Anti-Semitism in the United States, 1964

The data for this nationwide study were collected from a national sample of the adult population. The study explores respondents' opinions on current affairs at both the national and international levels. Issues such as morality in the United States, approval of the United Nations, and the positon of the United States in world affairs are introduced, as are attitudes towards the Constitution and individual rights. The respondents' feelings toward minority groups such as John Birch Society members, Communists, and Negroes are probed, special emphasis is placed on the Jewish minority. Respondents are asked their beliefs about Jews as a group, their contact with Jews, and their feelings about political and social rights of Jews in the United States. Past treatment of the Jewish people is explored, and the respondents are also asked to compare Jews with other groups in the United States on the basis of ambition, wealth, intelligence, and power. A number of variables question the respondents' variety of leisure activities, their religious beliefs and education, and their outlook on life.