How we measured Americans’ engagement in public life
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This piece explains how researchers measured Americans' engagement in public life using multimode surveys, address-based sampling and cluste…
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People who are highly engaged in public life are more likely than those who are less engaged to correctly answer several factual questions a…
Each of the two major parties includes people who are deeply involved in public life – across politics, community, religion and news – and t…
Americans who participate more in public life are more interested in politics – and more likely to have positive feelings about the state of…
Older adults are more likely to participate in civic activities like voting, donating or attending religious services, while younger adults …
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