Present and Future Impact of Working/Non-Working Mothers on the Development of Political Orientations in Boys and Girls in Arkansas

Authors

  • Kenneth D. Bailey
  • Diane Kincaid Blair

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1981.2.0.40-61

Abstract

Interviews with Arkansas schoolchildren regarding political awareness, perceptions, and trust indicate that there are some measurable differences between the children of employed and non-employed mothers; that there are some pronounced differences which correlate to the mother’s occupation; and that these differences are sometimes minimized, sometimes accentuated, according to the sex of the children involved Our findings suggest that female influence in Arkansas politics, both directly through increased participation and indirectly through maternal transmission, may have more importance in the future than it has had to date.

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1982-01-01

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