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Youth Attitudes and Beliefs
This series of research products address youth attitudes and beliefs towards various aspects of community and political participation.
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Adolescents’ Trust and Civic Participation in the United States: Analysis of Data from the IEA Civic Education Study
by Judith Torney-Purta, Wendy Klandl Richardson, and Carolyn Henry Barber August 2004 Based on data from the IEA Civic Education study. Compares American youth’s levels of trust with that of youth from four countries of varying political history. Also, examines how trust relates to expectations of future civic participation. Download “Adolescents’ Trust and Civic Participation Read More >
Working Paper 17: Trust in Government-Related Institutions and Civic Engagement among Adolescents: Analysis of Five Countries from the IEA Civic Education Study
by Judith Torney-Purta, Wendy Klandl Richardson, and Carolyn Henry Barber August 2004 “The purpose of this paper is to examine different facets of trust in the political system or civic realm and how they are correlated to the expected civic or political engagement of young people. The nature and effects of trust in social and Read More >
National Youth Survey, 2004
National Youth Survey, 2004 On January 15, CIRCLE and the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the Council for Excellence in Government released a new survey of 1,000 Americans between the ages of 15 and 25. Analyze Data with SDA: nys04sda Questionnaire and Toplines: nys04toplines.pdf For raw data sets email CIRCLE staff Researcher Surbhi Godsay Read More >
How Young People Express Their Political Views
by Michael Olander July 2003 Based on CIRCLE Civic & Political Health 2002 survey. Download “How Young People Express Their Political Views.”
Working Paper 05: Promoting Positive Citizenship: Priming Youth for Action
In working paper #5, authors hypothesize that influences in early adolescence lead to civic engagement in late adolescence. Civic engagement in late adolescence then leads to civic engagement in young adulthood.
