The Pieces of a Changing Social Puzzle: Socio-DemographicInfluences on American Attitudes Toward Gay Marriage Open Access
Stein, Jordan Maxwell (2012)
Abstract
In this honors thesis I examine the extent to which various socio-demographic factors influence American attitudes toward same-sex marriage. Using the 2010 General Social Survey, a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States, I quantify the effects of sex, race, age, educational attainment, political ideology, frequency of religious service attendance, religious preference, and total household income. My results largely replicate past research. In a final ordinary least squares regression analysis, political ideology, frequency of religious service attendance, age, educational attainment, race, sex, and total household income are found to be the strongest predictors of gay marriage attitude, in that order. The implications of the findings for social science and social policy are discussed.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Literature Review 5
Context 5
Historical Precedents 5
Public Opinion Towards Gay Marriage in a Political and Electoral Context 8
Public Opinion Towards Gay Marriage in a Demographic Context 11
Methods and Procedures 12
Analysis 15
Independent Variables and Cross-Tabulations 17
Cross-Tabulation between Same-Sex Marriage Attitude and Gender 21
Cross-Tabulation between Same-Sex Marriage Attitude and Race 22
Cross-Tabulation between Same-Sex Marriage Attitude and Age 23
Cross-Tabulation between Same-Sex Marriage Attitude and Educational Attainment 24
Cross-Tabulation between Same-Sex Marriage Attitude and Political Ideology 25
Cross-Tabulation between Same-Sex Marriage Attitude and Service Attendance 26
Cross-Tabulation between Same-Sex Marriage Attitude and Religious Preference 27
Cross-Tabulation between Same-Sex Marriage Attitude and Total Household Income 28
Multivariate Cross-Tabulation Analysis 28
The Effect of Sex, Controlling for Race 29
The Effect of Attendance, Controlling for Race 29
The Effect of Age, Controlling for Sex 31
The Effect of Age, Controlling for Race 31
The Effect of Political Views, Controlling for Sex 32
Multivariate Regression Analysis 38
Discussion and Conclusion 41
References 46
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