Fathers of daughters become more left-wing

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You might find it interesting. Economists claim to have found a correlation between the number of daughters and sons in a household and their father's political views. According to the research, fathers become more Left-wing if they have daughters because girls are more socially conscious.

Professor Andrew Oswald, from Warwick University, and Dr Nattavudh Powdthavee, of York University, wrote in an unpublished article that has been submitted to an economics journal: "This paper provides evidence that daughters make people more Left-wing, while having sons, by contrast, makes them more Right-wing."

By analysing data in the British Household Panel Survey, they found that 67 per cent of parents with three sons and no daughters voted for Labour or the Liberal Democrats. This rose to 77 per cent in households with three daughters and no sons. A similar pattern was found among families with two and four children.