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How close feel to blacks
Variable: closeblk
Module:
Core
Subject:
Blacks
,
Ethnicity
,
Race
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

In the past few years, do you think conditions for black people have improved, gotten worse, or stayed about the same?
A. In general, how close Do you feel to Blacks?

Year Availability
Available in 11 of 31 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Not at all close
2
3
4
5 Neither one or the other
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9 Very close
98 Don't know
99 No answer
0 Not applicable
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
64 119 130 50 33 107 73 60 50 60 75
24 86 54 15 18 42 31 34 29 26 39
45 97 83 36 24 54 48 56 47 62 61
48 77 73 43 45 69 50 43 54 75 65
427 797 751 406 402 891 561 495 505 640 686
76 138 152 82 73 164 106 115 114 141 136
100 197 208 90 119 260 176 171 158 226 259
33 97 115 56 56 93 88 70 90 113 140
137 231 246 140 121 312 200 220 247 358 417
12 28 18 3 5 9 14 11 10 7 2
6 15 31 3 2 2 5 6 4 6 9
1932 950 956 1841 1914 2507 671 763 666 824 978
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 15876
Missing cases 46590