General Social Survey, 2000

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BLKWRK If R personally knows any Blacks: Do you know any of these Blacks from the place where you work?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	494	67.2%	67.2%	-.39
No	211	28.7%	95.9%	.24
Don't know	1	.1%	96.1%	4.03
No answer	29	3.9%	100%	4.66

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	64.2% 122	69.6% 195	67.5% 158	55.6% 15	67.0% 490
No	32.1% 61	26.4% 74	27.4% 64	44.4% 12	28.9% 211
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	3.2% 6	3.9% 11	5.1% 12	0.0% 0	4.0% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 280	100.0% 234	100.0% 27	731

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	66.4% 243	68.0% 251	67.2% 494
No	29.2% 107	28.2% 104	28.7% 211
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	4.1% 15	3.8% 14	3.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 369	735

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	69.1% 255	63.2% 12	64.2% 79	81.0% 17	64.4% 130	67.2% 493
No	27.1% 100	26.3% 5	29.3% 36	19.0% 4	32.7% 66	28.7% 211
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	3.5% 13	10.5% 2	6.5% 8	0.0% 0	3.0% 6	4.0% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 369	100.0% 19	100.0% 123	100.0% 21	100.0% 202	734

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	67.3% 461	66.7% 4	65.9% 29	67.2% 494
No	28.6% 196	33.3% 2	29.5% 13	28.7% 211
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	3.9% 27	0.0% 0	4.5% 2	3.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 6	100.0% 44	735

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Yes	53.3% 16	57.6% 38	66.1% 39	70.9% 366	68.4% 459
No	40.0% 12	40.9% 27	33.9% 20	25.8% 133	28.6% 192
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	6.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 17	2.8% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 66	100.0% 59	100.0% 516	671

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	69.4% 150	67.6% 173	64.2% 149	67.0% 472
No	24.5% 53	30.5% 78	31.5% 73	29.0% 204
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
No answer	6.0% 13	2.0% 5	3.9% 9	3.8% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 216	100.0% 256	100.0% 232	704

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	66.1% 228	70.9% 127	64.0% 16	65.0% 89	70.8% 34	67.3% 494
No	30.1% 104	25.1% 45	28.0% 7	30.7% 42	27.1% 13	28.7% 211
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	3.5% 12	3.9% 7	8.0% 2	4.4% 6	2.1% 1	3.8% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 179	100.0% 25	100.0% 137	100.0% 48	734

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	57.4% 27	67.2% 266	69.0% 49	65.9% 89	75.0% 60	67.4% 491
No	31.9% 15	29.8% 118	29.6% 21	29.6% 40	18.8% 15	28.7% 209
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	10.6% 5	2.8% 11	1.4% 1	4.4% 6	6.3% 5	3.8% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 396	100.0% 71	100.0% 135	100.0% 80	729