Economic Insecurity and the Political Attitudes of Cuban Workers

Abstract

Analysis of data from interviews with Cuban workers reveals that, among Negroes and whites, those who experienced the most pre-revolutionary unemployment were most likely to support the revolution and, among whites but not among Negroes, to be pro-Communist before the revolution. Those who were securely employed both before and since the revolution were less likely to be revolutionary than those who were employed more regularly since the revolution. Negroes were more likely than whites to support the revolution, even with pre-revolutionary employment status and change in employment status controlled.