62
No answer	0.8% 6	1.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.3% 1	1.0% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 727	100.0% 338	100.0% 36	100.0% 217	100.0% 77	1395

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Strongly favor	11.7% 23	13.8% 107	14.3% 15	16.1% 32	20.5% 23	14.4% 200
Favor	14.8% 29	15.9% 123	20.0% 21	17.6% 35	22.3% 25	16.8% 233
Neither favor nor oppose	33.7% 66	43.8% 340	45.7% 48	50.3% 100	47.3% 53	43.7% 607
Oppose	10.2% 20	12.9% 100	10.5% 11	10.1% 20	6.3% 7	11.4% 158
Strongly oppose	13.8% 27	9.3% 72	5.7% 6	4.0% 8	1.8% 2	8.3% 115
Don't know	14.8% 29	3.5% 27	1.9% 2	1.0% 2	1.8% 2	4.5% 62
No answer	1.0% 2	0.9% 7	1.9% 2	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 776	100.0% 105	100.0% 199	100.0% 112	1388