Youth Political Culture in a Kentucky County [microform] / Manindra Kumar Mohapatra
- Bib ID:
- 5395053
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Mohapatra, Manindra Kumar
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981
- 35 p.
- Summary:
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Data from a self-administered questionnaire survey of all 188 high school juniors and seniors who attended the only high school in a rural county in Kentucky were utilized to explore various dimensions of youth political culture in that county. The study was part of a continuing effort to understand and analyze the political culture and sub-cultures of Kentucky and to provide insights into changes in American political culture. Respondents were 92% white and 52% female; 58% perceived themselves as middle class. By distribution of party identification, 68% were Democrats and 16% Republicans; 60% supported Carter, 15% Reagan, and 7% Anderson. Television news programs were rated as the primary source of information about public affairs by 71%. Although 44% rated the state government as doing a good job, only 16% so rated the federal government. A majority of the respondents (60%) supported military aid to friendly nations; however, 73% opposed economic aid to poor nations that are not friendly with the United States. A majority opposed reduction in federal government programs in the areas of health care (65%), Social Security (60%), aid to agriculture (55%), aid to school systems (62%), and programs for the handicapped (76%). A majority desired some reductions in foreign aid (77%), programs for the poor (54%), and aid to American auto industry (64%). The questionnaire used in the study is appended. (Author/CM)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Kentucky Political Science Association (Bowling Green, KY, February 27-28, 1981).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Federal Government
- Federal Programs
- Foreign Policy
- Government Role
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
- High School Students
- Information Sources
- Local Government
- Political Affiliation
- Political Attitudes
- Questionnaires
- Rural Areas
- Rural Youth
- Secondary Education
- Small Schools
- State Government
- Student Attitudes
- Subcultures
- Kentucky
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- ERIC
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