Socioeconomic and Psychological Determinants of Welfare Policy Attitudes
Path Models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11214780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David C Colby (Williams College, corresponding author), David Colby (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 01267), David Baker (0000-0001-7896-6217, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-356 |
| Publication date | 1978-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Service Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0148-8376 • E-ISSN: 1540-7314 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j079v01n04_02 |
| OpenAlex | W1584487945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
An examination of attitudes toward welfare policy is necessary in order to understand the politics of welfare reform. Although much of the social science literature in this area is only descriptive, three studies provide inferential evidence of the basis of attitudes toward welfare. Unfortunately, these studies are limited by the lack of general psychological variables and by the exclusive use of bivariate analysis. The data base for this paper is a stratified random sampleof persons living in Ostego County, New York. The path analysis indicates that education, liberalism, attitude toward human nature, and work ethic are the predictors of welfare policy views. Work ethic is clearly the most important predictor. Further, the socioeconomic variables play only a small and, generally, indirect influence on welfare policy attitudes
Bivariate analysis · Demographic economics · Descriptive statistics · Economics · Path analysis (statistics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Work (physics · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2003 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |