SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL CORRELATES OF UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS FOR POVERTY

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.