Share of white Americans with strong feelings of white solidarity by age 2018

This statistic illustrates the share of white Americans with strong feelings of white solidarity in 2018, by age. During the survey, 49.31 percent of respondents aged 65 years and older had strong feelings of white solidarity.

Share of white Americans with strong feelings of white solidarity in 2018, by age

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Release date

August 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

September 2016 to January 2017

Number of respondents

3,038*

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

non-Hispanic white respondents

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview, online survey

Supplementary notes

*The source conducted its research based on analysis of responses from non-Hispanic white Americans to the following questions from the 2016 American National Election Survey:
Respondents were asked how important their race was to their identity on a five-point scale, with responses ranging from "not at all important" to "extremely important."
Respondents were also asked the following question (also on a five-point scale) as a measure of their feelings of white solidarity: "How important is it that whites work together to change laws that are unfair to whites?"
Finally, respondents were asked about how much discrimination whites face in the United States, also ranked on a five-point scale, ranging from "none at all" to "a great deal."

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