THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Busing to Achieve School Integration  1972-1984


                           '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84 
 
           Bus Children 1    5    4    5   **    3   **    3 
                        2    2    2    2   **    3   **    2 
                        3    2    2    2   **    3   **    3 
                        4    5    5    6   **    6   **    7 
                        5    3    4    4   **    5   **    9 
                        6    7    9    8   **   16   **   19 
   Keep in Neighborhood 7   70   62   61   **   57   **   48 
      DK, Haven't Thought    7   12   11   **    7   **    9
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                       N  2686 2491 2842      1403       968  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4B.6
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "There is much discussion about the best way to deal with racial
     problems.  Some people think achieving racial integration of schools
     is so important that it justifies busing children to schools out of
     their own neighborhoods.  Others think letting children go to their
     neighborhood schools is so important that they oppose busing."
     "Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you thought
     much about this?" (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
       


     This question is variable VCF0817 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05