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Life Span Civic Development and Voting Participation

Strate, John M., Parrish, Charles J., Elder, Charles D., Ford, Coit·1989·American Political Science Review
DOI 10.2307/1962399
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Although a variety of age-related processes are known to affect rates of political participation over the adult life span, little is known about their interrelationships and relative impact. We set out a theory of life span civic development that focuses on how age-related changes in community attachment, strength of partisanship, church attendance, government responsiveness, family income, and civic competence impinge on voting participation. To test the theory, we estimated the coefficients of a structural equation model using data from nine National Election Studies combined into a large, cross-sectional time series data set. The model specifies the age-related processes and also controls for the effects of a large number of other variables. Overall, about one-half of the age-related increases in voting participation were attributable to these processes.

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Authors
Strate, J. M., Parrish, C. J., Elder, C. D., & Ford, C.
Venue
American Political Science Review
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1989-06
Volume
83
Issue
2
Pages
443-464
ISSN
  • 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5943
DOI
10.2307/1962399
OpenAlex
W2313360527
Cited by
210
References
0
FWCI
15.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 9192 d)

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