Table 5.

Comparison of current results with those reported by Lieberman and Reynolds (1978)

Statement	Percent of respondents in agreement from Lieberman and Reynold's (1978) data	Percent of respondents in agreement from our 2013 data	Net change (1978–2013)
“No races exist now or ever did”	17%	53%	+36%
“Biological variability exists but this variability does not conform to the discrete packages labeled races”	79%	89%	+10%

Note. Data drawn from Table 1 (displaying levels of agreement by 141 respondents classified as lumpers, intermediate lumpers, intermediate splitters, and splitters) of Lieberman and Reynolds (1978).