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Transmission of social attitudes.

Year: 1986

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: Data gathered in Australia and England on the social attitudes of spouses and twins are largely consistent with a genetic model for family resemblance in social attitudes. There is substantial assortative mating and little evidence of vertical cultural inheritance.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.12.4364

Authors: N G Martin, L J Eaves, A C Heath, R Jardine, L M Feingold, H J Eysenck

Institutions: Virginia Commonwealth University, Australian National University, University of London, University of Oxford, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Virginia Commonwealth University, National Institutes of Health, Medical Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Awards: G2724002866, G7145909767

OpenAlex ID: W2091546804

FWCI: 53.82

Cites: 19

Cited by: 434

Related to: 10