Is life satisfaction higher for citizens engaged in political participation: Analysis based on the Chinese social survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Political participation is an important component of civil rights. Several studies have shown that citizens' political participation not only influences the allocation of public resources, but also has a positive correlation with participants' life satisfaction. Recently, political participation has become increasingly frequent in China; however, the research on Chinese citizens' political participation and life satisfaction is insufficient. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between political participation and life satisfaction in the Chinese cultural context, and how this relationship varied under different conditions.

Methods

Based on 8,475 respondents from the 2015 Chinese Social Survey, ordinary least squares modeling was used to investigate the

SUBMITTER: Shi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803185 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature