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The Danish Political Twin Study: Political Traits in Danish Twins and the General Population.

Authors :
Klemmensen, Robert
Hobolt, Sara B.
Dinesen, Peter T.
Skytthe, Axel
Nørgaard, Asbjørn Sonne
Source :
Twin Research & Human Genetics. Feb2012, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p74-78. 5p. 1 Chart.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We compare a recent Danish twin survey on political attitudes and behaviors to a nationally representative survey covering similar topics. We find very similar means and variances for most of our constructed scales of political attitudes and behaviors in the two surveys, although even small differences tend to be statistically significant due to sample size. This suggests that the twin study can be used to make inferences on the heritability of several political traits in the Danish population. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18324274
Volume :
15
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Twin Research & Human Genetics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
84365193
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1375/twin.15.1.74