Do non-formal and informal adult education affect citizens’ political participation during adulthood?

Abstract: Purpose: While research on political participation hardly takes into account the effects of non-formal or informal education, the effects of formal education are well investigated. The aim of this paper is to determine the extent to which non-formal and informal education contribute to adults’ participation in different political activities when formal educational background and other socioeconomic factors are controlled. Method: This paper uses data from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS, N=9,084). Binomial logistic regressions are used for the analyses, and average marginal effects (AMEs) are used for the model’s output. Findings: The findings reveal that non-formal and informal adult education significantly affect different political activities. However, the effects of non-formal and informal adult education differ with regard to the different forms of political participation. The results underline the importance of differentiated analyses of political partic.... https://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/1443

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Do non-formal and informal adult education affect citizens’ political participation during adulthood? ; volume:18 ; number:4 ; day:01 ; month:04 ; year:2019 ; Journal of social science education ; 18, Heft 4 (01.04.2019)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Busse, Robin ; Julia Lischewski ; Seeber, Susan

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/jsse-1443
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062918353017008268
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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