The study is based on a survey of 828 persons among the Puerto Rican voting population. The predictors of party identification which are operating within a quasi-colonial setting, were analyzed from different clusters of variables using inferential statistics depending on each variable scale of measurement. The independent variable clusters were grouped depending on their main characteristics, for example: "demographic", "socio-economic", "socio-attitudinal", and "political". Each variable was analyzed by using other cross-national and national studies of party identification and compared to the Puerto Rican findings. Since the Caribbean nation has not finally decided its political status, and has an industrialized economy, but one that is dependent on the United States. The findings sometimes did not coincide with those of the post-industrial and independent states of the West. The results supported the theoretical argument that the political status dominates all other cleavages dimensions. The twelve independent variables resulting in statistically significant relationship with party identification were: political status preference, nationalist sentiment, mother's I.D., political ideology, father's I.D., value priorities, dependency sentiment, education, religion, age, occupation, and race. The main predictor of party identification in Puerto Rico is the political status issue. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-06, Section: A, page: 1565. / Major Professor: Scott Flanagan. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76288 |
| Contributors | Blanco, Richard Manuel., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 240 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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