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Table 5.5. The Internet and Political Engagement, 1998 CY101-05 0 521 80067 6 P1: IBE/IRP/IQR/IRR
Voted Displayed message Attended event Worked on campaign Donated money
B Standard error B Standard error B Standard error B Standard error B Standard error
Education 0.22 ∗∗ 0.05 −0.27 ∗∗ 0.09 −0.03 0.09 −0.08 0.16 0.25 ∗∗ 0.08
Age 0.05 ∗∗ 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 −0.01 0.02 0.03 ∗∗ 0.01
Income 0.04 ∗∗ 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.08 0.05 0.06 ∗∗ 0.02
Sex 0.11 0.14 −0.21 0.26 −0.55 ∗ 0.28 0.17 0.46 0.09 0.22 CY101-Bimber
Latino/a 0.06 0.23 0.07 0.41 0.63 0.40 0.50 0.64 0.24 0.38
Race 0.16 0.20 −0.01 0.40 0.70 0.36 −6.97 19.98 −0.46 0.40
Contacted 0.75 ∗∗ 0.17 1.12 ∗∗ 0.26 0.90 ∗∗ 0.28 0.69 0.48 0.31 0.23
Interest 0.89 ∗∗ 0.11 0.84 ∗∗ 0.20 1.20 ∗∗ 0.23 1.16 ∗∗ 0.40 0.70 ∗∗ 0.18
Trust others 0.52 ∗∗ 0.15 0.07 0.27 0.02 0.29 0.24 0.49 0.09 0.23
Efficacy 0.07 0.06 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.11 −0.08 0.19 0.07 0.09
Used Internet for 0.21 0.26 0.51 0.40 0.45 0.40 0.34 0.63 0.98 ∗∗ 0.30 August 13, 2002
political information
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Constant −5.05 ∗∗ 0.38 −3.91 ∗∗ 0.62 −5.48 ∗∗ 0.70 −6.49 1.25 −7.10 ∗∗ 0.65
N = 1, 190, N = 1, 190, N = 1, 190, N = 1, 190, N = 1, 190,
chi-sq. = 425, chi-sq. = 60, chi-sq. = 75, chi-sq. = 28, chi-sq. = 127,
p = 0.00, p = 0.00, p = 0.00, p = 0.00, p = 0.00,
Nagel. r 2 = 0.40 Nagel. r 2 = 0.13 Nagel. r 2 = 0.18 Nagel. r 2 = 0.15 Nagel. r 2 = 0.22 12:12
Notes: Table shows unstandardized logistic regression coefficients for models predicting whether respondents voted in the elections for the year shown; wore a
campaign button or displayed a campaign sticker or yard sign; attended a meeting, rally, speech, or dinner in support of a candidate; did any work for a party
or candidate; or donated money to an individual candidate, party, or group. The sex variable is coded 0 for men and 1 for women; the race variable compares
white/Caucasian with other racial categories combined; the contacted variable measures whether the respondent was contacted by a party during the campaign;
the efficacy variable measures level of disagreement with the statement, “People like me don’t have any say about what the government does.”
∗ = significant at 0.05 level.
∗∗ = significant at 0.01 level.
Source: American National Election Studies, 1998.