Race, Gender, and Immigrant Status
This series of research products addresses youth civic engagement indicators based on race, ethnicity, gender and immigrant status.
RSSRace, Gender, and Immigrant Status
Working Paper 14: The Relationship between Secondary Education and Civic Development: Results from Two Field Experiments with Inner City Minorities
by John Anthony Philiips May 2004 “This study is additionally novel in the measures it uses to gauge civic engagement. Many scholars have characterized minority students as possessing less political knowledge and participating less in civic organizations than their white counterparts (Hodgkinson and Weitzman 1997, Niemi and Junn 1998, Lake et al. 2002). These findings Read More >
Working Paper 10: Mobilizing the Latino Youth Vote
by Melissa R. Michelson January 2004 “This paper describes the results of a field experiment aimed at increasing turnout among young Latinos in Fresno, California conducted in the fall of 2002. Canvassers went door-to-door during the final two weekends before Election Day to urge registered young people to go to the polls. Young people of Read More >
Around the CIRCLE–Summer 2003
Download the latest edition of CIRCLE’s quarterly publication (v1.i2–Summer 2003), Around the CIRCLE, from here. This issue includes the following articles: Around the Circle is designed to provide you with snapshots of the latest research on youth civic engagement and civic education. The newsletter features regular columns: Table of Contents Evidence of How Schools and Read More >
Electoral Engagement Among Latino Youth
by Mark Hugo Lopez March 2003 Based on Current Population Survey data and CIRCLE National Youth Survey 2002 data. Download “Electoral Engagement Among Latino Youth.”