Ethnicity or professional schools mirror students

schleth

Source

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

Details

Question Some people say that it is only fair that in a society like ours, people holding public office should have roughly the same racial or ethnic background as the population as a whole. So, for example, if 30pct of the people were Hispanic, then 30pct of the public officials should be Hispanic as well. Others say that in choosing people for public office they should be considered purely on the basis of ability without regard to their ethnic or racial background. Let me ask you about these ideas in several different areas. C. What about students in medical, law, and other professional schools? Should they have roughly the same racial or ethnic background as the people in their area, or should they be considered purely on the basis of their ability without regard to their racial or ethnic background?

Values

1 consider ethnic background
2 ability, not background
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

year	ballots	availability
1994	A/B/C	full

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