Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 09:52:32 EST
From: Martina Cartwright <MCARTWR@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean,soc.culture.african.american
Subject: West Indians vs. African-Americans (affirmative action)

Hello out there!! I am presently working on a paper for a class at my
law school and I am in desperate need of individual response to my
survey on differing attitutdes towards affirmative action program. If you
do respond to the survey, PLEASE FORWARD your answers to my personal E-mail
account (see above address). Thanks in advance for doing the survey.

Ta,

Martina

       AFRICAN-AMERICAN/WEST INDIAN IMMIGRANT SURVEY

PERSONAL INFORMATION

1.  Are you male or female?

2.  How old are you?

3.  What is your marital status?

4. If you are married, how long have you been married?

5.  Do you have any children?

6.  If yes, what are their ages?

CULTURAL BACKGROUND

7. What is your nationality?


8. If you were not born in the United States, where were you born?

9. When did you come to the U.S.?

EDUCATION

10. How many years of schooling have you had?

11. What is the highest degree you have attained? Check one of the following.

         ____ H.S.
         ____ B.A./B.S.
         ____ M.A./M.S.
         ____ J.D.
         ____ Ph.D

12. How did you finance your higher education? Check one of the following.
         ____ parental resources
         ____ personal resources
         ____ scholarship (private)
         ____ scholarship (government)
         ____ grant (private, institutional)
         ____ grant (government)
         ____ loan (private)
         ____ loan (government)

EMPLOYMENT

13. Are you presently employed? Full-time or part-time?

14. What kind of work do you do?

15. Are you (check one of the following)

        ____ self-employed
        ____ working in the private sector
        ____ working for the government

16. How many hours of the day do you work?

17. How many days of the week?

18. How many weeks of the year?

19. If self-employed, do you have members of your family working with you?
        ____ no
        ____ yes. How many?
                  Please indicate relationship to you.

20. What is your monthly income?

21. What is your family's monthly income?

22. If you do own your own business, have you received any assistance from the
    federal or local government?

23. If yes, was it an affirmative action program?

24. How much did you receive?

25. Was it on a regular basis or a one time allocation?

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

26. Do you believe that you are a member of a group to whom the government
owes financial assistance?

27. Do you feel that you are entitled to government assistance for past
discriminatory practices?

28. How much money do you think the government owes you for past discrimi-
natory practices?

29. Do you thin standards should be lowered to allow minorities, who have been
discriminated against, into educational institutions?

30. Do you feel the progarms are effective?

31. Do you feel guilty for receiving assistance?

32. Additional comments on the survey, questions contained therein, or
personal feelings on the subject matter.

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Thank you for responding!!!!!
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean,soc.culture.african.american