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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 154a. In general, how close do you feel to blacks?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | don't know | neither one or the other | no answer | not at all close | very close | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1932 | 24 | 45 | 48 | 76 | 100 | 33 | 12 | 427 | 6 | 64 | 137 | 2904 |
| 1998 | 950 | 86 | 97 | 77 | 138 | 197 | 97 | 28 | 797 | 15 | 119 | 231 | 2832 |
| 2000 | 956 | 54 | 83 | 73 | 152 | 208 | 115 | 18 | 751 | 31 | 130 | 246 | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1841 | 15 | 36 | 43 | 82 | 90 | 56 | 3 | 406 | 3 | 50 | 140 | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1914 | 18 | 24 | 45 | 73 | 119 | 56 | 5 | 402 | 2 | 33 | 121 | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2507 | 42 | 54 | 69 | 164 | 260 | 93 | 9 | 891 | 2 | 107 | 312 | 4510 |
| 2008 | 671 | 31 | 48 | 50 | 106 | 176 | 88 | 14 | 561 | 5 | 73 | 200 | 2023 |
| 2010 | 763 | 34 | 56 | 43 | 115 | 171 | 70 | 11 | 495 | 6 | 60 | 220 | 2044 |
| 2012 | 666 | 29 | 47 | 54 | 114 | 158 | 90 | 10 | 505 | 4 | 50 | 247 | 1974 |
| 2014 | 824 | 26 | 62 | 75 | 141 | 226 | 113 | 7 | 640 | 6 | 60 | 358 | 2538 |
| 2016 | 978 | 39 | 61 | 65 | 136 | 259 | 140 | 2 | 686 | 9 | 75 | 417 | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 56306 | 398 | 613 | 642 | 1297 | 1964 | 951 | 119 | 6561 | 89 | 821 | 2629 | 72390 |
1 not at all close
5 neither one or the other
9 very close
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(q) 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