Revisiting Civic Education: The Role of Proximal Contact in Child Political Socialization

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Brief Overview

I use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth from 1997 to show that children who recall having their father jailed during their youth, thereby experiencing proximal contact, are more likely to vote in elections if they developed civic interests.

Author

• Roshaun A. Colvin, University of Florida