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Preferred racial name
Variable: racname
Module:
Core
Subject:
Race
Related Variables
race color ratetone racesee racedbtf raceself hispanic racecen1 racecen2 racecen3 difrace1 difrace2 difrace3 racchurh racmeet ethspkok ethspkno racavoid blkinflu racsups racnobuy busing busing10 ethchng blkgains closeblk closewht mostcom leastcom blksimp racocc racinc racjob racopnow wrkwayup oprace teacheth schleth whoteach racwork ethorgs racpush racseg symptblk admirblk racfirm frndrac1 frndrac2 frndrac3 frndrac4 frndrac5 numbwfrd bwfriend whtgovt blkgovt hspgovt asngovt owneth congeth gvtapart gvtmelt racdin rachome hswht hseth racimp racinfo rachisch racinteg meltpot racmar racmar10 racmarel racmarpr forbdmar allowmar racpromo hlpminr hlpminfg helpblk racneigh neieth1 neieth2 neieth3 neieth4 neieth5 neieth6 neieth7 neieth8 neieth9 neieth10 neieth11 neieth12 neieth13 neieth14 racopen racsubs racsubgv racparty racpres racmix race1 race2 race3 race4 race5 racschol racfew rachaf racmost racteach ethhist racchng racquit trtmyrac ractrust racdif1 racdif2 racdif3 racdif4 raclive racclos racdis racobjct more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

Which would you most like to be called, "Black", "Negro", "Colored", or "Afro- American", or does it make any difference?

Year Availability
Available in 1 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Black
2 Negro
3 Colored
4 Afro-american
8 Makes no difference
9 No answer
0 Not applicable
1982
264
29
23
29
158
7
1350
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 345
Missing cases 62121