abstract: 'Civic participation in the United States is highly unequal, resulting in

  a civic engagement gap between socioeconomic, racial, and gender groups.

  Variation in civic participation and the civic engagement gap remain

  contested, primarily as a result of inconsistent definitions and

  measurement issues in previous work. Using consistent measures from the

  Monitoring the Future Study from 1976 to 2009, I analyze whether

  sociodemographic gaps in youth civic participation changed during a

  period of growing income inequality. I find that since the 1970s,

  electoral participation decreased, volunteering increased, and social

  movement activity remained constant. Participation varied by

  sociodemographic group, with highly educated Whites most active in all

  activities. Females volunteered more than males, but participated at the

  same rate in all other activities. The gap between male and female

  volunteering increased over the time period, as did the socioeconomic

  gap in volunteering. Racial gaps in participation, however, remained

  relatively stable from 1976 to 2009.'
affiliation: 'Gaby, S (Corresponding Author), Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, 155
  Hamilton Hall,CB 3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA.

  Gaby, Sarah, Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, 155 Hamilton Hall,CB 3210, Chapel
  Hill, NC 27599 USA.'
author: Gaby, Sarah
author-email: sgaby@unc.edu
author_list:
- family: Gaby
  given: Sarah
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0044118X16678155
eissn: 1552-8499
files: []
issn: 0044-118X
journal: YOUTH \& SOCIETY
keywords: 'youth; civic engagement; inequality; political participation;

  volunteering; social movements; civic engagement gap'
keywords-plus: 'UNITED-STATES; PROTEST; RACE; ORGANIZATIONS; CITIZENSHIP; COMMUNITY;

  ACTIVISM; SOCIETY; YOUNG'
language: English
month: OCT
number: '7'
number-of-cited-references: '71'
pages: 923-946
papis_id: 6d6483d2ccc46b0d003b0f76484a2877
ref: Gaby2017civicengagement
times-cited: '32'
title: 'The Civic Engagement Gap(s): Youth Participation and Inequality From 1976
  to 2009'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000408883400004
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '46'
volume: '49'
web-of-science-categories: Social Issues; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Sociology
year: '2017'