Entry:
Verba. Sidney; Schlozman, Kay Lehman; and Brady, Henry E., Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995.
Abstract:
Citizens are able to make their voices heard in politics, but rich and highly educated Whites are more likely to have political impact than are other ethnic groups or people with less wealth and education.
GSS Years:1987
Other Data Sets:
NORC Citizen Participation Study 1992
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| LOCVOTE |
HOW OFTEN DOES R VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS |
| SWAYVOTE |
HAS R TRIED TO INFLUENCE VOTES OF OTHERS |
| WORKPOL |
HAS R WORKED FOR PARTIES OR CANDIDATES |
| POLRALLY |
HAS R ATTENDED POLITICAL RALLIES |
| GAVEPOL |
HAS R GIVEN MONEY TO CANDIDATE OR CAUSE |
| MEMPOLIT |
MEMBERSHIP IN POLITICAL CLUB |
| LOCPROB |
HAS R HELPED TO SOLVE LOCAL PROBLEMS |
| LOCGRP |
HAS R HELPED TO START NEW LOCAL GROUP |
| LOCSELF |
WAS PROBLEM OF NARROW OR WIDE CONCERN |
| OTHSELF |
WAS THIS PROB OF NARROW OR WIDE CONCERN |
| VOTE84 |
DID R VOTE IN 1984 ELECTION |
| WORDSUM |
NUMBER WORDS CORRECT IN VOCABULARY TEST |
| WORDA |
WORD A |
| WORDB |
WORD B |
| WORDC |
WORD C |
| WORDD |
WORD D |
| WORDE |
WORD E |
| WORDF |
WORD F |
| WORDG |
WORD G |
| WORDH |
WORD H |
| WORDI |
WORD I |
| WORDJ |
WORD J |