Table 12.8 The Factors That Foster Political
Participation |
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Substantial Effect |
Some Effect |
Small
Effect |
No Effect |
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TIME-BASED
ACTS |
Civic skills, Interest |
Education, Free |
Income |
Vocabulary, Partisanship, |
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time, Information, |
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Citizenship, Job level, |
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Efficacy |
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Organizational affiliation, |
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Religious attendance |
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VOTING |
Interest, Information, |
Religious |
Vocabulary, |
Education, Civic skills, Free
time, |
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Partisan strength, |
attendance |
Income,
Efficacy |
Job Level, Organizational
Affiliation |
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Citizenship |
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POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS |
Income |
Interest |
Partisan
strength, |
Education, Civic skills, Vocabulary, |
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Information |
Free time, Efficacy,
Citizenship, |
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job level, Organizational |
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affiliation, Religious
attendance |
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POLITICAL
DISCUSSION |
Interest |
Information |
Income, Partisan |
Education, Vocabulary, Civic
skills, |
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strength |
Free time, Efficacy,
Citizenship, |
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Job Level, Organizational
Affiliation |
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Source: Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Henry E. Brady. 1995.
Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in
American Politics. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard
University Press. |
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