Relocating attitudes as components of representational profiles: Mapping the epidemiology of bicultural policy attitudes using latent class analysis

Overview

This research used a novel method to identify super-ordinate categories of people‘s attitude patterns towards bicultural policy in New Zealand.

The research investigates if the attitude types are associated with voting behaviour in the 2008 General Election and demographic data like age, gender and ethnicity.

Outcomes

Four different attitude patterns towards bicultural policy in New Zealand were found:

Pro-bicultural profile

Maori, Pacific and NZ born participants were more likely to be classified in this category,
Women were more likely to be in this category,
Most participants who were classified in this profile voted for the Maori Party.

Moderate differentiated profile

Asian and Pacific participants were especially likely to be classified in this category,
Most participants who were classified in this profile voted for the Green Party.

Bivalent bicultural profile

NZ European participants and wealthy participants were more likely to be classified in this category,
Most participants who were classified in this profile voted for the Act Party or the National Party.

Anti-bicultural profile

NZ European participants, wealthy participants, older participants and men were more likely to be classified in this category,
Most participants who were classified in this profile voted for the National Party.

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