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Table 4 Civic engagement measures in the U.S.: Tufts Equity Survey, 2020 (n = 1267)

From: Assessing equity in health, wealth, and civic engagement: a nationally representative survey, United States, 2020

Factor

Equity Survey Totals n (weighted percentage)

Party Affiliation

 Democrat

424 (35.4%)

 Republican

398 (28.3%)

 Other

445 (36.3%)

Civic Engagement

 None

776 (63.3%)

 At least one

491 (36.7%)

Ever worked together informally with someone or some group to solve a problem in the community (community problem-solving)

 Yes, within the past 12 months

171 (13.4%)

 Yes, but not within the past 12 months

241 (17.2%)

 No

846 (68.5%)

 Refused

9 (0.9%)

Civic engagement: personal efficacy

 Refused

14 (1.1%)

 No difference at all

322 (24.7%)

 A little difference

527 (41.3%)

 Some difference

334 (26.9%)

 A great deal of difference

70 (6.0%)

Civic engagement: collective efficacy

 Refused

10 (0.8%)

 No difference at all

90 (7.5%)

 A little difference

271 (20.9%)

 Some difference

573 (44.7%)

 A great deal of difference

323 (26.0%)

Civic engagement: Regular local voting

 Missing (not asked/refused/missing)

132 (13.6%)

 Never vote in local elections

112 (10.9%)

 Rarely vote in local elections

132 (12.1%)

 Sometimes vote in local elections

276 (21.0%)

 Always vote in local elections

615 (42.4%)

Civic engagement: Plan to vote in 2020 (1 represents someone who definitely will not vote and 10 represents someone who definitely will vote)

 Refused

12 (1.3%)

 1

112 (10.1%)

 2–5

15 (10.4%)

 6–9

133 (12.6%)

 10

913 (65.7%)

  1. Source: Authors’ analysis of Tufts Equity Survey, 2020. Sample sizes are unweighted. Percentages have sample weights applied to be representative of U.S. population