Transmission of social attitudes.
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 83 (12) , 4364-4368
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.83.12.4364
Abstract
Data gathered in Australia and England on the social attitudes of spouses and twins are largely consistent with a genetic model for family resemblance in social attitudes. There is substantial assortative mating and little evidence of vertical cultural inheritance.Keywords
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