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To what extent does political participation in other forms than election depend on gender and age?

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Values among 41 countries

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Definition:	Representative participation in alternative forms of participation (signing petitions, attending lawful demonstrations) in terms of gender and age. Calculated as follows: (1) Calculation of gaps in terms of gender and in terms of age (3 groups: 15-30; 31-65; 65+): gender gap = mean of share of women in survey – share of female participating respondents (signing petitions / attending demonstrations) and share of men in survey – share of male participating respondents (signing petitions / attending demonstrations) (differences in absolute values); age gap = mean of share of respondents 18-30/31-65/65+ years old – respective share of 18-30/31-65/65+ year old participating respondents (signing petitions / attending demonstrations) (differences in absolute values). (2) Calculation of degree of unrepresentative turnout: sum of gender gap + age gap. (3) Overall mean of both indicators (signing petition / attending demonstrations) for unrepresentative participation. (4) The scale was reversed by multiplying its values by -1.
Year:	2016
Unit:	Standardized Scale
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Democracy Barometer
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, CAN, CHL, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	NOR (2015), TUR (2013)
Annotation:	Democracy Barometer: Aggregated and Standardized Indicators, Variable: ‘Representative participation in alternative forms of participation (signing petitions, attending lawful demonstrations) in terms of gender and age’ [Repaltgeag] URL: http://www.democracybaromete… http://www.democracybaromete… retrieved November 8th, 2018

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	137.8325
Minimum:	-51.8675
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Equality of Participation (Gender, Age)

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Upper middle group

Australia

8.7

111.18

Austria

8.3

101.58

Iceland

8.3

101.34

New Zealand

8.2

99.96

Sweden

8.2

99.87

USA

8.1

98.01

Ireland

8.0

96.68

Slovakia

7.8

91.95

Chile

7.8

91.90

Norway

7.6

86.53

Switzerland

7.5

85.84

Belgium

7.5

84.78

France

7.4

83.23

Mexico

7.4

82.28

Netherlands

7.2

78.70

7.2

78.65

Cyprus

7.1

77.08

Spain

6.9

73.21

Germany

6.9

71.49

Italy

6.7

68.26

Israel

6.6

65.17

Estonia

6.5

64.27

Denmark

6.5

63.22

South Korea

6.1

55.64

Hungary

6.0

53.46

Lower middle group

Latvia

5.9

52.20

Slovenia

5.9

51.41

Czechia

5.9

50.99

Bulgaria

5.6

45.11

Japan

5.6

44.24

Lithuania

5.1

33.83

Poland

4.7

27.08

Luxembourg

4.4

19.27

Malta

4.4

19.27

Romania

4.2

16.08

Canada

3.9

9.87

Finland

3.8

6.82

Croatia

3.8

6.55

Greece

3.6

3.23

Portugal

3.1

-7.40

Bottom group

Turkey

2.8

-14.80

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