Research has long documented the fact that sensitive items on surveys are subject to relatively high levels of item response refusal, but the role played by respondent characteristics in shaping who refuses is underexplored. The present study integrates this methodological literature with a growing body of research concerned with the racialization of attitudes about gun ownership and policy among Whites in order to address this question. Specifically, this project investigates how racial attitudes influence survey item response refusal on items about gun ownership. Analyses of four distinct nationally representative samples suggest that racially conservative White respondents are more likely to refuse to respond to items concerned with gun ownership net of a host of relevant controls. Implications for the measurement of racial attitudes and gun-related survey questions are discussed.

中文翻译：

---

谁想知道？白人种族态度和对枪支所有权问题的调查项目拒绝

研究早就记录了这样一个事实，即调查中的敏感项目受到相对较高水平的项目响应拒绝的影响，但受访者特征在塑造谁拒绝方面所起的作用尚未得到充分探索。本研究将这种方法论文献与越来越多的研究相结合，这些研究涉及白人对枪支所有权和政策的态度种族化，以解决这个问题。具体来说，该项目调查种族态度如何影响调查项目响应拒绝有关枪支所有权的项目。对四个不同的具有全国代表性的样本的分析表明，种族保守的白人受访者更有可能拒绝回应与枪支所有权相关的项目，这些项目涉及一系列相关控制。