Conceptualizing Public Attitudes toward the Welfare State: A Comment on Hasenfeld and Rafferty.

Y

8

Error of Measurement; Government Role; Measurement Techniques; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Social Attitudes; Social Theories; Structural Equation Models; Welfare Services; Work Ethic

0037-7732

Using structural equation technique to replicate results of Hasenfeld and Rafferty's causal model predicting public attitudes toward welfare state programs with the social ideologies of work ethic and social rights. By incorporating estimates of measurement error, results failed to support the authors' original conclusions. Operationalizing key concepts of the model is reconsidered. (KS)

1993

EJ461756