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Gender, Religiosity, and Party Identification: The Relationship and Impact on Politics

Lynn, Heather R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306958103

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Political Science (Arts and Sciences).
While work has examined the impact of religion on political attitudes, very little research has been done on how religion might socialize men and women differently. My central argument throughout this work is that this religious effect may differ between men and women, especially in regards to party identification. I argue that women are the more religious of the two genders, based on previous psychological and socialization theories, and because of this, women who have higher levels of religiosity will be more likely to identify with the Republican Party, than less religious women and even men with similar levels of religiosity. Using data from the National Election Studies from the year 1976- 2008, I test my hypothesis, and find that the interaction of gender and religion has a significant effect in a number of years. These results suggest that religious commitment does in fact have a greater impact on women compared to men.
Sarah Poggione, PhD (Committee Chair)
DeLysa Burnier, PhD (Committee Member)
Barry Tadlock, PhD (Committee Member)
78 p.
Gender Studies; Political Science; Religion
politics; gender; religion; party identification; socialization theory

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  • Lynn, H. R. (2011). Gender, Religiosity, and Party Identification: The Relationship and Impact on Politics [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306958103

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lynn, Heather. Gender, Religiosity, and Party Identification: The Relationship and Impact on Politics. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306958103.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lynn, Heather. "Gender, Religiosity, and Party Identification: The Relationship and Impact on Politics." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306958103

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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