Demographics and Non-Traditional Civic Participation: A Data-Driven Learning Guide

Dataset

American Citizen Participation Study, 1990

The data for this exercise come from the American Citizen Participation Study, 1990 . The study was designed to examine political and non-political civic participation in the United States. Respondents were asked about their interest in politics, their party identification, their community involvement, as well as their campaign activities, and about their monetary contributions to any campaign. Respondents were also asked to comment on social, political, and economic problems in the United States, and on why people are not more politically involved. Demographic variables in this study include education, occupation, religious background, race, ethnicity, age, gender, and union membership. This study used a clustered and stratified probability sample.

Variables used in this exercise:

• Volunteered for 1988 presidential campaign (CW88)
• Monetary contribution to 1988 presidential campaign (CM88)
• Participated in protest in past two years (PT2YRS)
• Year respondent was born (YEARBORN)
• Respondent's gender (GENDER)
• Family Income (FAMINC)

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