Biases in the effects of family background characteristics on voting preference: The Dutch case

Electoral Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-217

  de Vries, Jannes ^a   de Graaf, Nan Dirk ^b   Eisinga, Rob ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family background; Measurement error; Party preference; Reliability; Structural equation models; Voting preference

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67349117294     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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