The genetics of voting: An Australian twin study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 435-448

  Hatemi, Peter K ^a,b   Medland, Sarah E ^a,c   Morley, Katherine I ^a,d   Heath, Andrew C ^e   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Liberal; Political attitudes; Sociodemographic indicators; Voting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247106777     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9138-8     Document Type: Article

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