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Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Demography
  • Political Science

Background:

  • Fertility patterns and political attitudes are key demographic factors.
  • Understanding intergenerational transmission of traits is crucial for social science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between political and family values and fertility.
  • To determine if this association impacts the prevalence of attitudes in future generations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (66,188 participants, 15 countries).
  • Employed the European Gender and Generation Survey (121,248 participants, 12 countries).
  • Analyzed the relationship between political/family values and average number of offspring.

Main Results:

  • Right-wing individuals have more children and grandchildren on average than left-wing individuals across most analyzed countries.
  • The proportion of right-wing individuals is increasing across generations.
  • Fertility differences are linked to shifts in the population share of political attitudes.

Conclusions:

  • Demographic trends, specifically fertility differentials, can influence prevailing political attitudes.
  • Generational changes in political leanings may be partly explained by demographic factors.
  • Social and genetic transmission of political traits contribute to these intergenerational shifts.