Short excerpts from You Would Choose Now: Measuring America’s Progress Toward Fairness and Tolerance.
Introduction¶
You Would Choose Now — the premise of the book, with the GSS fairness question (
fair): time series, cohort trajectories, cohort and period components
Chapter 2 — From beliefs to policy¶
It Was Already Illegal? — ANES job-discrimination protection (
VCF0876)Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — ANES military service (
VCF0877)The Adoption Curve — ANES adoption by gay couples (
VCF0878)Same-Sex Marriage — GSS same-sex marriage (
marsame)Where Do Civil Rights Come From? — how the four policies moved through state and federal governments
Variable results digest — chapter + inventory survey stack by topic
Chapter 3 — Gender¶
A Woman’s Place — the chapter opening, with ANES women’s equal role (
VCF0834) by sex
Chapter 4 — Segregation¶
On the Road to Mattapan — the chapter opening, with GSS support for busing (
busing) by race of respondentThe full chapter (draft preview) — copy of
book/segregation.md, refreshed byscripts/sync_jb_chapter.py segregation
Chapter 5 — Equal Opportunity¶
The full chapter (draft preview) — copy of
book/opportunity.md, refreshed byscripts/sync_jb_chapter.py opportunity
Race — both chapters¶
Variable results digest — the race questions for Chapters 4 and 5 (should / is / why)
Chapter 6 — Ethnicity¶
The full chapter (draft preview) — copy of
book/ethnicity.md, refreshed byscripts/sync_jb_chapter.py ethnicityVariable results digest — warmth, intermarriage, stereotypes, perceived discrimination and influence: Hispanic and Asian Americans, with Black and White comparisons
Chapter 7 — Poverty and wealth¶
Variable results digest — strong-candidate survey items by topic (template for other chapters)
Blog posts¶
The Religious Composition of the United States, 1972–2024 — affiliation, Protestant traditions, smaller groups, and cohort/period decompositions