Generational conflict or methodological artifact? Reconsidering the relationship between age and policy attitudes in the U.S., 1984-2008

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 643-673

  Fullerton, Andrew S ^a   Dixon, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78651308575     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfq043     Document Type: Article

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