Pacheco Julianna, Fletcher Jason
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa.
Associate Professor of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Polit Res Q. 2015 Mar;68(1):104-116. doi: 10.1177/1065912914563548. Epub 2014 Dec 23.
We argue that research on political behavior, including political participation, public opinion, policy responsiveness, and political inequality will be strengthened by studying the role of health. We then provide evidence that health matters for voter turnout and partisanship. Using the General Social Survey (GSS) and The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we find that people who report poor health are less likely to vote and identify with the Republican Party. Moreover, the effects of health on voter turnout and partisanship appear to have both developmental and contemporaneous components. Taken together, our findings suggest that may have significant .
我们认为，通过研究健康的作用，对政治行为的研究，包括政治参与、公众舆论、政策响应和政治不平等，将会得到加强。然后我们提供证据表明，健康对选民投票率和党派归属至关重要。利用综合社会调查（GSS）和青少年健康全国纵向研究（Add Health），我们发现，报告健康状况不佳的人投票的可能性较小，且不太认同共和党。此外，健康对选民投票率和党派归属的影响似乎既有发展性成分，也有同时期成分。综合来看，我们的研究结果表明， 可能具有重大 。
