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(binary variables for White [ref.], Black, Latino, and Other Race/Ethnicity). Wealso include
two measures of family background based on previous research: mother’s and father’s
education (inyears).
1.9.3 Adjacent Models of Welfare Attitudes
Finally, for the adjacent category models, we will use welfare spending attitudes as our
example. Adjacent category models are well-suited for government spending questions
because the categories typically reect distinct spending views, but the assumption of
a sequential decision-making process is not applicable. The data for this example come
from the 2012 GSS. The dependen ...