Does social capital enhance political participation in older adults? Multi-level evidence from the European Quality of Life Survey.

IF 3.7 2区 社会学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY European Journal of Ageing Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI:10.1007/s10433-024-00825-x
Fredrica Nyqvist, Rodrigo Serrat, Mikael Nygård, Marina Näsman
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This study explored the role of social capital for non-institutionalised and institutionalised political participation among older adults compared to younger age groups using European Quality of Life Survey data (EQLS) from 2016 and 33 countries (n = 36,908). Multilevel logistic regression analysis was employed to assess the association between individual- and country-level social capital and political participation. Findings revealed that, at the individual level, active associational engagement was positively related to both forms of political participation, while social trust and political trust were linked only to non-institutionalised participation-higher social trust and lower political trust were associated with a greater likelihood of participation. Country-level associational engagement was related to non-institutionalised political participation and country-level political trust with institutionalised participation. For older adults, active associational engagement had stronger individual and contextual effects on non-institutionalised political participation. These results enrich our understanding of political engagement in later life and highlight the unexplored potential for civic involvement among older adults.

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社会资本会提高老年人的政治参与度吗?来自欧洲生活质量调查的多层次证据。
本研究利用 2016 年欧洲生活质量调查(EQLS)数据和 33 个国家的数据(n = 36908),探讨了与年轻年龄组相比,社会资本对老年人非制度化和制度化政治参与的作用。研究采用多层次逻辑回归分析来评估个人和国家层面的社会资本与政治参与之间的关联。研究结果表明,在个人层面,积极的结社参与与两种形式的政治参与呈正相关,而社会信任和政治信任仅与非制度化参与相关--较高的社会信任和较低的政治信任与较大的参与可能性相关。国家层面的结社参与与非制度化政治参与相关,国家层面的政治信任与制度化参与相关。对于老年人来说,积极的结社对非制度化政治参与有更强的个人和环境影响。这些结果丰富了我们对晚年政治参与的理解,并强调了老年人参与公民事务的潜力尚未被发掘。
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期刊介绍: The European Journal of Ageing: Social, Behavioural and Health Perspectives is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the understanding of ageing in European societies and the world over. EJA publishes original articles on the social, behavioral and population health aspects of ageing and encourages an integrated approach between these aspects. Emphasis is put on publishing empirical research (including meta-analyses), but conceptual papers (including narrative reviews) and methodological contributions will also be considered. EJA welcomes expert opinions on critical issues in ageing. By stimulating communication between researchers and those using research findings, it aims to contribute to the formulation of better policies and the development of better practice in serving older adults. To further specify, with the term ''social'' is meant the full scope of social science of ageing related research from the micro to the macro level of analysis. With the term ''behavioural'' the full scope of psychological ageing research including life span approaches based on a range of age groups from young to old is envisaged. The term ''population health-related'' denotes social-epidemiological and public health oriented research including research on functional health in the widest possible sense.
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