Topic > Essay on Political Socialization - 931

Those seven independent variables are; Religion (Relig_imp question, is religion important to the interviewee), Education (dem_edugroup question, What is the interviewee's highest level of education), Socioeconomic group (incom5 question, what is the interviewee's income quintile), Race (question demraceeth4, what is the race or ethnic group of the respondents), Gender (question about gender, what is the sex of the respondents), Parental opinions (question dem_parents, political status of the parents) and Political knowledge (question polknowledge, range of political knowledge of the interviewees). Note that there are more political socialization factors than the seven listed above, but these seven are examined as the factors that most impact political socialization. Other factors will be identified as possible reasons for the bias and outliers detected in the analysis. For the second part of the article the independent variable will be obtained from the question dem_age3, what is the age range of the interviewees. This question will identify the age groups that will henceforth be labeled as; Millennials (18-29), Generation X (30-49), Baby Boomers (50-69), Silent Generation (70-84), and Greatest Generation (85+) (D. DeSilver, The Politics of American