TY - JOUR
T1 - The Danish political twin study
T2 - Political traits in Danish twins and the general population
AU - Klemmensen, Robert
AU - Hobolt, Sara B
AU - Dinesen, Peter Thisted
AU - Skytthe, Axel
AU - Nørgaard, Asbjørn Sonne
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - We compare a recent Danish twin survey on political attitudes and behaviors to a nationally representative survey covering similar topics. We find very similar means and variances for most of our constructed scales of political attitudes and behaviors in the two surveys, although even small differences tend to be statistically significant due to sample size. This suggests that the twin study can be used to make inferences on the heritability of several political traits in the Danish population.
AB - We compare a recent Danish twin survey on political attitudes and behaviors to a nationally representative survey covering similar topics. We find very similar means and variances for most of our constructed scales of political attitudes and behaviors in the two surveys, although even small differences tend to be statistically significant due to sample size. This suggests that the twin study can be used to make inferences on the heritability of several political traits in the Danish population.
U2 - 10.1375/twin.15.1.74
DO - 10.1375/twin.15.1.74
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22784456
VL - 15
SP - 74
EP - 78
JO - Twin Research and Human Genetics
JF - Twin Research and Human Genetics
SN - 1832-4274
IS - 1
ER -