Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
While blacks and Hispanics hold broadly favorable views of each other, Hispanics are less likely to say the two groups get along well. At the same time, African Americans are far more likely than Latinos to say blacks are frequently the victims of racial discrimination.
Race, ethnicity and politics can sometimes make for a volatile mix, but a poll finds that race relations in this country are on a pretty even keel.
Race, ethnicity and politics can sometimes make for a volatile mix, as the presidential field of 2008 has begun to discover. But in the world beyond politics, race relations in this country are on a pretty even keel.
African Americans see a widening gulf between the values of middle class and poor blacks, and nearly four-in-ten say that because of the diversity within their community, blacks can no longer be thought of as a single race.
Survey Details: Conducted February-March 2007 File Release Date: 13 November 2007
Survey Details: Conducted October-November 2006 File Release Date: 13 November 2007
Survey Details: Conducted June-July 2006 File Release Date: 13 November 2007
Survey Details: Conducted February-March 2006 File Release Date: 13 November 2007
Survey Details: Conducted October-November 2005 File Release Date: 13 November 2007
“Sharing household chores” now ranks third in importance on a list of nine items often associated with successful marriages – well ahead of such staples as adequate income, good housing, common interests and shared religious beliefs.