Entry:

Danigelis, Nicholas L. and Cutler, Stephen J., "An Inter-Cohort Comparison of Changes in Racial Attitudes," Research on Aging, 13 (September, 1991), 383-404.


Abstract:

In race relations, older people are not growing more rigidly conservative as an increase in liberal attitudes towards race appear in all age cohorts examined. There is also no tendency for older people to grow more liberal at a slower rate than young people.

GSS Years:

1972-1985

Other Data Sets:

NORC 1963, 1968, 1970; GALLUP 1959, 1963, 1976

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
RACPUSH

BLACKS SHOULDNT PUSH

RACPRES

WOULD VOTE FOR BLACK PRESIDENT

RACDIN

OBJECT TO OPP. RACE HOME FOR DINNER

RACSCHOL

SHOULD WHITES & BLACKS GO TO SAME SCHOOL

RACSEG

WHITES HAVE RIGHT TO SEG. NEIGHBORHOOD

RACMAR

FAVOR LAW AGAINST RACIAL INTERMARRIAGE

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX