A Cross-Context Analysis of Civic Engagement Linking CIVED and U.S: Census Data

This study investigates direct and indirect family, peer, school, and neighborhood effects on adolescents’ civic engagement utilizing data from the 1999 IEA Civic Education Study and the U.S. Census. The nationally representative sample consists of 2,729 students from 119 schools in the U.S. Multi-l...

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Main Authors: Judith Torney-Purta, Britt Wilkenfeld
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bielefeld University 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Social Science Education
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Online Access:http://www.jsse.org/2012/2012-1/pdf/Wilkenfeld-et-al-JSSE-1-2012.pdf