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JOURNAL OF POLITICS
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 97-107Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381610000897
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That women exhibit lower levels of political knowledge than men is a common and consistent finding in political science research. Recently, scholars have begun examining whether the content and structure of political knowledge measures contribute to women's perceived knowledge deficit. In an attempt to enter the debate on the explanations for gender differences in knowledge, I create and test a number of measures of gender-relevant political knowledge to determine whether broadening our definitions of what constitutes knowledge may help us more clearly understand the apparent gender gap in political knowledge in the United States. The results indicate that expected gender differences disappear when respondents are asked about the levels of women's representation in the national government.
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