| Table 12.8 The Factors That Foster Political Participation | ||||
| Substantial Effect | Some Effect | Small Effect | No Effect | |
| TIME-BASED ACTS | Civic skills, Interest | Education, Free | Income | Vocabulary, Partisanship, |
| time, Information, | Citizenship, Job level, | |||
| Efficacy | Organizational affiliation, | |||
| Religious attendance | ||||
| VOTING | Interest, Information, | Religious | Vocabulary, | Education, Civic skills, Free time, |
| Partisan strength, | attendance | Income, Efficacy | Job Level, Organizational Affiliation | |
| Citizenship | ||||
| POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS | Income | Interest | Partisan strength, | Education, Civic skills, Vocabulary, |
| Information | Free time, Efficacy, Citizenship, | |||
| job level, Organizational | ||||
| affiliation, Religious attendance | ||||
| POLITICAL DISCUSSION | Interest | Information | Income, Partisan | Education, Vocabulary, Civic skills, |
| strength | Free time, Efficacy, Citizenship, | |||
| Job Level, Organizational Affiliation | ||||
| Source: Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Henry E. Brady. 1995. Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. | ||||