General Social Survey, 2000

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BLKSCHL If R personally knows any Blacks: Do you know any of these Blacks from when you went to school or college?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	469	45.6%	45.6%	-.54
No	524	50.9%	96.5%	.15
Don't know	3	.3%	96.8%	4.3
No answer	33	3.2%	100%	4.99

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	70.4% 169	50.0% 175	33.9% 101	17.5% 24	45.8% 469
No	25.4% 61	47.4% 166	62.1% 185	78.8% 108	50.7% 520
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
No answer	3.8% 9	2.3% 8	3.7% 11	3.6% 5	3.2% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 350	100.0% 298	100.0% 137	1025

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	46.3% 218	45.0% 251	45.6% 469
No	51.0% 240	50.9% 284	50.9% 524
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.3% 3
No answer	2.8% 13	3.6% 20	3.2% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 558	1029

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	41.5% 208	25.3% 19	40.4% 65	40.6% 13	62.9% 163	45.5% 468
No	55.9% 280	69.3% 52	53.4% 86	59.4% 19	33.6% 87	51.0% 524
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 3
No answer	2.4% 12	5.3% 4	5.6% 9	0.0% 0	3.1% 8	3.2% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 501	100.0% 75	100.0% 161	100.0% 32	100.0% 259	1028

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	45.2% 438	40.0% 4	52.9% 27	45.6% 469
No	51.3% 497	40.0% 4	45.1% 23	50.9% 524
Don't know	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
No answer	3.1% 30	20.0% 2	2.0% 1	3.2% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 968	100.0% 10	100.0% 51	1029

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Yes	43.4% 36	55.6% 65	52.6% 40	43.6% 280	45.9% 421
No	50.6% 42	43.6% 51	47.4% 36	53.9% 346	51.7% 475
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	6.0% 5	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.3% 15	2.3% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 117	100.0% 76	100.0% 642	918

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	51.4% 149	46.0% 167	42.8% 140	46.5% 456
No	43.8% 127	52.3% 190	54.4% 178	50.5% 495
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	4.8% 14	1.4% 5	2.8% 9	2.9% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 290	100.0% 363	100.0% 327	980

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	44.0% 222	43.8% 113	41.2% 14	49.4% 86	59.6% 34	45.7% 469
No	52.8% 266	51.9% 134	52.9% 18	47.7% 83	38.6% 22	50.9% 523
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
No answer	3.0% 15	3.5% 9	5.9% 2	2.9% 5	1.8% 1	3.1% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 504	100.0% 258	100.0% 34	100.0% 174	100.0% 57	1027

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	40.5% 45	43.3% 239	53.4% 47	50.6% 87	47.5% 47	45.5% 465
No	55.0% 61	53.8% 297	45.5% 40	45.3% 78	46.5% 46	51.1% 522
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
No answer	4.5% 5	2.7% 15	1.1% 1	2.9% 5	6.1% 6	3.1% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 552	100.0% 88	100.0% 172	100.0% 99	1022