Do Sociocultural Factors Drive Civic Engagement? An Examination of Political Interest and Religious Attendance

Piatak Jaclyn ()
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Piatak Jaclyn: Political Science & Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223-0001, USA

Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2023, vol. 14, issue 2, 185-204

Abstract: The U.S. simultaneously faces declining rates of and barriers to engagement, despite the importance to society and benefits to the participant. Research largely focuses on individual demographics, social, and economic characteristics, but what role do sociocultural factors play in civic engagement? This study examines the influence of political interest and religious attendance on five measures of civic engagement—formal volunteering, informal volunteering, public meeting attendance, voting, and blood donation. Religious attendance plays a greater role in volunteering while political interest plays a greater role in political participation. This work illustrates how different factors relate to different types of engagement. Findings demonstrate the need to move beyond socioeconomic factors to examine sociocultural factors that may influence civic engagement and the need for multiple measures of engagement.

Keywords: civic engagement; volunteering; voting; political interest; religiosity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1515/npf-2021-0052

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