Racial attitudes of men and women reared in urban versus rural communities in Kansas.

Abstract

Caucasian men and women who grew 6p in Kansas were given two questionnaires that measure racial prejudice toward African Americans. The purpose of this study was to determine if the level of racial prejudice was related to the person's gender and/or the type of community, rural versus urban, in which they were reared. ANOVAs were llsed and results indicated no significant relationship between gender and level of prejudice. No significant interaefion was found for gender and the type of community. A significant relationship was, however, found between people from rural and urban communities and their level of prejudice. People, in this study, who were reared in rural communities reported more prejudiced views than those people who were reared in urban communities. While some research indicates that rural-urban differences are becoming increasingly similar with respect to their racial attitudes, this study hypothesized that differences still existed among college students reared in Kansas. Although gender interactions were not found to be significant, with a larger sample size and a different population of participants, any existing differences between groups may be more noticeable.