Before the survey was administered, researchers believed younger people would be less anti-Semitic than older people, because the younger generation was more open to change on most social issues. (p 625) The older generations however, was struggling with this idea of change and were more open to blame the European Jews and believed in the persecution. Another statistic shown was that women were less likely to have anti-Semitic beliefs than men, and also less likely to blame the Jews and disapproved Nazi propaganda.(p 627) I think this is something you still find today with women being more understanding then men, and are willing to look for more information rather than just going on what they know. Welch mentions how the views of the Jews
