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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This survey aims to examine the public's attitude to race relations in BritainMain Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Whether ever lived elsewhere in Great Britain, whether lived abroad for more than a year, main problems facing community, problems most in need of improvement (e.g. vandalism, unemployment, traffic, racial prejudice), satisfaction with facilities in area (e.g. standard of education, community - police relations, housing conditions), whether had contact with someone of a different race or nationality from various walks of life (e.g. employer, friend, neighbour, nurse), distance from nearest Irish/Asian/ English/Polish/West Indian family, proportion of coloured to white people in area. Racial mix at place of employment, whether socialises with coloured people during lunch/tea-breaks/outside work. Cultural differences and discrimination: agreement/disagreement with several statements concerning cultural differences and discrimination (e.g., white people are frightened of anything foreign), whether foreigners should adopt English customs. Whether any racial unrest has occurred in the areas and which group of people was mainly to blame. Whether race relations are improving in local area/whole country, whether believes coloured people have better or poorer jobs/education/housing, countries from which would prefer neighbours to come/not to come, opinion of segregation, whether believes people of different nationalities are discriminated against (e.g. by, the Health Service, Publicans, the Police, Social Security), which group tends to be favoured (white or coloured). Employment: agreement/disagreement with several statements, concerning the employment situation for white/coloured people, how difficult it would be to get another job, whether ever been unemployed for more than one month. Education: whether has children at school, whether schools in general are meeting the needs of...