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Brody, Charles. and Rubin, Beth. "The Gender Difference in 'Don't Know' Responses to Political Attitude Questions: Is It Socialization or Status?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA,, Aug 14, 2004 <Not Available>. 2008-10-22 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p110442_index.html>

Brody, C. J. and Rubin, B. A. , 2004-08-14 "The Gender Difference in 'Don't Know' Responses to Political Attitude Questions: Is It Socialization or Status?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA, Online <.PDF>. 2008-10-22 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p110442_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Previous explanations for the finding that women respond �Don�t Know� more often than men to political attitude questions have focused on sex role socialization. We propose an alternative but complementary explanation for personal interview situations that draws on status characteristics theory. We argue that the interview comprises a two person task- oriented group and that the sex of interviewer as well as sex of respondent should be considered in predicting the level of �Don�t Know� responses. Further, we argue that responding �Don�t Know� represents a failure to contribute an action opportunity to the group task. Since sex operates as a status characteristic and men are accorded higher status than women, we predict that the rate of �Don�t Know� responses will be highest for female respondents with male interviewers. Conversely, male respondents with female interviewers should result in the fewest. Data from the American National Election Surveys of 1988 through 2000 are used to consider the utility of the status characteristics approach relative to that based on sex role socialization. The results of our analyses do not support the status characteristics theory explanation.

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