Entry:
Yoon, In-Jin, "Attitudes, Social Distance, and Perceptions of Influence and Discrimination among Minorities," International Journal of Group Tensions, 25 (1995), 35-56. Also presented to American Sociological Association, Miami Beach, August, 1993.
Abstract:
Blacks rate Jews more positively than either Asians or Latinos in personal traits. Blacks see Latinos as least desirable in traits. They receive the greatest opposition from blacks in residential integration and intergroup marriage. Asian-Americans occupy an intermediate position in blacks' scales of desirability and social distance. A sense of powerlessness and alienation are particularly strong among blacks.
GSS Years:1990
Other Data Sets:
NORC 1943, 1957, 1963 (6); Gallup 1935-74 (60); Harris 1964-74 (8); ANES 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; SRC 1963; ORC 1960, 1964
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| XNORCSIZ |
EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| PRESTIGE |
RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970) |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| WLTHWHTS |
RICH - POOR |
| WLTHJEWS |
RICH - POOR |
| WLTHBLKS |
RICH - POOR |
| WLTHASNS |
RICH - POOR |
| WLTHHSPS |
RICH - POOR |
| WLTHSO |
RICH - POOR |
| WORKWHTS |
HARD WORKING - LAZY |
| WORKJEWS |
HARD WORKING - LAZY |
| WORKBLKS |
HARD WORKING - LAZY |
| WORKASNS |
HARD WORKING - LAZY |
| WORKHSPS |
HARD WORKING -LAZY |
| WORKSO |
HARD WORKING - LAZY |
| VIOLWHTS |
VIOLENT - NOT VIOLENT |
| VIOLJEWS |
VIOLENT - NOT VIOLENT |
| VIOLBLKS |
VIOLENT - NOT VIOLENT |
| VIOLASNS |
VIOLENT - NOT VIOLENT |
| VIOLHSPS |
VIOLENT - NOT VIOLENT |
| VIOLSO |
VIOLENT - NOT VIOLENT |
| INTLWHTS |
UNINTELLIGENT -INTELLIGENT |
| INTLJEWS |
UNINTELLIGENT - INTELLIGENT |
| INTLBLKS |
UNINTELLIGENT - INTELLIGENT |
| INTLASNS |
UNINTELLIGENT - INTELLIGENT |
| INTLHSPS |
UNINTELLIGENT - INTELLIGENT |
| INTLSO |
UNINTELLIGENT - INTELLIGENT |
| FAREWHTS |
SELF SUPPORTING - LIVE OFF WELFARE |
| FAREJEWS |
SELF SUPPORTING - LIVE OFF WELFARE |
| FAREBLKS |
SELF SUPPORTING - LIVE OFF WELFARE |
| FAREASNS |
SELF SUPPORTING - LIVE OFF WELFARE |
| FAREHSPS |
SELF SUPPORTING - LIVE OFF WELFARE |
| FARESO |
SELF SUPPORTING - LIVE OFF WELFARE |
| PATRWHTS |
UNPATRIOTIC - PATRIOTIC |
| PATRJEWS |
UNPATRIOTIC - PATRIOTIC |
| PATRBLKS |
UNPATRIOTIC - PATRIOTIC |
| PATRASNS |
UNPATRIOTIC - PATRIOTIC |
| PATRHSPS |
UNPATRIOTIC - PATRIOTIC |
| PATRSO |
UNPATRIOTIC - PATRIOTIC |
| LIVEJEWS |
NEIGHBORHOOD HALF JEWISH |
| LIVEBLKS |
NEIGHBORHOOD HALF BLACK |
| LIVEASNS |
NEIGHBORHOOD HALF ASIAN |
| LIVEHSPS |
NEIGHBORHOOD HALF HISPANIC |
| LIVENO |
NEIGHBORHOOD HALF NORTHERN WHITE |
| LIVESO |
NEIGHBORHOOD HALF SOUTHERN WHITE |
| MARJEW |
CLOSE RELATIVE MARRY JEW |
| MARBLK |
CLOSE RELATIVE MARRY BLACK |
| MARASIAN |
CLOSE RELATIVE MARRY ASIAN |
| MARHISP |
CLOSE RELATIVE MARRY HISPANIC |
| MARNO |
CLOSE RELATIVE MARRY NO. WHITE |
| MARSO |
CLOSE RELATIVE MARRY SO. WHITE |