Entry:

Case, Charles E., Jr., "Changes in Egalitarian Attitudes toward Racial and Ethnic Minorities from 1956 to 1980--the Interaction of Education and Cultural Environment," Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Arizona, 1983.


Abstract:

Support for equal treatment of minority groups continuously increased from 1956 to 1980, as a result in a shift in the cultural environment in America. While southerners are still found to be slightly less egalitarian, regional differences have continuously decreased. Education has a constant effect in reducing prejudice even in periods of time and in subcultures generally hostile to egalitarianism.

GSS Years:

1972, 1980

Other Data Sets:

DAS 1958-1971; NORC 1956, 1963

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

RACMAR

FAVOR LAW AGAINST RACIAL INTERMARRIAGE

RACSEG

WHITES HAVE RIGHT TO SEG. NEIGHBORHOOD

RACDIN

OBJECT TO OPP. RACE HOME FOR DINNER

RACSCHOL

SHOULD WHITES & BLACKS GO TO SAME SCHOOL

RACOBJCT

NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRATED BY SAME SES

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT