De invloed van vaders en moeders op de politieke-partijvoorkeur van hun kinderen

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In this study the intergenerational transmission of political party preference was examined. Hypotheses were formulated and tested by analyzing data from a survey held among high school pupils in the Netherlands in 1991 (N=5148). Multinomial logistic diagonal reference models were applied to analyze the data. In general no differences were found between the relative influence of fathers' and mothers' political party preference. However, the fathers' party preference had more of an effect on the party preference of sons than the mothers', while the mothers' party preference had more impact on the party preference of daughters than the fathers'. Finally, contradictory to our hypotheses, children with political heterogeneous parents did not have a smaller chance to prefer a political party than children of politically homogeneous parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Mens en Maatschappij is the property of Amsterdam University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)