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The Health of the Polity: Results from a National Sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Steven A. Peterson
Steven A. Peterson*
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Division of Social Sciences, Alfred Universitym, Alfred, New York 14802
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Abstract

Health status has been held to affect people's political orientations and behavior. Using the 1987 National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey, this paper tests for the existence of that relationship. Results suggest that healthier people are more likely to be conservative and status quo oriented, somewhat more politicized, less alienated, and more active in politics. Results, although modest, support the thesis that health status has an effect on political orientations and behavior.

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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , August 1991 , pp. 45 - 56
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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