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In the past few years, do you think conditions for black people have improved, gotten worse, or stayed about the same? A. In general, how close do you feel to Black people?
How close respondent feels to Black people · Asked in 11 waves, 1996–2016 · 16,084 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 1,889 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,714 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,308 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 1,281 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 1,352 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 2,003 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 898 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 924 |
| General Social Survey 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 1,861 |
| General Social Survey 1998 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Not at all close | 2 | 3 | 4 | Neither one or the other | 6 | 7 | 8 | Very close | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 5% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 38% | 7% | 14% | 8% | 21% | 1889 | ±3 | |
| White | 3% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 39% | 8% | 15% | 8% | 16% | 1244 | ±3 | |
| Black | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 18% | 3% | 10% | 9% | 56% | 307 | ±7 | |
| Hispanic | 12% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 39% | 5% | 10% | 9% | 19% | 243 | ±8 | |
| Asian † | 3% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 54% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 60 | ±15 | |
| Other † | 15% | 2% | – | 2% | 39% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 30% | 35 | ±19 |
General Social Survey 2016 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 |
| face to face |
| 2,832 |
| 1,882 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 972 |