ERIC Number: EJ1222024
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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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.
Child Development, v90 n4 p1138-1154 Jul-Aug 2019
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 M[subscript age] = 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.
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Voting, Volunteers, Activism, Adolescents, Young Adults, Longitudinal Studies, Socioeconomic Status, Correlation, Income, Educational Attainment, Mental Health, Health Behavior, Risk
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS), Maternal and Child Health Bureau; Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS); US Department of Health and Human Services; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Grant or Contract Numbers: UA6MC27378; P01HD31921
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