Introduction of the Control Variable
Table 1: Crosstabulation of Prejudice by Education among
Made-Up People in Made-Up Town in 1994
| EDUCATION* | ||
| PREJUDICE LEVEL** | Low Education | High Education |
| Low Prejudice | 50% | 70% |
| High Prejudice | 50% | 30% |
| TOTAL | 100% | 100% |
| (500) | (500) | |
* Low Education = 0 - 12 years of schooling High Education = 13 or more
years of schooling
** Low Prejudice = "Agree" that "all people are equal"
High Prejudice = "Disagree" that "all people are equal"
Source: Mary Senter's Head, August 26, 1996
Table 2: Crosstabulation of Prejudice by Education and Intergroup
Contact among Made-Up People in Made-Up Town in 1994
| CONTACT LEVEL*** | ||||
| Low Contact | High Contact | |||
| EDUCATION* | EDUCATION | |||
| Low Education | High Education | Low Education | High Education | |
| PREJUDICE** LEVEL |
||||
| Low Prejudice | 30% | 30% | 80% | 80% |
| High Prejudice | 70% | 70% | 20% | 20% |
| TOTAL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| (300) | (100) | (200) | (400) |
* Low Education = 0 - 12 years of schooling High Education = 13 or more
years of schooling
** Low Prejudice = "Agree" that "all people are equal"
High Prejudice = "Disagree" that "all people are equal"
*** Low Contact = No friends from ethnic group other than R's own High
Contact = One or more friend from ethnic group other than R's own
Source: Mary Senter's Head, August 26, 1996