Favor preference in hiring black people

affrmact

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question A. Some people say that because of past discrimination, Black people should be given preference in hiring and promotion. Others say that such preference in hiring and promotion of Black people is wrong because it discriminates against whites. What about your opinion – are you for or against preferential hiring and promotion of Black people? IF FAVORS: A. Do you favor preference in hiring and promotion strongly or not strongly? IF OPPOSES: B. Do you oppose preference in hiring and promotion strongly or not strongly?

Values

[1] strongly favors
[2] not strongly favors
[3] not strongly opposes
[4] strongly opposes
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for affrmact.

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly favors	not strongly favors	not strongly opposes	strongly opposes	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1994	1522	135	100	354	789	79	13	-	2992
1996	944	183	127	485	1026	117	22	-	2904
1998	961	142	117	425	1024	145	18	-	2832
2000	940	201	130	480	933	119	14	-	2817
2002	1857	84	58	249	492	22	3	-	2765
2004	1906	86	60	244	474	38	4	-	2812
2006	2518	188	136	525	1055	75	13	-	4510
2008	694	133	87	349	686	65	9	-	2023
2010	614	160	114	377	699	66	14	-	2044
2012	672	139	99	354	629	63	18	-	1974
2014	863	173	130	475	814	67	16	-	2538
2016	979	268	151	545	813	87	24	-	2867
2018	789	230	132	443	642	88	24	-	2348
2021	1378	349	299	818	1162	22	4	-	4032
2022	1168	395	248	667	919	119	15	13	3544
Total	17805	2866	1988	6790	12157	1172	211	13	43002