THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Government See to Fair Treatment in Jobs  1964-2004


                           '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
    See to Fair Treatment   39   **   38   **   41   **   **   **   **   **   **   19   29   **   35   **   30   **   35   **   34 
          Don't See to It   40   **   43   **   35   **   **   **   **   **   **   14   22   **   26   **   29   **   28   **   27 
  Don't Know, No Interest   21   **   19   **   23   **   **   **   **   **   **   67   49   **   39   **   40   **   36   **   39
                          ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

                       N  1571      1557      2705                               2176 2040      2488      1492      1773      1054  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4B.8
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Some people feel that if black people (1964,1968: negroes) are not
     getting fair treatment in jobs, the government in Washington ought
     to see to it that they do.  Others feel that this is not the federal
     government's business.
     Have you had enough interested in this question to favor one side over
     the other?"
     (IF YES:) "How do you feel?
     Should the government in Washington see it it that black people get
     fair treatment in jobs (1986 AND LATER:  or is this not the
     federal government's business)  1964,1968,1972: or should the
     government in Washington leave these matters to the states and local
     communities?)"
       

     NOTE:  
     Note the major change in response options wording after 1972.

     This question is variable VCF9037 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