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
Stronger country-level kinship tightness is associated with more right-wing cultural policies and more left-wing economic policies.
Note
Both components of this hypothesis were supported. Moving from a country with the weakest kinship strength to one with the strongest increases anti-LGBT laws by 25 per cent (p < 0.01). Moving from the weakest to the strongest kinship ties increases the number of social expenditures as a percentage of GDP by 1.06 per cent. Note that the economic relationship is much weaker than the cultural relationship (a zero-order correlation of 0.02 vs 0.59).
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regression modeling | Supported | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Country-level Ancestral Kinship Tightness | Independent | Residence, Household, Rule Of Descent, Clans |
| Safety-net policy | Dependent | Public Welfare |
| LGBT policy | Dependent | Government Regulation, Homosexuality |