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Impacts of Adolescent and Young Adult Civic Engagement on Health and Socioeconomic Status in Adulthood

Ballard, Parissa J, Hoyt, Lindsay T, Pachucki, Mark C·2019·Child Development

Abstract

The present study examines links between civic engagement (voting, volunteering, and activism) during late adolescence and early adulthood, and socioeconomic status and mental and physical health in adulthood. Using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, a propensity score matching approach is used to rigorously estimate how civic engagement is associated with outcomes among 9,471 adolescents and young adults (baseline Mage = 15.9). All forms of civic engagement are positively associated with subsequent income and education level. Volunteering and voting are favorably associated with subsequent mental health and health behaviors, and activism is associated with more health-risk behaviors and not associated with mental health. Civic engagement is not associated with physical health.

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Authors
Ballard, P. J., Hoyt, L. T., & Pachucki, M. C.
Affiliations
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • Fordham University (US)
  • University of Massachusetts
Corresponding author
Ballard, Parissa J
Venue
Child Development
Published
2019-07-01
Volume
90
Issue
4
Pages
1138-1154
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
OpenAlex
W2791740075
Cited by
204
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 21 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 4
FWCI
31.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Maternal and Child Health Bureau
  • Health Resources and Services Administration
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (UA6MC27378)
  • Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01-HD31921, P01‐HD31921)
  • 23 other federal agencies and foundations
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
  • Social Sciences › Education › Service-Learning and Community Engagement
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
citizen participation, voting, volunteering, activism, socioeconomic status, income, educational attainment, mental health, physical health, health risk behaviors, health behavior, adolescence, early adulthood, Add Health
MeSH terms
Health Risk Behaviors, Political Activism, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Educational Status, Female, Health Status, Humans, Income, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mental Health, Politics, Social Class, United States, Volunteers, Young Adult, Propensity Score

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