THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Federal Government Ensure School Integration  1962-2000


                           '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00 
 
             Same Schools   47   41   46   38   49   37   **   24   27   **   **   **   30   **   32   32   28   **   **   34 
           Govt. Stay Out   32   38   34   44   31   45   **   39   41   **   **   **   33   **   30   33   34   **   **   28 
  Don't Know, No Interest   21   20   20   18   20   19   **   36   32   **   **   **   37   **   38   35   38   **   **   37
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                       N  1259 1564 1282 1547  810 2694      2851 2279                1085       987 2240 1761           1800  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4B.5
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1962: "How about this statement, 'The government in Washington should
     see to it that white and colored children are allowed  to go to the
     same schools.' Do you have an opinion on this or not?" (IF YES:)
     "Do you agree that the government should do this or do you think
     that the government should not do it?"
     1964-1986,1990 and later: "Some people say that the government in
     Washington should see to it that white and black (before 1972: Negro)
     children go (1964-1970: are allowed to go) to the same schools.
     Others claim this is not the government's business. Have you been
     concerned (1986,1990: interested) enough about [in] this question to
     favor one side over the other?" (IF YES) "Do you think the government
     in Washington should ---"
       


     This question is variable VCF0816 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0011A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  05AUG10