A model for trivariate ordered response data in the Social Sciences

Data collected as part of large national longitudinal surveys such as the British Household Panel Study (BHPS)
routinely include multiple Likert items which comprise ordered categories. For example, the BHPS includes a
range of Likert items which ask respondents about their atitudes towards gender roles. Three such items are:
Both the husband and wife should contribute to the household income, a husband’s job is to earn money; a
wife’s job is to look atier the home and family, children need a father to be as closely involved