Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2000 --Racism and Racial Justice, Elders

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RECHANCE In general, do you think racial ethnic people have as good a chance as whites in your community to get any kind of job for which they are qualified?   1) As good (or better) a chance as whites   2) Not as good a chance as whites   3) Not sure

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
As good (or better) a chance as whites	296	49.1%	49.1%	-.91
Not as good a chance as whites	233	38.6%	87.7%	.53
Not sure	74	12.3%	100%	1.98

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Marital status Household income Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	33.3% 10	50.0% 64	49.1% 113	50.5% 106	49.0% 293
Not as good a chance as whites	36.7% 11	40.6% 52	40.0% 92	36.2% 76	38.6% 231
Not sure	30.0% 9	9.4% 12	10.9% 25	13.3% 28	12.4% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 128	100.0% 230	100.0% 210	598

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	48.5% 141	50.0% 154	49.2% 295
Not as good a chance as whites	37.5% 109	39.3% 121	38.4% 230
Not sure	14.1% 41	10.7% 33	12.4% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 308	599

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	50.8% 291	0.0% 0	42.9% 3	0.0% 0	49.2% 294
Not as good a chance as whites	36.6% 210	93.8% 15	57.1% 4	100.0% 1	38.5% 230
Not sure	12.6% 72	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.2% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 573	100.0% 16	100.0% 7	100.0% 1	597

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	48.6% 243	51.5% 50	49.1% 293
Not as good a chance as whites	38.4% 192	40.2% 39	38.7% 231
Not sure	13.0% 65	8.2% 8	12.2% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 500	100.0% 97	597

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	61.3% 19	48.0% 72	49.3% 113	46.1% 77	48.7% 281
Not as good a chance as whites	35.5% 11	39.3% 59	38.0% 87	43.1% 72	39.7% 229
Not sure	3.2% 1	12.7% 19	12.7% 29	10.8% 18	11.6% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 150	100.0% 229	100.0% 167	577

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Reform	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	37.5% 63	49.1% 53	55.7% 176	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	49.2% 294
Not as good a chance as whites	53.6% 90	38.9% 42	30.4% 96	25.0% 1	100.0% 1	38.5% 230
Not sure	8.9% 15	12.0% 13	13.9% 44	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	12.2% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 108	100.0% 316	100.0% 4	100.0% 1	597