Entry:
Ferri, Vincent C., "Ideology and Attributions: A Cross-National Analysis of Explanations for Inequality," Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California, August, 1994.
Abstract:
In the US, Australia, Great Britain, and Italy, sex, education, income, and class are inconsistent predictors of whether people resort to structural or individualistic reasons to explain inequality. In the US, racial minorities are more likely to represent structural attributions for inequality. Across all nations, individualistic attributions decrease and structural attributions increase support for government redistribution.
GSS Years:1987
Other Data Sets:
ISSP 1987
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| OPWLTH |
NEED WEALTHY FAMILY TO GET AHEAD |
| OPPARED |
NEED EDUCATED PARENTS TO GET AHEAD |
| OPAMBIT |
NEED AMBITION TO GET AHEAD |
| OPHRDWRK |
NEED TO WORK HARD TO GET AHEAD |
| OPKNOW |
NEED TO KNOW RIGHT PEOPLE TO GET AHEAD |
| OPCLOUT |
NEED POLITICAL CONNECTIONS TO GET AHEAD |
| OPRACE |
NEED TO BE RIGHT RACE TO GET AHEAD |
| OPRELIG |
NEED TO BE RIGHT RELIGION TO GET AHEAD |
| OPREGION |
MUST BE FROM RIGHT REGION TO GET AHEAD |
| OPSEX |
NEED TO BE RIGHT SEX TO GET AHEAD |
| OPPOL |
MUST HAVE CERTAIN POLVIEWS TO GET AHEAD |
| GOVEQINC |
GOVMNT SHOULD REDUCE INC DIFFERENTIALS |
| GOVJOBS |
GOVMNT SHOULD PROVIDE JOBS |
| GOVLESS |
GOVMNT SHOULD SPEND LESS ON POOR |
| GOVUNEMP |
GOVMNT SHOULD PROVIDE UNEMP BENEFITS |
| GOVMINC |
GOVMNT SHOULD PROVIDE MINIMUM INCOME |
| GOVEDOP |
GOVMNT SHOULD HELP POOR ATTEND COLLEGE |