Ferrín M., Fraile M. & García-Albacete G. (2015) The Gender Gap in Political Knowledge: Is It All About Guessing? An Experimental Approach. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, published online 18 december 2015
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Abstract. This article analyzes the extent to which the format and the “Do not know” (DK) protocol of political knowledge questions influence the size of the gender gap. By using a set of experiments that manipulated the DK protocol and the format (open vs. closed ended) of political knowledge questions in a face-to-face representative survey of the Spanish population, we show that the format of the questions (open vs. closed ended) is not relevant in explaining the gender gap.