Table 5. Four Dimensions of Political Attitudes by Field and Discipline
Liberalism Unionism Militancy Collectivism
Social Sciences 5.10 3.65 4.36 3.84
Sociology 5.54 3.95 4.90 4.36
Social Work 5.50 4.11 4.74 4.61
Anthropology 5.40 3.86 5.01 3.79
Political Science 5.01 3.48 4.27 3.46
Psychology 4.94 3.43 4.21 3.41
General Social Sc. (1) 4.85 3.94 4.28 3.83
Demography (2) 5.46 3.48 3.98 4.26
Geography 4.68 3.42 3.88 3.97
Humanities 5.07 3.61 4.35 4.14
General Humanities (3) 5.38 3.91 4.60 3.72
Philosophy 5.24 3.47 4.31 4.18
Religious Studies 5.03 3.63 4.02 4.94
Divinity 5.09 3.63 3.78 4.33
Languages & Lit 5.28 3.96 4.84 4.16
Other Lit. (4) 4.81 3.41 3.93 4.30
Eng. Lit. 5.26 3.53 4.47 4.18
French Lit. 5.04 4.03 4.87 4.09
History 4.93 3.51 4.32 4.12
Other Lang. Lit. 4.73 3.59 4.37 3.88
Law 4.85 3.45 3.90 3.65
Arts 5.09 3.49 4.02 3.88
Fine & Appl.Arts (5) 5.33 3.95 4.72 3.80
Fine Art 5.31 3.67 4.11 4.06
Music 4.77 3.12 3.53 3.82
Education 4.65 3.59 3.96 4.02
General Educ. 4.88 3.76 3.87 4.21
Teacher Training 4.71 3.51 4.07 3.88
Non-Teaching Field 4.57 3.75 4.03 4.10
Physical Education 4.28 3.16 3.60 3.97
Other (6) 4.67 3.56 4.41 3.58
Sciences 4.37 3.00 3.70 3.44
Biology 4.61 3.12 3.74 3.58
Botany 4.60 3.11 3.67 3.55
Basic Med. Sc. 4.62 3.09 3.85 3.29
Nursing 4.73 3.70 3.52 3.96
Optometry (7) 4.93 2.95 3.92 3.71
Animal Science (8) 5.00 3.69 4.31 3.81
General Math. 4.71 3.00 3.58 3.04
Physics 4.46 2.96 3.76 3.26
Mathematics 4.51 3.21 3.83 3.68
Chemistry 4.46 2.84 3.49 3.60
Oth. Math. (9) 4.51 3.21 3.83 3.68
Chemistry 4.46 2.84 3.49 3.60
Agriculture 4.38 2.41 3.12 3.21
Zoology 4.33 2.59 3.62 3.03
Paraclinical 4.29 3.15 3.96 3.33
Computer Sc. 4.31 3.08 3.62 2.84
Medical Specialties 4.19 2.84 3.88 3.57
Fisheries/wild life 4.12 2.76 3.32 3.09
Geology 4.14 2.87 3.78 2.87
Medicine 4.06 2.64 3.73 3.68
Pharmacy 4.05 3.40 4.10 3.80
Surgical Sp. 3.82 2.83 3.32 3.47
Dentistry 3.71 3.09 4.24 3.23
Business 3.91 3.12 3.54 2.90
Economics 4.41 3.19 3.67 2.89
Administrative St. 3.82 3.19 3.55 3.06
Accounting 3.33 3.10 3.37 2.62
Finance (10) 3.39 2.64 3.36 2.45
Engineering 3.83 2.70 3.30 3.09
Gen. Engineering 4.13 3.40 3.92 3.36
Systems Engineering 4.41 2.64 3.19 3.00
Civil Engineering 3.82 2.15 2.98 2.73
Mechanical Eng. 3.44 2.62 3.19 3.10
Other Eng. (11) 3.69 2.83 3.39 3.27
total 4.64 3.30 3.93 3.63
N 3,190 5,135 5,009 4,888
1 - includes general social science, archeology, period studies, and other area studies
2 - includes demography, criminology, man and environment
3 - includes general humanities, journalism, other mass communication, and library sciences
4 - includes classical literature, Canadian literature, other literature, and linguistics
5 - includes general fine arts, applied arts, and other performing arts
6 - includes kinanthropology and leisure
7 - includes paraclinical science, optometry, epidemiology, rehabilitation, and other health occupations
8 - includes animal science, plant science, soil science, biochemistry, household science, veterinary science, and general biology
9 - includes general mathematics, general physical sciences, meteorology, and oceanography
10- includes finance, marketing, and other administrative studies
11- includes general engineering, architecture, aeronautical engineering, system design, industrial engineering, mining engineering, metallurgicalengineering, and other engineering