Portraits of American Life Study, 2nd Wave, 2012

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AMA_7(Percentages are unweighted) [Wave 2] One of the most effective ways to improve race relations in the U.S. is to stop talking about race   2) Somewhat disagree   5) Strongly agree   4) Somewhat agree   3) Neither disagree nor agree   1) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Somewhat disagree	179	12.9%	12.9%	-0.86
Strongly agree	392	28.2%	41.0%	1.18
Somewhat agree	303	21.8%	62.8%	0.50
Neither disagree nor agree	251	18.0%	80.8%	-0.18
Strongly disagree	267	19.2%	100.0%	-1.54

Variable Comparisons

Education Race Political party Gender Religion Age

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or associate degree	Bachelor's	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Somewhat disagree	4.9% 5	11.0% 48	9.9% 30	17.2% 55	19.8% 38	13.0% 176
Strongly agree	45.6% 47	33.1% 144	30.9% 94	19.7% 63	17.7% 34	28.2% 382
Somewhat agree	15.5% 16	23.2% 101	23.0% 70	24.7% 79	15.6% 30	21.9% 296
Neither disagree nor agree	11.7% 12	16.1% 70	20.4% 62	20.0% 64	18.2% 35	17.9% 243
Strongly disagree	22.3% 23	16.6% 72	15.8% 48	18.4% 59	28.6% 55	19.0% 257
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 435	100.0% 304	100.0% 320	100.0% 192	1354

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian/Anglo	Black/African American	Hispanic/Latino(a)	Asian/Asian American	TOTAL
Somewhat disagree	13.2% 100	10.3% 30	11.2% 25	18.6% 21	12.7% 176
Strongly agree	27.9% 211	24.8% 72	36.6% 82	21.2% 24	28.1% 389
Somewhat agree	26.9% 204	10.0% 29	18.8% 42	23.9% 27	21.8% 302
Neither disagree nor agree	18.6% 141	15.9% 46	15.6% 35	24.8% 28	18.1% 250
Strongly disagree	13.3% 101	39.0% 113	17.9% 40	11.5% 13	19.3% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 757	100.0% 290	100.0% 224	100.0% 113	1384

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Neither	Republican	TOTAL
Somewhat disagree	12.8% 101	13.5% 28	12.7% 50	12.9% 179
Strongly agree	24.9% 196	26.4% 55	35.1% 138	28.0% 389
Somewhat agree	20.1% 158	20.7% 43	25.7% 101	21.8% 302
Neither disagree nor agree	16.5% 130	26.9% 56	16.3% 64	18.0% 250
Strongly disagree	25.6% 201	12.5% 26	10.2% 40	19.3% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 786	100.0% 208	100.0% 393	1387

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Somewhat disagree	12.2% 63	13.3% 116	12.9% 179
Strongly agree	29.2% 151	27.6% 241	28.2% 392
Somewhat agree	19.5% 101	23.1% 202	21.8% 303
Neither disagree nor agree	19.9% 103	16.9% 148	18.0% 251
Strongly disagree	19.3% 100	19.1% 167	19.2% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 518	100.0% 874	1392

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Other faith	Nonaffiliated	TOTAL
Somewhat disagree	5.4% 7	11.6% 37	14.6% 18	10.1% 34	15.0% 31	18.6% 52	12.9% 179
Strongly agree	23.8% 31	33.3% 106	27.6% 34	32.1% 108	21.4% 44	24.7% 69	28.2% 392
Somewhat agree	14.6% 19	23.0% 73	23.6% 29	22.9% 77	24.3% 50	19.7% 55	21.8% 303
Neither disagree nor agree	13.8% 18	17.3% 55	22.0% 27	16.7% 56	23.3% 48	16.8% 47	18.0% 251
Strongly disagree	42.3% 55	14.8% 47	12.2% 15	18.2% 61	16.0% 33	20.1% 56	19.2% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 318	100.0% 123	100.0% 336	100.0% 206	100.0% 279	1392

Age (I-AGE)

	20 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Somewhat disagree	15.8% 35	14.6% 61	11.0% 44	11.6% 30	9.6% 9	12.9% 179
Strongly agree	28.5% 63	26.6% 111	27.4% 110	25.9% 67	43.6% 41	28.2% 392
Somewhat agree	22.2% 49	23.3% 97	21.7% 87	20.1% 52	19.1% 18	21.8% 303
Neither disagree nor agree	23.1% 51	18.2% 76	16.7% 67	18.9% 49	8.5% 8	18.0% 251
Strongly disagree	10.4% 23	17.3% 72	23.2% 93	23.6% 61	19.1% 18	19.2% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 417	100.0% 401	100.0% 259	100.0% 94	1392