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Health and Voting in Young Adulthood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2017

Christopher Ojeda  and
Julianna Pacheco
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Abstract

Do changes in health lead to changes in the probability of voting? Using two longitudinal datasets, this article looks at the impact of three measures of health – physical health, mental health and overall well-being – on voting trajectories in young adulthood. The results show that self-rated health is associated with a lower probability of voting in one’s first election, depression is related to a decline in turnout over time and physical limitations are unrelated to voting. Some familial resources from childhood are also found to condition when the health–participation effect manifests.

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votingturnouthealthdepressiondevelopment

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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , July 2019 , pp. 1163 - 1186
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Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, Stanford University (email: cojeda@stanford.edu); Department of Political Science, University of Iowa (email: julianna-pacheco@uiowa.edu). Data replication sets are available in Harvard Dataverse at: doi:10.7910/DVN/ZTJWUF and online appendices are available at https://doi.org/doi:10.1017/S0007123417000151.

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