Homemade citizens: The development of political interest during adolescence and young adulthood

Acta Politica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-116

  Neundorf, Anja ^a   Smets, Kaat ^b   García Albacete, Gema M ^c  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Latent growth curve analysis; Life cycle events; Panel data; Parental socialization; Political interest; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874236185     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2012.23     Document Type: Article

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