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Cheng, Helen; Bynner, John; Wiggins, Richard; Schoon, Ingrid – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This paper presents an empirical evaluation of the internal consistency and validity of six attitudes scales assessing left-right beliefs, political cynicism, antiracism, libertarian-authoritarian views, and gender equality (two versions) in two large nationally representative samples of the British population born in 1958 and 1970. In the 1958…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Validity, Factor Structure, Social Change
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Schoon, Ingrid; Cheng, Helen; Gale, Catharine R.; Batty, G. David; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2010
We examined the prospective associations between family socio-economic background, childhood intelligence ("g") at age 11, educational and occupational attainment, and social attitudes at age 33 in a large (N = 8804), representative sample of the British population born in 1958. Structural equation Modeling identified a latent trait of…
Descriptors: Social Status, Employment Level, Trust (Psychology), Social Attitudes