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Family Structure and Voter Turnout
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Family Structure and Voter Turnout
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Nicholas H Wolfinger
Department of Family and Consumer Studies
University of Utah
Nick.## email not listed ##
Raymond E. Wolfinger
Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract
We use data from the Voting and Registration Supplement of the Current Population Survey
to explore the effects of family structure on turnout in the 2000 presidential election. Our resultsindicate that family structure, defined as marital status and the presence of children, has substantialimplications for turnout. Married adults vote more frequently than do those who have never beenmarried; in turn, previously married people are the lightest voters. On the other hand, the effects ofchildren on turnout are small and inconsistent. These findings are only partially explained by socialand demographic differences.
Paper prepared for the 2006 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,Philadelphia
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We acknowledge Benjamin Highton for assistance with the CPS and Linda Keiter for obtaining the data.
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Family Structure and Voter Turnout
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Nicholas H Wolfinger
Department of Family and Consumer Studies
University of Utah
Nick.## email not listed ##
Raymond E. Wolfinger
Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
## email not listed ##
Abstract
We use data from the Voting and Registration Supplement of the Current Population Survey
to explore the effects of family structure on turnout in the 2000 presidential election. Our results
indicate that family structure, defined as marital status and the presence of children, has substantial
implications for turnout. Married adults vote more frequently than do those who have never been
married; in turn, previously married people are the lightest voters. On the other hand, the effects of
children on turnout are small and inconsistent. These findings are only partially explained by social
and demographic differences.
Paper prepared for the 2006 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Philadelphia
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We acknowledge Benjamin Highton for assistance with the CPS and Linda Keiter for obtaining the data.
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