Explaining the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge

By M. Lizotte, Andrew H. Sidman. Politics & Gender, 2009

142 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations

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In Gender Studies

1. Marta Fraile

In Political Science and International Relations

1. William M. Pollock
2. Marta Fraile
3. Jason Barabas
4. Jennifer Jerit
5. Carlisle Rainey
6. Yanna Krupnikov
7. A. Levine

Citations in the corpus

• The Question(s) of Political Knowledge (2014, background): “…have received empirical support, such as personality differences that influence how men and women answer questions (e.g., Mondak and Anderson 2004; Lizotte and Sidman 2009), differential item functioning of knowledge questions across gender groupings (Pietryka and MacIntosh 2013), and the varying…”
• Do Women Know Less About Politics Than Men?: The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge in Europe (2014, background): “This was partly because they avoided the methodological bias that plagued previous studies and partly because relevant structural changes took place in modern societies such as the expansion of education, changes in socialization, and the accompanying generational replacement (Lovenduski 1998).”