Should the law forbid marriage between Black people and white people?

Law forbidding Black-white marriage · Asked in 1 wave, 1989 · 498 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

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

Forbid marriageNot forbid mar

Group		Forbid marriage	Not forbid mar	n	MoE
All respondents		18%	82%	498	±5
White		20%	80%	431	±5
Black †		9%	91%	45	±18
Other races †	Too few respondents	–	–	22	±27

General Social Survey 1989 · 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

Forbid marriageNot forbid marDon't know (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1989	1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01	face to face	1,537	498