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Does Subjective Class Predict the Causal Attribution for Poverty?

Ramzi N. Nasser

Abstract

This study investigated the attributions for poverty among secondary school and university students in relation to socio-economic. The questionnaire was adapted from Feagin's[1] and Abouchedid & Nasser[2], and included 15-item poverty questionnaire. It was administered to a sample (n = 242) of secondary school and university students from public and private schools and universities in Lebanon. Findings showed that Lebanese youth were more inclined to attribute poverty to structural factors. Socioeconomic variable of parents' education was the only significant predictors for the causal attribution for poverty. Research in this area should extend to relate stereotypes and various socio-economic attitudes as liberalism or conservatism and their relation to attribution for poverty.

Journal of Social Sciences
Volume 3 No. 4, 2007, 197-201

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2007.197.201

Submitted On: 25 July 2007 Published On: 31 December 2007

How to Cite: Nasser, R. N. (2007). Does Subjective Class Predict the Causal Attribution for Poverty? . Journal of Social Sciences, 3(4), 197-201. https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2007.197.201

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Keywords

  • Poverty attributions