Civic Participation and Demographics in Rural China: A Data-Driven Learning Guide

Principal Investigator(s): Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Summary: Data-Driven Learning Guides are a collection of instructional exercises that can be used to enhance teaching of core concepts in the social sciences. This learning guide investigates the relationship between demographic characteristics and different forms of civic participation in China. Research questions that can be explored using this learning guide include: what the relationship is between certain demographic categories and local participation in China, which forms of participation are most ... (more info)

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Summary:   Data-Driven Learning Guides are a collection of instructional exercises that can be used to enhance teaching of core concepts in the social sciences. This learning guide investigates the relationship between demographic characteristics and different forms of civic participation in China. Research questions that can be explored using this learning guide include: what the relationship is between certain demographic categories and local participation in China, which forms of participation are most popular among Chinese citizens in the countryside, whenter rural Chinese citizens in 1990 were interested in local elections, and how participation in rural China differs from participation in Chinese cities. Crosstabulations are used for the analyses.

Subject Terms:   citizen participation, civics, instructional materials, social sciences

Geographic Coverage:   China (Peoples Republic)

Data Collection Notes:

Other Data-Driven Learning Guides covering such topics as aging, race, social class, politics, and health are available on ICPSR's Online Learning Center .