Zambian Student Attitudes toward Others, Based on Tribe, Class, and Rural-Urban Dwelling

Abstract

Summary The effects of tribe, social class, and place of dwelling on social distance, and of tribe on ethnic prejudice were investigated in a sample of almost 200 first-year men and women university students in Zambia. Social class was of primary importance as a dimension underlying social distance preferences. Tribe also emerged as a factor, affecting social distance preferences in a way congruent with the measured ethnic prejudices. While relative levels of liking for different Zambian ethnic groups were in many respects similar to those found in another study 18 years before, there were also several striking changes. The residence dimension affected interpersonal attitudes very little.