June 13- July 5, 2013: Gallup Poll Nationwide poll on racial bias in jobs, income, and housing
Onthe average, blacks have worse jobs, income and housing than whites. Do youthink this is mostly due to discrimination against blacks, or is it mostly dueto something else?
20% Mostly discrimination
77% Mostly something else
2% No opinion
Surveyby Gallup Organization. Methodology: Conducted by Gallup Organization, June 13- July 5, 2013 and based on 4,373 telephone interviews. Sample: National adultwith an oversample of blacks and Hispanics. Interviews were conducted withrespondents on landline telephones and cellular phones. Results were weightedto be representative of a national adult population. [USGALLUP.071913.R28]
Howmuch of a role, if any, do you think the government should have in trying toimprove the social and economic position of blacks and other minority groups inthis country–a major role, a minor role, or no role at all?
32% Majorrole
44% Minorrole
23% Norole at all
1% No opinion
Methodology:Conducted by Gallup Organization, June 13 – July 5, 2013 and based on 4,373telephone interviews. Sample: National adult with an oversample of blacks andHispanics. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landline telephonesand cellular phones. Results were weighted to be representative of a nationaladult population. [USGALLUP.072413A.R07]
FormalCitation
GallupPoll, Jun, 2013. Retrieved Sep-5-2013 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Centerfor Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html