title: A generation of attitude trends among US householders as measured in the NORC General Social Survey 1972-2010.
abstract: Two generations (1972-1976 and 2006-2008) are compared using 43 replicated attitudes in the NORC General Social Survey. The report describes the generational changes (primarily liberal), weighs the causal impact of rising educational levels (liberal), cohort replacement (liberal) and period effects (mildly conservative). It argues that this long term causal mechanism is slowly eroding.
authors.affiliation: NORC at the University of Chicago, 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, United States. Electronic address: davis-james@norc.org.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Davis