Friendship Survey II

The purpose of this survey is to solicit your thoughts on cross-racial friendships. Your voluntary participation in answering the questions below will help further understanding of race relations in the United States. There are no right or wrong answers and no foreseeable risks involved. Taking the survey will provide you will an opportunity to review your current friendship patterns.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: Deborah.plummer@umassmed.edu

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* 1. How many close friends do you have?

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* 2. How many of those close friends are a race different than your own?

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* 3. For you, how important is it to have friends of different races?

Very important

Somewhat important

Not important

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* 4. What prevents you from having more close friends that are a race different from your own? (Check as many that apply)

Priority: Not important to me

Time: No time for more friends

Fear: Concerned that our racial differences will be polarizing

Politics: We share different political ideologies

Faith: My faith community is not racially diverse

Neighborhood: My neighborhood is not racially diverse

Work: My workplace is not racially diverse

Leisure: We don't like the same kind of leisure activities

Don’t Know

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Friendships across racial lines are essential for making progress to improve race relations.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

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* 6. Your age:

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* 7. Your highest level of education:

Did not complete high school

High school diploma/GED

Some College

Bachelor's Degree

Some graduate school

Master's Degree

Doctorate or professional degree (JD, MD)

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* 8. Your gender:

Male

Female

Transgender Male

Transgender Female

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* 9. Your annual household income:

$200,000 or above

$150,000-$199,00

$149,000-100,000

$99,000-75,000

$74,000-50,000

$49,000-25,000

$24,000-10,000

$9,000 or less

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* 10. Your geographic region of residence:

U.S. Southern (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina)

U.S. East Coast (Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC)

U.S. Northeast (Maine, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire)

U.S. Midwest (Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota)

U.S. Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming)

U. S. Southwest (California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas

U.S. Central (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma)

U.S. Territory (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Etc.)

Outside of the United States (Name)

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* 11. Your race/ethnic origin:

Black/African American

White/European American

Asian or Pacific Islander/Asian American

Hispanic/Latino/Latina

Native American

Bi- or Multi-racial/Multi-ethnic

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