Entry:
Racine, Jeffrey David, "Race, Class, and Political Attitudes: The Changing Shape of the Black Middle Class," Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, August, 1992.
Abstract:
Most African-Americans experience a shared social and political outlook regardless of age. Almost 78% of blacks in the 1980's and 1990's fault discrimination for restricting them in economic and financial areas.
GSS Years:1972-1974, 1976-1977, 1987-1991
Other Data Sets:
Census 1991
|
GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
|
|
Variable Name |
Variable Label |
|
|
|
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| SATFIN |
SATISFACTION WITH FINANCIAL SITUATION |
| PARTYID |
POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION |
| NATCITY |
SOLVING PROBLEMS OF BIG CITIES |
| NATCRIME |
HALTING RISING CRIME RATE |
| NATFARE |
WELFARE |
| GETAHEAD |
OPINION OF HOW PEOPLE GET AHEAD |
| HELPFUL |
PEOPLE HELPFUL OR LOOKING OUT FOR SELVES |
| FAIR |
PEOPLE FAIR OR TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE |
| TRUST |
CAN PEOPLE BE TRUSTED |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| DEGREE |
RS HIGHEST DEGREE |
| OCC |
RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970) |
| ATTEND |
HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES |
| RACDIF1 |
DIFFERENCES DUE TO DISCRIMINATION |
| RACDIF2 |
DIFFERENCES DUE TO INBORN DISABILITY |
| RACDIF3 |
DIFFERENCES DUE TO LACK OF EDUCATION |
| RACDIF4 |
DIFFERENCES DUE TO LACK OF WILL |
| HELPPOOR |
SHOULD GOVT IMPROVE STANDARD OF LIVING? |
| HELPNOT |
SHOULD GOVT DO MORE OR LESS? |
| HELPBLK |
SHOULD GOVT AID BLACKS? |
| EQWLTH |
SHOULD GOVT REDUCE INCOME DIFFERENCES |
| WRKSLF |
R SELF-EMP OR WORKS FOR SOMEBODY |
| WKSUB |
DOES R OR SPOUSE HAVE SUPERVISOR |
| WKSUP |
DOES R OR SPOUSE SUPERVISE ANYONE |
| SRCBELT |
SRC BELTCODE |