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Race, Dating and Marriage Thursday, July 5, 2001
Results are from a telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,709 adults – including an oversample of minority groups – conducted by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University March 8 – April 22. The total sample included 779 whites, 323 African Americans, 315 Hispanics and 254 Asians, and the margin of sampling error for each group is plus or minus four, six, seven and nine percentage points respectively. Reported percentages for Hispanics on questions 18 and 20 are from a separate survey of 304 Hispanics conducted June 20 – 25. Margin of sampling error is plus or minus 7 percentage points. Sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error in this or any other public opinion poll. Fieldwork was conducted by ICR of Media, Pa. Now I'd like to ask some questions about interracial couples, that is, couples where one person is white, African American, Hispanic American, or Asian American and the other person is a member of a different race or ethnicity? How much discrimination do you think there is against interracial couples in our society today? Would you say there is a lot of discrimination, some, only a little, or none at all? (IF NECESSARY: We mean society in general)
A LOT/SOME ONLY A LITTLE/NONE
NET A lot Some NET Only a little None at all Don't know
White 67 22 45 31 26 5 2
Black 77 32 45 19 18 1 4
Hispanic 64 34 31 35 29 6 1
Asian 48 10 38 47 35 11 5
Do you personally have any close friends or family members who are part of an interracial couple or not? Yes No Don't know White 58 41 * Black 72 28 1 Hispanic 61 38 1 Asian 72 27 1 Have you EVER dated someone who was...? Black or African American (Asked of respondents who are not African American) Yes No Don't know White 17 83 - Hispanic 16 84 - Asian 18 81 1 Have you EVER dated someone who was...? White (Asked of respondents who are not White) Yes No Don't know Black 43 57 - Hispanic 44 56 - Asian 57 42 1 Have you EVER dated someone who was...? Asian (Asked of respondents who are not Asian) Yes No Don't know White 14 86 * Black 11 89 * Hispanic 9 91 - Have you EVER dated someone who was...? Hispanic (Asked of respondents who are not Hispanic) Yes No Don't know White 28 72 * Black 30 70 - Asian 34 65 1 How do you think you would react if a member of your family told you they were going to MARRY (READ EACH ITEM)? Would it be fine with you, would it bother you, but you would come to accept it, or would you NOT be able to accept it? (Interviewer Note: By family we mean a member of your immediate family, such as a child, brother, or sister)? An African American (Asked of respondents who are not African American) Would be fine with you
White 55
Hispanic 74
Asian 66
Would bother you, but you would come to accept
White 35
Hispanic 14
Asian 23
Would NOT be able to accept it
White 9
Hispanic 8
Asian 8
Don't know
White 1
Hispanic 4
Asian 2
A Hispanic American (Asked of respondents who are not Hispanic American) Would be fine with you
White 66
Black 85
Asian 71
Would bother you, but you would come to accept
White 30
Black 12
Asian 21
Would NOT be able to accept it
White 3
Black 2
Asian 6
Don't know
White 1
Black *
Asian 2
An Asian American (Asked of respondents who are not Asian American) Would be fine with you
White 65
Black 86
Asian 79
Would bother you, but you would come to accept
White 29
Black 13
Asian 11
Would NOT be able to accept it
White 4
Black 1
Asian 7
Don't know
White 1
Black *
Asian 3
A White American (Asked of respondents who are not White American) Would be fine with you
White 86
Black 86
Asian 77
Would bother you, but you would come to accept
White 12
Black 9
Asian 16
Would NOT be able to accept it
White 2
Black 4
Asian 5
Don't know
White *
Black 2
Asian 2
Considering everything, do you think it's better for people to marry someone of their own race, better to marry someone of a different race, or doesn't it make any difference? Better to marry someone of their own race White 46 Black 21 Hispanic 29 Asian 30 Better to marry someone of another race
White 1
Black -
Hispanic 1
Asian 2
Doesn't Make a Difference
White 53
Black 77
Hispanic 68
Asian 67
Don't Know
White 1
Black 2
Hispanic 2
Asian 2
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