Most are skeptical of considering race and ethnicity in college admissions
Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand the views of Asian Americans toward affirmative action. This in-depth analysis uses data from a nationally representative survey of Asian American adults, two nationally representative surveys of U.S. adults, and a qualitative study of Asian Americans. The analysis is the latest in the Center’s series of in-depth analyses of public opinion among Asian Americans.
The first is a nationally representative survey of 7,006 self-identified Asian adults conducted online and by mail from July 5, 2022, to Jan. 27, 2023. Asian respondents include those who identified as more than one race or as Hispanic. Here is the methodology used for the survey of Asian Americans.
The second is a nationally representative online survey of 5,132 U.S. adults that includes 367 English-speaking, single-race, non-Hispanic Asians conducted on the Center’s American Trends Panel from Dec. 5 to 11, 2022.
Identical questions about affirmative action generally and the use of high school grades, standardized test scores, athletic ability, family income, gender and race and ethnicity in college admissions decisions were asked on the 2022-23 survey of Asian American adults and the December 2022 survey of all U.S. adults. This allows for a comparison of Asian American adults’ views with those of other groups of Americans.
The third survey is another nationally representative online survey of 5,079 U.S. adults conducted on the Center’s American Trends Panel from March 27 to April 2, 2023. It includes 368 English-speaking, single-race, non-Hispanic Asians.
For survey questions from all three surveys used in this analysis, see the topline questionnaire.
Survey results were complemented by 66 focus groups of Asian adults conducted before the 2022-2023 survey of Asian Americans, from Aug. 4 to Oct. 14, 2021….
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