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Why Canadian Homeowners Are More Conservative Than Tenants

Year: 1986

Type: article

Abstract: Evidence is presented for the impact of homeownership on the political consciousness of urban Canadians. Two data sources are drawn upon: a national urban survey conducted in 1979 as the second phase of the Social Change in Canada study and in-depth interviews with 100 renters and homeowners living in a Vancouver suburb. Associations between housing tenure and a number of political attitudes are found, even when various stratification and life-cycle variables are controlled. The pattern of these associations is then examined to investigate the relevance of three hypotheses that have been proposed in the literature to explain the causal links between housing tenure and political consciousness.

Source: Urban Geography

DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.7.3.187

Author: Geraldine Pratt

Institution: Clark University

Language: English

Topic: Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2021370723

FWCI: 3.989

Cites: 38

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10