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International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2007 19(3):380-390; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edm015
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Social Identity and Socio-Demographic Structure

Tom W. Smith

Address correspondence to Tom W. Smith, GSS Director, NORC, University of Chicago, 1155 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA, smitht@norc.uchicago.edu

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People have many different social roles and the many identities associated with these roles are organized in a salience hierarchy with some identities performing central roles in a person's social and self-definition and other identities being downplayed or even unacknowledged (Thoits, 1983; Callero, 1985; Hogg; Terry, & White, 1995; Thoits & Virshup, 1997; Stets & Burke, 2000; Huddy, 2001; Bagozzi & Lee, 2002). Socio-demographic attributes are one of the key generators of social roles and identities and tend to generate identities that are high in salience (Thoits, 1983; Tsui, Egan, & O’Reilly, 1992; Hogg et al., 1995; Thoits & Virshup, 1997; Stryker & Burke, 2000; Huddy, 2001). What is not well understood is when and why certain people select some socio-demographic identities as salient and others chose other attributes to principally identify with.1

Several theories have been . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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