Determinants of genocide fear in a rural Texas community: A research note

Abstract

Data were collected via a questionnaire administered to females 15-44 years of age and their most significant male partner from a 7 percent stratified random sample in Waller Country, Texas. Analysis revealed that five independent variables combined explained 19 percent of the variance in race genocide fear (R2 = .19; p < .01). The most important predictors of genocide fear were sex. Beta = .33; p < .001) and education (Beta = .14; p < .01).