A missing level in the analyses of British voting behaviour: The household as context as shown by analyses of a 1992-1997 longitudinal survey

Electoral Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-225

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^a   Propper, Carol ^a   Sarker, Rebecca ^a   Burgess, Simon ^a   Bolster, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Britain; Households; Voting; Voting change

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12944260426     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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