Measuring Political Knowledge in Spain: Problems and Consequences for the Gender Gap in Knowledge
How much do Spanish citizens know about politics? Is political knowledge unequally distributed among the Spanish population? While levels of political knowledge in Spain are low, there are also important socioeconomic and gender differences in levels of knowledge. Knowledge is higher among those wit...
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doaj-b9ee44564d6040b4b4476bce8547a5432020-11-24T23:23:54ZengCentro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS)Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)0210-52331988-59032014-01-011147537210.5477/cis/reis.147.532448Measuring Political Knowledge in Spain: Problems and Consequences for the Gender Gap in KnowledgeMónica Ferrín y Marta FraileHow much do Spanish citizens know about politics? Is political knowledge unequally distributed among the Spanish population? While levels of political knowledge in Spain are low, there are also important socioeconomic and gender differences in levels of knowledge. Knowledge is higher among those with higher levels of education, greater socioeconomic and cognitive resources and, in particular, among men. These differences are explained as a function of citizens? resources, capacities, and motivation. However this study also shows that part of the gender gap in political knowledge in Spain is due to the way in which surveys measure that knowledge, which reveals important problems of validity. The results suggest the importance of testing new ways of asking survey questions about citizens' political knowledge, as studies in other countries have shown.http://reis.cis.es/REIS/PDF/REIS_147_03_ENGLISH1404905314245.pdfPolitical KnowledgeGender GapSurveysMeasurementValidity |
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Measuring Political Knowledge in Spain: Problems and Consequences for the Gender Gap in Knowledge |
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Measuring Political Knowledge in Spain: Problems and Consequences for the Gender Gap in Knowledge |
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Measuring Political Knowledge in Spain: Problems and Consequences for the Gender Gap in Knowledge |
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Measuring Political Knowledge in Spain: Problems and Consequences for the Gender Gap in Knowledge |
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measuring political knowledge in spain: problems and consequences for the gender gap in knowledge |
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Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS) |
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0210-5233 1988-5903 |
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How much do Spanish citizens know about politics? Is political knowledge unequally distributed among the Spanish population? While levels of political knowledge in Spain are low, there are also important socioeconomic and gender differences in levels of knowledge. Knowledge is higher among those with higher levels of education, greater socioeconomic and cognitive resources and, in particular, among men. These differences are explained as a function of citizens? resources, capacities, and motivation. However this study also shows that part of the gender gap in political knowledge in Spain is due to the way in which surveys measure that knowledge, which reveals important problems of validity. The results suggest the importance of testing new ways of asking survey questions about citizens' political knowledge, as studies in other countries have shown. |
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Political Knowledge Gender Gap Surveys Measurement Validity |
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