Table 12.7  Predicting Particular Political Activities by Resources, Institutional
Affiliations, and Political Engagement: OLS Regressions
		(standardized regression coefficient)
		Time-Based		Political	Political
		Acts	Voting	Contributions	Discussion
EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE
	Education	.10**	.05	.05	-.01
	Vocabulary	-.03	.05*	-.03	-.02
INCOME
	Family Income	.05*	.04*	.30**	.04*
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
	Job Level	-.05*	.00	.00	.01
	Non-Political Organization	.04	.03	-.02	.03
	Religious Attendance	-.02	.11**	-.03	-.06
CIVIC SKILLS
	Civic Skills (Sum)	.20**	.01	.05	.02
POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT
	Political Interest	.21**	.25**	.06**	.54**
	Political Information	.05**	.12**	.03	.13**
	Political Efficacy	.13**	.06**	.01	.03
	Partisan Strength	.01	.16**	.04*	.03
CITIZENSHIP
	Eligible to Vote	.00	.13**	.01	.02
R2		.23	.38	.13	.42
Sample size		2,386	2,384	2,286	2,386
* Significant at .05 level.
** Significant at .01 level.
Note: Free time, English spoken at home, working, retired, Catholic religious preference, and age
dummies are also included in the equation but not reported:
Table 15.8  Predicting Time-Based Acts, Voting, Contributions, and Political
Discussion by Initial Characteristics, Pre-Adult Experiences, Institutional
Involvements, and Participatory Factors: OLS Regressions
		(standardized regression coefficient)
		Time-Based		Political	Political
		Acts	Voting	Contributions	Discussion
INITIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Parents' Education	.03	-.01	.02	.02
	Female	-.02	.01	-.03	-.08**
	Black	.02	.02	.01	.02
	Latino	.03	-.02	.03	.00
PRE-ADULT EXPERIENCES
	Education	.06*	.03	.04	-.02
	Politics at Home	.02	.05*	.03	.06**
	High School Activity	.09**	.06**	.03	.02
INSTITUTIONAL INVOLVEMENTS
	Job Level	-.05*	-.01	.00	.00
	Non-Political Organization	.03	.02	-.02	.03
	Religious Attendance	-.04 *	.10**	-.03	-.06**
PARTICIPATORY FACTORS
	Family Income	.05*	.04*	.30**	.04*
	Free Time	.01	-.03	.05*	-.03
	Civic Skills	.17**	.00	.04	.01
	Vocabulary	-.01	.04*	-.03	.00
	Recruitment	.13**	.05*	.01	.05**
	Political Interest	.21**	.26**	.06**	.53**
	Political Information	.06**	.12**	.02	.11**
R2		.24	.36	.14	.43
Sample size		2,404	2,300	2,404	2,404
* Significant at .05 level.
** Significant at .01 level.
Source: Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Henry E. Brady.  1995.  Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.