Lampard, Richard. (1997) Party political homogamy in Great Britain. European Sociological Review, Vol.13 (No.1). pp. 79-99. ISSN 0266-7215

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Abstract

This paper focuses on husbands' and wives' party political identifications in combination. There is a high level of party political homogamy in Great Britain (i.e. spouses tend to share the same party political identification). Statistical analyses show that levels of homogamy vary according to strength of party political identification, parental homogamy, age, and marital status. Levels of party political similarity are also shown to differ between marriage and other social relationships, and between first marriages and remarriages. Attitudes towards homogamy are shown to vary with age. The implications of these findings for theories relating to the origins of homogamy and to the consequences of heterogamy are considered. Broadly speaking, the findings indicate that party political homogamy is a consequence of demographic constraints, utility-maximizing choices, and responses to cultural norms.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Party affiliation -- Great Britain, Married people -- Attitudes, Divorced people -- Attitudes, Great Britain -- Politics and government
Journal or Publication Title:	European Sociological Review
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0266-7215
Date:	May 1997
Volume:	Vol.13
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 79-99
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1282

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