The Danish Political Twin Study: Political Traits in Danish Twins and the General Population

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Danish Political Twin Study: Political Traits in Danish Twins and the General Population

AU - Klemmensen, Robert

AU - Hobolt, Sara

AU - Dinesen, Peter Thisted

AU - Skytthe, Axel

AU - Nørgaard, Asbjørn Sonne

PY - 2012/2

Y1 - 2012/2

N2 - We compare a recent Danish twin survey on political attitudes and behaviors to a nationally representative survey covering similar topics. We find very similar means and variances for most of our constructed scales of political attitudes and behaviors in the two surveys, although even small differences tend to be statistically significant due to sample size. This suggests that the twin study can be used to make inferences on the heritability of several political traits in the Danish population.

AB - We compare a recent Danish twin survey on political attitudes and behaviors to a nationally representative survey covering similar topics. We find very similar means and variances for most of our constructed scales of political attitudes and behaviors in the two surveys, although even small differences tend to be statistically significant due to sample size. This suggests that the twin study can be used to make inferences on the heritability of several political traits in the Danish population.

U2 - 10.1375/twin.15.1.74

DO - 10.1375/twin.15.1.74

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1832-4274

VL - 15

SP - 74

EP - 78

JO - Twin Research

JF - Twin Research

IS - 1

ER -