Health and voting over the course of adulthood: Evidence from two British birth cohorts.

ABSTRACT: Systematic differences in voter turnout limit the capacity of public institutions to address the needs of under-represented groups. One critical question relates to the role of health as a mechanism driving these inequalities. This study explores the associations of self-rated health (SRH) and limitations in everyday activities with voting over the course of adulthood in the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study. We used data from participants who reported voting in the last general election at least once between the ages of 23 and 55 in the 1958 cohort and between the ages of 30 and 42 in the 1970 cohort. We examined associations controlling for a range of early-life and adult circumstances using random-effects models. Compared with those in good or bette

SUBMITTER: Gagne T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7211898 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature