<論文>日本における争点態度の構造 --PIAS調査のデータを用いた分析--

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to understand how public attitudes toward various policy issues are related to each other. Voters often agree or disagree with government policies for different reasons. Data from the Survey of Political Ideology and Attitudes toward Science (PIAS Survey) is used to reveal the underlying dimensions of issue attitudes in Japan. A series of confirmatory factor analyses shows that 11 issue attitude items constitute four dimensions: LDP politics, traditional order, social equality, and family diversity. These four dimensions are not independent but related to each other. In addition, structural equation modeling results indicate that ideological identification significantly predicts all four factors. Specifically, those who consider themselves as more conservative are more supportive of LDP politics and traditional order, and less supportive of social equality and family diversity. Additional analyses demonstrate that the findings of this article are robust even if we limit the analysis to respondents with higher levels of political knowledge.