June 11-13, 2010: Gallup/USA Today Poll—Nationwide poll solicits the public۪s views on employment, income, and housing disparities between African Americans and white people.
“(On the average, African Americans have worse jobs, income, and housing than white people.) Do you think these differences are…because most African Americans don’t have the chance for the education that it takes to rise out of poverty?”
45% Yes
53% No
2% Don۪t know
1% Refused
Subpopulation/Note: .
Survey by USA Today. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by Gallup Organization, June 11 – June 13, 2010 and based on 1,014 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landline telephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones for respondents who are cell phone only. [USGALLUP.201008.Q20D]
Formal Citation
Gallup/USA Today Poll, Jun, 2010. Retrieved Sep-2-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“On the average, African Americans have worse jobs, income, and housing than white people. Do you think these differences are…because most African-Americans just don’t have the motivation or will power to pull themselves up out of poverty?”
