Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2000, Racism and Racial Justice, Member

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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	299	50.9%	50.9%	-.88
Not as good a chance as whites	209	35.6%	86.5%	.53
Not sure	79	13.5%	100%	1.94

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Marital status Political party Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	54.4% 43	48.5% 47	46.6% 82	53.5% 122	50.7% 294
Not as good a chance as whites	32.9% 26	41.2% 40	41.5% 73	29.8% 68	35.7% 207
Not sure	12.7% 10	10.3% 10	11.9% 21	16.7% 38	13.6% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 97	100.0% 176	100.0% 228	580

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	49.0% 174	53.7% 122	50.9% 296
Not as good a chance as whites	35.8% 127	35.2% 80	35.6% 207
Not sure	15.2% 54	11.0% 25	13.6% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 227	582

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	51.8% 292	14.3% 1	16.7% 1	66.7% 2	0.0% 0	50.9% 296
Not as good a chance as whites	34.9% 197	71.4% 5	66.7% 4	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	35.6% 207
Not sure	13.3% 75	14.3% 1	16.7% 1	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	13.4% 78
TOTAL	100.0% 564	100.0% 7	100.0% 6	100.0% 3	100.0% 1	581

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	51.8% 230	48.8% 62	51.1% 292
Not as good a chance as whites	34.9% 155	37.0% 47	35.4% 202
Not sure	13.3% 59	14.2% 18	13.5% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 444	100.0% 127	571

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Libertarian	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	38.0% 57	47.1% 48	59.2% 181	35.7% 5	100.0% 1	51.0% 292
Not as good a chance as whites	47.3% 71	33.3% 34	29.1% 89	57.1% 8	0.0% 0	35.3% 202
Not sure	14.7% 22	19.6% 20	11.8% 36	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	13.8% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 102	100.0% 306	100.0% 14	100.0% 1	573

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
As good (or better) a chance as whites	48.9% 23	54.7% 88	51.5% 104	46.8% 58	51.1% 273
Not as good a chance as whites	38.3% 18	28.0% 45	36.1% 73	45.2% 56	36.0% 192
Not sure	12.8% 6	17.4% 28	12.4% 25	8.1% 10	12.9% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 161	100.0% 202	100.0% 124	534