Questions - Housing Proposal - August 10-11, 2013
74% Oppose Federal Plan to Make Neighborhoods More Diverse
56% Think Racism Not Chief Reason for Lack of Neighborhood Diversity
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National Survey of
1,000 Adults
Conducted August
10-11, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Do you live
in a racially or ethnically diverse neighborhood, or are most of your neighbors
the same race or from the same ethnic background as you?
2*
In deciding where you live now, how important was the racial or ethnic make-up
of the neighborhood – very important, somewhat important, not very important or
not at all important?
3*
Generally speaking, how important is it for most neighborhoods in America to be
racially or ethnically diverse – very important, somewhat important, not very
important or not at all important?
4*
Are most neighborhoods in this country that are not racially or ethnically
diverse that way primarily because of racism?
5*
Should the federal government do more to make sure most, if not all,
neighborhoods in the United States are more racially or ethnically diverse?
6* Should the
federal government play a role in deciding where people can live?
7* Do you agree or
disagree that the postal ZIP code area a child grows up in is the chief factor
in determining the life that person will live for the rest of his or her years?
8*
Have government public housing programs been a success or failure in the United
States or somewhere in between?
9*
Have you or a member of your family ever lived in government public housing?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence