fr48 M,SD A .ND SEm OF . FO] socATTITUDE SC R. DIFFERENT] !IAL SCIEN TABLE I!ORES FOR D ' GROUPS 01 TISTIFFERENT F ? RESPONDE •OLITIGA.L INTS ^ARTIES Resr >ondents: Political Students Teachers Business- Clerks Farmers Labourers Parties men (N=305) (N«150) (N==200) (N==300) (N=300) (N=300) Congress M 33.24 38.78 43.85 35.33 44.35 52.68 (R) SD 12.42 15.45 17.96 14.84 19.35 21.32 SE, 0.71 1.26 1.27 0.85 1.11 1.28 M 35.34 37.25 40.37 33.16 32.25 33.46 Congress SD 13.76 14.98 18.12 11.96 1098 12.12 (0) SEn, 0.78 1.22 1.26 0.69 0.63 0.69 M 76.64 65.32 72.46 54.68 48.25 33.28 Jansangh SD 28.45 22.39 26.75 19.86 17.35 11.37 SE^ 1.63 1.82 1.89 1.14 1.00 0.65 M 58.46 55.45 40.35 66.66 46.25 65.39 SSP SD 20.32 19.47 15.87 21.86 16.89 22.34 SE, 1.16 1.58 1.12 1.29 0.97 1.29 M 34.46 40.25 33.87 68.76 50.26 78.96 CPI SD 12.97 17.58 11.56 20.76 16.31 26.44 SE, 0.74 1.43 0.81 1.14 0.94 1.52 M 39.25 40.46 31.35 59.67 48.35 82.63 CPI(M) SD 14.97 17.89 10.25 19.77 16.55 30.46 SE^ 0.82 1.46 0.72 1.14 0.95 1.76 Clerks This group secured the highest mean scores for CPI and the lowest for Congress (0). The indications are that the CPI is best liked by this segment which shows a variance from students, teachers and businessmen. Congress (0), Congress (R) and Jansangh are lowest in the scale of preferences while these were generally at the top for students, teachers and businessmen. When the attitude scores of the clerks were arranged in decreasing order of hierarchy the following picture emerged: (i) CPI 3 (ii) SSP, (iii) CPI(M), (iv) Jansangh, (v) Congress (R) and (vi) Congress(O). (Table III). Out of 15 comparison's made for clerks' scores for all the six parties, 13 (86.66 per cent) were found significant. The clerks' attitudes towards different parties differ significantly from other groups. Farmers The trend of farmers' scores shows a close similarity with the clerks^. They have also obtained the highest scores for CPI and the lowest for Congress (O).They differ significantly in their scores for different par"