The Gender Gap in Youth Political Participation

Evidence from Germany

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6340671
AutoresHannah Pfanzelt (0000-0002-3451-8137, University of Cologne, autor de correspondencia), Dennis Christopher Spies (0000-0003-4468-9834, University of Cologne)
Año2019
Volumen72
Número1
Páginas34-48
Fecha de publicación2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitical Research Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1065912918775249
OpenAlexW2803931317
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas40
Referencias citadas43

In this article, we consider the gender gap in political participation by analyzing recent survey data about German adolescents. Differentiating between institutional, non-institutional, and expressive participation, we show that, even in Germany where there is strong gender equality, type-specific gender differences persist. Testing for resource, socialization, and attitudinal explanations, in multivariate regression analyses, we identify socialization in civic forms of participation together with the lower confidence of women in their personal and political skills as major drivers for the sexual differences in political engagement, especially so for institutionalized forms of participation

American political science · Civic engagement · Demographic economics · Economics · Gender gap · Geography · German · Political science · Political socialization · Politics · Socialization · Survey data collection · Gender Politics and Representation · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support