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GSSdiscwk5Economy, work, & money › Jobs & work Race, immigration, & identity › Race relations & racial attitudesbehavior

Over the past five years, have you been discriminated against with regard to work, for instance when applying for a job, or when being considered for a pay increase or promotion?

In the past five years, have you been discriminated against at work, such as in hiring or promotion?

Experienced job discrimination in past five years · Asked in 1 wave, 2016 · 1,477 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

YesNoDid not work or did not seek work

Group	Yes	No	Did not work or did not seek work	n	MoE
All respondents	18%	76%	6%	1477	±3
Urban	21%	73%	6%	490	±6
Suburban	18%	77%	5%	767	±4
Rural

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.

Answers as the source codes them

YesNoDid not work or did not seek workDon't know (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 2016	2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19	face to face	2,867	1,477