Heritability in political interest and efficacy across cultures: Denmark and the United States

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-20

  Klemmensen, Robert ^a   Hatemi, Peter K ^b   Hobolt, Sara B ^a,c   Skytthe, Axel ^a   Norgaard, Asbjorn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

heritability across cultures; political efficacy; political interest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICAL EFFICACY; POLITICAL INTEREST; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLITICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWINS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865598234     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.15.1.15     Document Type: Article

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