Levels of participation in individual civic activities, by demographic and health characteristics of respondents
| Type of individual civic participation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attend council meeting % (n) | Written to council % (n) | Contact local MP % (n) | Contact councillor % (n) | Signed petition % (n) | Attend protest meeting % (n) | Written letter/ editor % (n) | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Men | 3.9 (44) | 11.4 (128) | 11.9 (133) | 9.1 (102) | 37.0 (415)4-150 | 8.0 (90) | 4.3 (48) |
| Women | 4.3 (59) | 10.3 (142) | 10.6 (146) | 7.4 (101) | 43.5 (598) | 6.4 (88) | 3.4 (46) |
| p Value | 0.638 | 0.390 | 0.314 | 0.115 | 0.001 | 0.116 | 0.229 |
| Age | |||||||
| 18–59 | 4.2 (69) | 11.2 (182) | 10.4 (169) | 7.4 (120) | 46.8 (762)4-150 | 8.4 (137)4-150 | 4.1 (67) |
| 60+ | 3.9 (32) | 9.7 (80) | 12.8 (105) | 9.5 (78) | 28.4 (235) | 4.5 (37) | 3.3 (27) |
| p Value | 0.664 | 0.257 | 0.078 | 0.071 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.295 |
| Education | |||||||
| Low | 4.3 (15) | 8.5 (29)4-150 | 7.9 (27)4-150 | 6.4 (22) | 17.2 (59)4-150 | 2.6 (9)4-150 | 1.2 (4)4-150 |
| Medium | 3.2 (55) | 10.0 (170) | 10.3 (176) | 7.9 (134) | 40.3 (687) | 5.6 (96) | 2.9 (50) |
| High | 7.6 (31) | 16.7 (68) | 16.6 (68) | 10.6 (43) | 61.9 (253) | 17.2 (70) | 9.8 (40) |
| p Value | 0.038 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.039 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Household income | |||||||
| <$15 600 | 4.1 (32) | 6.9 (54)4-150 | 10.1 (79) | 6.6 (51)4-150 | 31.5 (247)4-150 | 4.5 (35)4-150 | 2.4 (19)4-150 |
| $15 600–$31 199 | 2.7 (15) | 8.5 (47) | 9.6 (53) | 7.2 (40) | 40.2 (222) | 6.0 (33) | 3.4 (19) |
| $31 200–$46 799 | 4.5 (19) | 14.5 (61) | 13.1 (55) | 9.3 (39) | 50.5 (212) | 9.3 (39) | 4.8 (20) |
| $46 800–$62 399 | 5.8 (14) | 15.7 (38) | 14.9 (36) | 11.7 (28) | 52.1 (126) | 9.1 (22) | 7.0 (17) |
| $62 400+ | 5.2 (15) | 14.8 (43) | 11.4 (33) | 10.4 (30) | 51.2 (149) | 14.1 (41) | 5.2 (15) |
| p Value | 0.243 | 0.000 | 0.073 | 0.005 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Physical health (<60) | |||||||
| Low | 5.0 (26) | 12.6 (66) | 12.6 (66) | 8.1 (42) | 41.2 (215)4-150 | 7.1 (37) | 4.6 (24) |
| High | 3.7 (39) | 10.5 (110) | 9.4 (98) | 7.0 (73) | 49.5 (518) | 9.1 (95) | 3.9 (41) |
| p Value | 0.244 | 0.213 | 0.047 | 0.430 | 0.002 | 0.185 | 0.526 |
| Physical health (⩾60) | |||||||
| Low | 2.6 (14) | 7.5 (40)4-150 | 10.8 (58)4-150 | 7.9 (42) | 27.0 (145) | 3.7 (20) | 2.2 (12) |
| High | 6.6 (15) | 15.4 (35) | 18.5 (42) | 12.8 (29) | 32.9 (75) | 7.5 (17) | 4.8 (11) |
| p Value | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.033 | 0.100 | 0.028 | 0.053 |
| Mental health (<60) | |||||||
| Low | 3.1 (11) | 10.9 (39) | 10.6 (38) | 7.3 (26) | 45.5 (163) | 10.6 (38) | 4.7 (17) |
| High | 4.5 (17) | 11.3 (137) | 10.4 (126) | 7.4 (89) | 47.1 (570) | 7.8 (94) | 4.0 (48) |
| p Value | 0.247 | 0.853 | 0.909 | 0.954 | 0.608 | 0.095 | 0.515 |
| Mental health (⩾60) | |||||||
| Low | 4.9 (7) | 8.5 (12) | 10.6 (15) | 8.5 (12) | 26.1 (37) | 4.2 (6) | 2.1 (3) |
| High | 3.5 (22) | 10.1 (63) | 13.7 (85) | 9.6 (59) | 29.4 (183) | 5.0 (31) | 3.2 (20) |
| p Value | 0.433 | 0.541 | 0.317 | 0.678 | 0.431 | 0.707 | 0.480 |
| Social isolation | |||||||
| Low | 4.7 (78) | 10.9 (182) | 11.6 (195) | 8.6 (143) | 41.6 (698) | 7.6 (128) | 3.9 (66) |
| High | 3.3 (25) | 10.6 (81) | 10.4 (79) | 7.1 (54) | 38.8 (295) | 6.4 (49) | 3.2 (24) |
| p Value | 0.119 | 0.863 | 0.370 | 0.227 | 0.195 | 0.287 | 0.346 |
| Total | 4.1 (103) | 10.8 (270) | 11.2 (279) | 8.2 (203) | 40.6 (1013) | 7.1 (178) | 3.8 (94) |
↵4-150 p<0.006 (with Bonferroni correction of 9).