Interracial Marriage, Attitude about - Measurement Concept

Measures a respondent's level of approval or disapproval with marriage between people of different races or ethnicities
101 Questions match selected parameters.

Survey Questions

DATERACE from Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)
Q55. Have you ever dated or been romantically involved with a person of another race? MARRYASN from Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)
Q54d. How comfortable would you be if a daughter of yours married someone who is Asian? MARRYBLK from Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)
Q54b. How comfortable would you be if a daughter of yours married someone who is black or African American? MARRYHSP from Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)
Q54c. How comfortable would you be if a daughter of yours married someone who is Hispanic or Latino? MARRYWHT from Baylor Religion Survey, Wave II (2007)
Q54a. How comfortable would you be if a daughter of yours married someone who is white, non-Hispanic? DATRAC1 from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)
Y146. [If teen has dated one person since turning 13 years old][IF Y145=1] Was the person you dated of a different race, or not? DATRAC2 from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 1 (2003)
Y147. [If teen has dated more than one person since turning 13][IF Y145 greater than 1] How many, if any, of these [INSERT NUMBER FROM Y145] people you dated were of a different race? [RECORD NUMBER, RANGE=0-100, 998=DK, 999=REFUSED, RANGE 100=100 or more] MARDIFF from National Study of Youth and Religion, Wave 3 (2007-2008)
(mardiffrel_w3) R22 In general, people should not marry someone of a different religion. (Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree?) ARE_2 from Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006
In general, how comfortable or uncomfortable would you be if your daughter married someone who is Asian? ARE_3 from Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006
In general, how comfortable or uncomfortable would you be if your daughter married someone who is Hispanic or Latino? ARE_4 from Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006
In general, how comfortable or uncomfortable would you be if your daughter married someone who is Black or African American? MARASIAN from General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
What about having a close relative marry an Asian American person? Would you be in very favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARBLK from General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
What about having a close relative marry a black person? Would you be in very favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARHISP from General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
What about having a close relative marry a Hispanic American person? Would you be in very favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARWHT from General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
What about having a close relative marry a white person? Would you be in very favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARASIAN from General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
What about having a close relative marry an Asian American person? Would you be in very favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARBLK from General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
What about having a close relative marry a black person? Would you be in very favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARHISP from General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
What about having a close relative marry a Hispanic American person? Would you be in very favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARWHT from General Social Survey 2008 Cross-Section and Panel Combined
What about having a close relative marry a white person? Would you be in very favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARASIAN from General Social Survey, 2004
How would you respond to a close relative marrying an Asian American person? MARBLK from General Social Survey, 2004
How would you respond to a close relative marrying a black person? MARHISP from General Social Survey, 2004
How would you respond to a close relative marrying an Hispanic American person? MARWHT from General Social Survey, 2004
What about having a close relative marry a white person? Would you be very in favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? MARASIAN from General Social Survey, 2006
How about having a close relative or family member marry an Asian American person? MARBLK from General Social Survey, 2006
How about having a close relative or family member marry a black person? MARHISP from General Social Survey, 2006
How about having a close relative or family member marry a Hispanic American person? MARWHT from General Social Survey, 2006
What about having a close relative marry a white person? Would you be very in favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? INTMARR1 from Houston Area Survey, 1982-2010
If a close relative of yours wanted to marry a non-[R's ethnicity], would you approve or disapprove? (95, 02) INTMARR2 from Houston Area Survey, 1982-2010
If a close relative of yours wanted to marry an African American [IF R IS BLACK: a Hispanic], would you approve or disapprove? (99, 06) INTMARR3 from Houston Area Survey, 1982-2010
If a close relative of yours wanted to marry an African American [IF R IS BLACK: an Anglo], would you approve or disapprove? (04) MARASIAN from General Social Survey, 2000
How would you respond to a close relative marrying an Asian American person? MARBLK from General Social Survey, 2000
How would you respond to a close relative marrying a black person? MARHISP from General Social Survey, 2000
How would you respond to a close relative marrying an Hispanic American person? MARJEW from General Social Survey, 2000
How would you respond to a close relative marrying a Jewish person? MARWHT from General Social Survey, 2000
What about having a close relative marry a white person? Would you be very in favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 2000
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/ Blacks/ African-Americans) and whites? MARBLK from General Social Survey, 2002
How would you respond to a close relative marrying a black person? MARWHT from General Social Survey, 2002
What about having a close relative marry a white person? Would you be very in favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very opposed to it happening? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 2002
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/ Blacks/ African-Americans) and whites? MARASIAN from General Social Survey, 1990
How about having a close relative or family member marry and Asian American person?D MARBLK from General Social Survey, 1990
How about having a close relative or family member marry a black person? MARHISP from General Social Survey, 1990
How about having a close relative or family member marry a Hispanic American person? MARNO from General Social Survey, 1990
How about having a close relative or family member marry a white raised in the North? (Only asked of persons in the South Atlantic, South East Central, and South West Central regions) MARSO from General Social Survey, 1990
How about having a close relative or family member marry a white raised in the South? (Only asked of respondents not in the South Atlantic, South East Central, and South West Central regions) RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1990
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) and whites? MARBLK from General Social Survey, 1996
How would you respond to a close relative marrying a black person? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1996
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/ Blacks/ African-Americans) and whites? OPINWHIT from ABC News Religion Poll, 1997
I'm going to read you a statement and please tell me whether you tend to agree or disagree with it, or if perhaps you have no opinion about the statement. Marriages between blacks and whites are not a good idea. Do you agree or disagree? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1988
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/ Blacks/ African-Americans) and whites? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1991
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/ Blacks/ African-Americans) and Whites? WINTERM from Politics of Character Survey, 2000
Now I am going to read a list of things that some people consider to be morally wrong. For each item, please select the response that best indicates how wrong you, personally, think it is when people engage in that behavior. C. Marriages between blacks and whites (see note 1 on the ARDA summary page) W4INTERM from State of Disunion Survey, 1996
Now I am going to read a list of things that some people consider to be morally wrong. For each item, please select the number that best indicates how wrong you, personally, think it is when people engage in that behavior. D. Marriages between blacks and whites MARBLK from General Social Survey, 1998
How would you respond to a close relative marrying a black person? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1998
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/ Blacks/ African-Americans) and whites? MARR1A from American Mosaic Project - A National Survey on Diversity
People can feel differently about their children marrying people from various backgrounds. Suppose your son or daughter wanted to marry an African American. Would you approve of this choice, disapprove of it or wouldn't it make any difference at all one way or the other? (IF PERSON SAYS, "I'm African-American", SAY "We'll be asking about other groups you don't belong to as well" and repeat) MARR2A from American Mosaic Project - A National Survey on Diversity
How about if they wanted to marry a Hispanic person? (PROMPT FOR CATEGORIES AS NECESSARY) GROUPY from Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000
Text for GROUPY (see MARX) (Q50E). The following categories were inserted into the following question: (Do you) favor/oppose marrying a ___ person? (Question 50E on the original survey) MARASN from Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000
50A. Do you favor or oppose a close family member marrying an Asian person? MARBLK from Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000
50B. Do you favor or oppose a close family member marrying a Black person? MARHIS from Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000
50D. Do you favor or oppose a close family member marrying a Latino or Hispanic person? MARWHT from Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000
50C. Do you favor or oppose a close family member marrying a White person? MARX from Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000
50E. Do you favor or oppose a close family member marrying a [insert GROUP Y] person? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1976
ASKED ONLY OF NON-BLACKS: Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) and whites? RACDIN from General Social Survey, 1980
ASKED IN TERMS OF OPPOSITE RACE: How strongly would you object if a member of your family wanted to bring a [White/(Negro/Black)] friend home to dinner? Would you object strongly, mildly, or not at all? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1980
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) and whites? MARASN from Social Capital Community Survey, 2006
50A. Suppose a close relative or family member were marrying (GROUP)? Would you very much favor it happening, somewhat favor, neither favor nor oppose, somewhat oppose, or very much oppose it happening? An Asian person? MARBLK from Social Capital Community Survey, 2006
50B. (How about marrying an) African American or Black person? MARHIS from Social Capital Community Survey, 2006
50D. (How about marrying a) Latino or Hispanic person? MARWHT from Social Capital Community Survey, 2006
50C. (How about marrying a) White person? DATERACE from Lilly Survey of Attitudes and Social Networks
Have you ever dated someone of another race? UPSET from Lilly Survey of Attitudes and Social Networks
I would be upset if I had a child who wanted to marry [a/an][rotate racial group, other than respondent's own racial group]. MWHTNON from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999
Now I have some questions about relationships between various groups of people and I'd like to know how you feel about these. Do you approve or disapprove of marriage between Whites and nonwhites? MIXDATE from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
Has any member of your family ever dated a person of another race? MIXMARY from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
Now, think about your family. Has any member of your family ever married a person of another race? MIXPAR from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
Do you think that a child whose mother is one race and whose father is another race is likely to face unique problems in life, or not? OBJADOPT from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
Would you disapprove if a member of your family adopted a child of a different race, or would it not make any difference? OBJDATE from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
Would you disapprove if someone in your family dated a person of a different race, or would it not make any difference? OBJMARY from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, 1999
Would you disapprove if someone in your family married a person of a different race, or would it not make any difference? RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1994
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) and whites? RACEDATE from Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1997
Would you object if your son or daughter dated a person of another race? YRACDATE from Young Adolescents and Their Parents, A National Study, 1984 - Youth Component
I think it is wrong for a boy and girl of different races to date each other. RACMAR from General Social Survey, 1993
Do you think there should be laws against marriages between (Negroes/Blacks/African-Americans) and Whites? BBLRACE from Survey of Northern California Church Bodies, 1963
Below are a number of statements people have made about Negro and white relations in America. Would you please read each and decide whether or not you tend to agree with it. -- The Bible makes it quite clear that God meant for the races to be kept separate. RACEDATE from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1997
Would you object if your son or daughter dated a person of another race? MIXDATE from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
Has any member of your family ever dated a person of another race? MIXMARY from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
And now, thinking about your family... Has any member of your family ever married a person of another race? MIXPR from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
Do you think that a child whose mother is one race and whose father is another race is likely to face unique problems in life, or not? OBJADOPT from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
Would you disapprove if a member of your family adopted a child of a different race, or would it not make any difference? OBJDATE from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
And what about you, would you disapprove if someone in your family dated a person of a different race, or would it not make any difference? OBJMARY from Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1999
Would you disapprove if someone in your family married a person of a different race, or would it not make any difference? MIXDATE from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1999
Has any member of your family ever dated a person of another race? MIXMARY from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1999
And now, thinking about your family... Has any member of your family ever married a person of another race? MIXPR from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1999
Do you think that a child whose mother is one race and whose father is another race is likely to face unique problems in life, or not? OBJDATE from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1999
And what about you, would you disapprove if someone in your family dated a person of a different race, or would it not make any difference? OBJMARY from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1999
Would you disapprove if someone in your family married a person of a different race, or would it not make any difference? FRACEDAT from Young Adolescents and Their Parents, A National Study, 1984 - Father Component
I think it is wrong for a boy and girl of different races to date each other. MWHTNON from Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1999
Now I have some questions about relationships between various groups of people and I'd like to know how you feel about these. Do you approve or disapprove of marriage between whites and nonwhites? MRACEDAT from Young Adolescents and Their Parents, A National Study, 1984 - Mother Component
I think it is wrong for a boy and girl of different races to date each other. CRNBKMRD from Harris 1969 New York City Racial and Religious Survey, No. 1925, Jewish
As far as your own personal feelings go would you be personally concerned or not if a close friend or relative married a black? CRNBKMRD from Harris 1969 New York City Racial and Religious Survey, No. 1925, Non-Jewish-White
As far as your own personal feelings go, would you be personally concerned or not if a close friend or relative married a black? BADMAR from Middletown Area Study, 1995
Which of the following marital arrangements would you find most unacceptable? Those who marry people: