Ancestral Kinship and the Origins of Ideology

British Journal of Political Science Vol/Iss. Online only Cambridge University Press Published In Pages: 1-21
By Fasching, Neil, Lelkes, Yphtach

Hypothesis

More political engagement predicts more right-wing economic attitudes than would be predicted by kinship strength alone, and vice versa.

Note

Where political engagement is low, greater kinship strength predicts more left-wing economic attitudes, but greater political engagement pushes these attitudes further to the right.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Regression modelingSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN