TY - JOUR
T1 - Family life and american politics
T2 - The "marriage gap" reconsidered
AU - Plutzer, Eric
AU - Mcburnett, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
ERIC PLUTZER is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Iowa State University, MICHAEL MCBURNETT is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois. This research was supported, in part, by a training grant to the first author from the National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH 15789). The data were originally collected by the Institute for Social Research and made available through the InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research. The authors appreciate the comments of Doug Downey, Liane Kosaki, Dianne Schmidt, and Herbert Weisberg. The authors, of course, are responsible for any errors or omissions that remain. Address all correspondence to the first author at the Department of Political Science, 503 Ross Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1204.
PY - 1991/3
Y1 - 1991/3
N2 - In recent years, several writers have identified marital status as a potentially important line of political cleavage, observing that singles are more likely to vote Democratic than married voters are. Changes in both the structure of American families and in the salience of "family politics" in the policy arena suggest increased attention to the political consequences of marital status and family life-style. This paper contributes to advancing theory concerning the relationship between family life and politics, and empirically evaluating several competing hypotheses concerning the so-called marriage gap in the 1972 through 1988 presidential elections.
AB - In recent years, several writers have identified marital status as a potentially important line of political cleavage, observing that singles are more likely to vote Democratic than married voters are. Changes in both the structure of American families and in the salience of "family politics" in the policy arena suggest increased attention to the political consequences of marital status and family life-style. This paper contributes to advancing theory concerning the relationship between family life and politics, and empirically evaluating several competing hypotheses concerning the so-called marriage gap in the 1972 through 1988 presidential elections.
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U2 - 10.1086/269243
DO - 10.1086/269243
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0039741292
SN - 0033-362X
VL - 55
SP - 113
EP - 127
JO - Public Opinion Quarterly
JF - Public Opinion Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -