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Table 1

Correlations between Personality Variables and Political Attitudes for Females and Males
NeuroticismPExtraversionSocial Desirability
FemalesMilitary0.1010.302−0.069−0.074
Social−0.0160.3830.136−0.335
Economic−0.242−0.1420.074−0.205
MalesMilitary0.1410.388−0.070−0.062
Social−0.0500.2920.095−0.255
Economic−0.239−0.2530.080−0.143

Note: The boldfaced correlations are those large enough for further consideration. Correlations are taken from the full structural model with all twins and relatives (N = 28,877). Respondents were excluded if they had a nonresponse rate of 20% or higher.