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Cultural capital and political participation in Britain
In a blog for UK in a Changing Europe I argue that people who are politically active often have particular cultural tastes and habits that make them look quite distinct from others. This is important because cultural capital is often highly visible so we can see when people have different types from our own. [Read more]
27 May 2021
Survey Variable: Religious Involvement
As Verba, Schlozman, and Brady showed thirty years ago, albeit in the context of the United States, religious institutions can act as important drivers of political participation. They provide social networks and prompt people to develop and use civic skills, both of which can prove useful when participating in politics. As such, the Privilege andContinue reading “Survey Variable: Religious Involvement”
Survey Variable: Newspaper Readership
The newspapers that people read were, in the past, often used by polling companies and others as a proxy for ideological views and party preferences. With the decline in (physical) newspaper readership and the rise of readily available indicators of ideology and party preferences, the variable has somewhat fallen out of favour. Nevertheless, it remainsContinue reading “Survey Variable: Newspaper Readership”
Survey Variable: Number of Children
In addition to asking about the number of children in their households, the survey also asked respondents how many children they have, whether at home or not. This question includes grown up children who have left home and, hence, has a notably different distribution, as we can see in Figure 1 (above, using weighted data).Continue reading “Survey Variable: Number of Children”
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