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Running Head: Influence of Political Outlook on Marital Status

Exercise #4

The Influence of Political Outlook on Marital Status Controlling for Respondent’s Race

Samuel R. Morris

SOWK 300

Tuskegee University

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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Abstract

Politics is a very interesting topic and when speaking about political parties and

affiliations, politics can become a very heated topic. In this paper, my data will be examining a

person’s political outlook or position based on their marital status. My controlling factor through

the paper will be race – both White and Black respondents. I will show that a person’s political

affiliation may be affected backed on their marital status in society. Moreover, I will show that a

person’s race can also affected one’s political affiliation and marital status. Lastly, I hope to

show that people’s political outlook in the United States is affected by either their race or marital

status.
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Bivariate Table

Table 1
Attitudes about Marital Status By Political Outlook of R (%)
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R’s Marital Status
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Marital Status Liberal Tend Lib Moderate Tend Con Conservative Total
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Married 48.4 47.7 51.4 56.5 61.3 53.3

Widowed 7.8 8.3 10.8 9.7 13.1 10.3

Divorced 11.5 18.7 15.0 15.3 10.3 14.1

Separated 3.6 1.6 4.2 2.4 .4 2.4

Never Married 28.5 23.8 18.6 16.1 14.9 19.4

Totals 100 100 100 100 100 100

(R) (192) (193) (527) (248) (282) (1442)

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Source: SOWK 300 Data Table No. 9
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Multivariate Table

Table 2
Attitudes about Marital Status By Political Outlook of R (%)
Controlling for R’s Race (%)
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Political Outlook of R
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Marital Status Liberal Tend Lib Moderate Tend Con Conservative Total
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Black Respondents

Married 32.3 31.8 32.8 36.8 41.7 34.4

Widowed 12.9 9.1 11.5 15.8 16.7 12.7

Divorced 16.1 22.7 6.6 10.5 16.7 12.7

Separated 9.7 4.5 16.4 5.3 4.2 10.2

Never Married 29.0 31.8 32.8 31.6 20.6 29.9

Totals 100 100 100 100 100 100

(N) (31) (22) (61) (19) (24) (157)

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White Respondents

Married 51.7 50.9 53.9 57.6 63.8 55.7

Widowed 6.7 8.7 11.2 8.8 12.8 10.2

Divorced 10.7 18.0 16.2 16.1 10.3 14.3

Separated 2.7 1.2 2.5 2.3 0.0 1.8

Never Married 28.2 21.1 16.6 15.2 13.2 17.7

Totals 100 100 100 100 100 100

(N) (149) (161) (445) (217) (243) (1215)

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Source: SOWK 300 Data Table No. 9