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Gender, Parenthood, and the Vote in the 2004 Election
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The Politics of Parenthood: The Impact of Parental Status,
Involvement, and Gender on Political Attitudes
Laurel Elder
Hartwick College
Department of Political Science
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Steven Greene
North Carolina State University
Department of Political Science & Public Administration
steven.## email not listed ##
Abstract
Despite the fact that parents are presumed by the media and the major parties to
be distinctive and critical voting blocs (i.e. NASCAR dads and security moms), empirical research into the political impact of parenthood has been minimal. Three research questions concerning the political impact of parenthood are addressed in this paper: Are parents a politically distinctive group? Does the level of parental involvement significantly influence political attitudes? And, are parenthood effects mediated by gender? Research on the politics of parenthood has been hindered by the lack of good parenthood measures on the most commonly used public opinion surveys. We created our own survey incorporating standard measures of policy attitudes and priorities as well as more valid and comprehensive measures of parental status and involvement. Our results, drawn from a nationally representative sample of 516 adults, demonstrate that parenthood is indeed political. We find that parental status and involvement are significant predictors of attitudes on a subset of key policy issues. Moreover, parenthood effects are much greater for women, which means that having and raising children is one of many contributors to the much-discussed gender gap.
Paper prepared for presentation at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. September 1–4, 2005. We wish to gratefully acknowledge the invaluable advice of Barry Burden, Dean Lacy, Poom! Nukulkij, Zoe Oxley, Barbara Risman, Kyle Saunders, Herb Weisberg. We would like to thank Hartwick College and the NC State College of Humanities and Social Science for funding this research.
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The Politics of Parenthood: The Impact of Parental Status,
Involvement, and Gender on Political Attitudes
Laurel Elder
Hartwick College
Department of Political Science
## email not listed ##
Steven Greene
North Carolina State University
Department of Political Science & Public Administration
steven.## email not listed ##
Abstract
Despite the fact that parents are presumed by the media and the major parties to
be distinctive and critical voting blocs (i.e. NASCAR dads and security moms), empirical
research into the political impact of parenthood has been minimal. Three research
questions concerning the political impact of parenthood are addressed in this paper: Are
parents a politically distinctive group? Does the level of parental involvement
significantly influence political attitudes? And, are parenthood effects mediated by
gender? Research on the politics of parenthood has been hindered by the lack of good
parenthood measures on the most commonly used public opinion surveys. We created
our own survey incorporating standard measures of policy attitudes and priorities as well
as more valid and comprehensive measures of parental status and involvement. Our
results, drawn from a nationally representative sample of 516 adults, demonstrate that
parenthood is indeed political. We find that parental status and involvement are
significant predictors of attitudes on a subset of key policy issues. Moreover, parenthood
effects are much greater for women, which means that having and raising children is one
of many contributors to the much-discussed gender gap.
Paper prepared for presentation at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Washington, DC. September 1–4, 2005. We wish to gratefully
acknowledge the invaluable advice of Barry Burden, Dean Lacy, Poom! Nukulkij, Zoe
Oxley, Barbara Risman, Kyle Saunders, Herb Weisberg. We would like to thank
Hartwick College and the NC State College of Humanities and Social Science for
funding this research.
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