How Political Is the Personal? Gender Differences in the Level and the Structure of Political Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6409244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Hooghe (0000-0002-6826-1376), Ellen Quintelier (KU Leuven), Tim Reeskens (0000-0003-1211-7188, KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-125 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j501v28n02_05 |
| OpenAlex | W2042765920 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 8 |
In this research note we report on the results of an experimental study among 469 respondents in Belgium. The study shows that the familiar gender differences in political knowledge can be substantially reduced when including more questions on female politicians. Using confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory measurements, we can observe that the structure of political knowledge is identical for women and men implying that women and men do not have different conceptions of what constitutes the political domain. Both for women and men, "personal items" (in this case: The correct name of the new baby of the female vice-prime minister) were shown to load strongly and one dimensionally with the more traditional institutional political knowledge questions. It seems that women and men respond in the same manner to information about the personal lives of politicians. © 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved
Confirmatory factor analysis · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Structural equation modeling · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Science Research and Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |