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The effects of sociodemographic and political variables on causal attr
ibution for poverty were measured among college students using the LOG
IT form of the general logistic regression. Consistent with past resea
rch, our study indicated that students reporting higher parental socia
l class, conservative political orientations, and opinions in favor of
the death penalty were significantly more likely to agree with an ind
ividual causal attribution for poverty than other students when the ef
fects of all other variables were held constant. It is suggested that
such variables be examined as developmental factors in differences in
attributional styles.