Best way for blacks to improve position

blkgains

Source

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

Details

Question People have different ideas about the best way for blacks to improve their position in American life and politics. Some people think that the best way for blacks to improve their position is through civil rights groups, they would be at point 1 on this card. Other people think that the best for way blacks to improve their position is for each individual black to become better trained and more qualified. They would be located at point 7. And other people have opinions somewhere in between. Where would you place yourself on this scale?

Values

[1] civil rights grps
[7] better trained inds
[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
-	1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	civil rights grps	2	3	4	5	6	better trained inds	no answer	Total
1987	1275	37	19	17	140	72	41	209	9	1819
Total	1275	37	19	17	140	72	41	209	9	1819