Transmission of social attitudes.

Nicholas G. Martin, L. J. Eaves, Andrew C. Heath, R Jardine, Lynn M. Feingold, H. J. Eysenck

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1986 · 441 citations · 12 references

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Data gathered in Australia and England on the social attitudes of spouses and twins are largely consistent with a genetic model for family resemblance in social attitudes. There is substantial assortative mating and little evidence of vertical cultural inheritance.

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