Collective action: you think that if various “Do Native/American Indian groups worked together politically Native/American Indians would be better off, worse off or wouldn't it make much 1 0 difference?” “better off,” “worse or make much off” “wouldn't difference” Commonality: Native/American Indians in the United States share FEW political interests and goals: 5 4 “strongly agree,” 3 agree nor and “somewhat agree,” “neither disagree,” depends” 2 1 “don’t know,” “somewhat disagree,” “strongly disagree” Time lived on reservation: 1 2 than 3 “None,” “less 25%” 4 to 5 than “51% 75%,” “more 75%.” Live in Oklahoma: 1 if respondent lives in Oklahoma; 0 all others Speak tribal language: 1 at 2 a few 3 “not all,” “only words”, than a few words through “more proficient.” Grandparents with American Indiana blood: number of biological grandparents (0-4) with American Indian blood. Education: 1 than high 2 3 “less school,” “high school,” “some 4 or college,” “college” “post-graduate” Age: age in years Female: 1 if female, 0 all others Table 3. Explaining Determinants of Party Identification- Multinomial Logit Analysis Comparison Independents Republicans American Indian only 0.55 -0.11 (0.52) (0.50) American Indian and other race 0.02 -0.88* (0.47) (0.45) Attachment 0.21 -0.33* (0.21) (0.15) Tribal identity 0.16 -1.08+ (0.55) (0.59)
Collective action: “Do you think that if various Native/American Indian groups worked together politically Native/American Indians would be better off, worse off or wouldn't it make much difference?” 1 “better off,” 0 “worse off” or “wouldn't make much difference” Commonality: Native/American Indians in the United States share FEW political interests and goals: 5 “strongly agree,” 4 “somewhat agree,” 3 “neither agree nor disagree,” depends” and “don’t know,” 2 “somewhat disagree,” 1 “strongly disagree” Time lived on reservation: 1 “None,” 2 “less than 25%” 3 4 “51% to 75%,” 5 “more than 75%.” Live in Oklahoma: 1 if respondent lives in Oklahoma; 0 all others Speak tribal language: 1 “not at all,” 2 “only a few words”, 3 “more than a few words through proficient.” Grandparents with American Indiana blood: number of biological grandparents (0-4) with American Indian blood. Education: 1 “less than high school,” 2 “high school,” 3 “some college,” 4 “college” or “post-graduate” Age: age in years Female: 1 if female, 0 all others Table 3. Explaining Determinants of Party Identification- Multinomial Logit Analysis Comparison Independents Republicans American Indian only 0.55 -0.11 (0.52) (0.50) American Indian and other race 0.02 -0.88* (0.47) (0.45) Attachment 0.21 -0.33* (0.21) (0.15) Tribal identity 0.16 -1.08+ (0.55) (0.59)
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