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Crosstabs. Types of relationships. Linear Spurious Intervening Interaction effects. Spurious effects. Does past participation affect current participation?. Past: Before September 2004, had you ever written a letter to some member of the local government? yes, no
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Types of relationships • Linear • Spurious • Intervening • Interaction effects
Does past participation affect current participation? • Past: Before September 2004, had you ever written a letter to some member of the local government? yes, no • Present: number of activities (categories 0-2).
Past and current participation | Had you ever written | a letter to some | member of the local polpartbes | government c | No Yes | Total -----------+----------------------+---------- 0 | 524 6 | 530 | 53.41 8.82 | 50.52 -----------+----------------------+---------- 1 | 148 3 | 151 | 15.09 4.41 | 14.39 -----------+----------------------+---------- 2 | 309 59 | 368 | 31.50 86.76 | 35.08 -----------+----------------------+---------- Total | 981 68 | 1,049 | 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 Kendall's tau-b = 0.2528 ASE = 0.024
But, is this spurious? Z Participation before Violence Participation after Violence What could be Z?
Z could be self efficacy • Self efficacy causes both past and current political participation. • So, the idea is that past participation is not the only cause of current political participation. • So, we need to control for self efficacy.
Self efficacy . tab capabyou Compared to | most political | leaders, how | much better or | worse could you | personall | Freq. Percent Cum. ----------------+----------------------------------- Much worse | 143 23.03 23.03 Somewhat worse | 157 25.28 48.31 Equally | 161 25.93 74.24 Somewhat better | 111 17.87 92.11 Much better | 49 7.89 100.00 ----------------+----------------------------------- Total | 621 100.00
…if self efficacy is low | Had you ever written | a letter to some | member of the local polpartbes | government c | No Yes | Total -----------+----------------------+---------- 0 | 179 3 | 182 | 62.15 37.50 | 61.49 -----------+----------------------+---------- 1 | 46 1 | 47 | 15.97 12.50 | 15.88 -----------+----------------------+---------- 2 | 63 4 | 67 | 21.88 50.00 | 22.64 -----------+----------------------+---------- Total | 288 8 | 296 | 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 Kendall's tau-b = 0.0929 ASE = 0.062 syntax tab polpartbesc letterloc if capabyou < 3, col taub
…if self efficacy is medium | Had you ever written | a letter to some | member of the local polpartbes | government c | No Yes | Total -----------+----------------------+---------- 0 | 73 2 | 75 | 51.41 50.00 | 51.37 -----------+----------------------+---------- 1 | 20 0 | 20 | 14.08 0.00 | 13.70 -----------+----------------------+---------- 2 | 49 2 | 51 | 34.51 50.00 | 34.93 -----------+----------------------+---------- Total | 142 4 | 146 | 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 Kendall's tau-b = 0.0253 ASE = 0.086 syntax tab polpartbesc letterloc if capabyou == 3, col taub
…if self efficacy is high | Had you ever written | a letter to some | member of the local polpartbes | government c | No Yes | Total -----------+----------------------+---------- 0 | 272 1 | 273 | 49.36 1.79 | 44.98 -----------+----------------------+---------- 1 | 82 2 | 84 | 14.88 3.57 | 13.84 -----------+----------------------+---------- 2 | 197 53 | 250 | 35.75 94.64 | 41.19 -----------+----------------------+---------- Total | 551 56 | 607 | 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 Kendall's tau-b = 0.3167 ASE = 0.025 syntax tab polpartbesc letterloc if capabyou > 3, col taub
So, what is the conclusion? • Past participation only has an impact when self efficacy is high. • Controlling for self efficacy, the effect of past participation on current participation is mitigated. • Therefore, the effect is partially spurious.
Intervening relationship Political interest Self efficacy Participation
So, let’s look at the relationship between political interest and participation
Political interest and political participation | How much interest do you have in political polpartbes | affairs c | No intere Not very A fair am A great d | Total -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 0 | 174 287 61 4 | 526 | 62.59 53.35 28.64 12.12 | 49.53 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 1 | 40 82 30 3 | 155 | 14.39 15.24 14.08 9.09 | 14.60 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 2 | 64 169 122 26 | 381 | 23.02 31.41 57.28 78.79 | 35.88 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- Total | 278 538 213 33 | 1,062 | 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 Kendall's tau-b = 0.3511 ASE = 0.026
So, now what do we need to do to see if political interest has an effect on participation BECAUSE it causes self efficacy? • In other words, how do we find out that it is the ONLY reason?
Political interest and participation when self efficacy is high | How much interest do you have in political polpartbes | affairs c | No intere Not very A fair am A great d | Total -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 0 | 107 184 52 3 | 346 | 56.61 50.55 28.57 9.68 | 45.17 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 1 | 25 60 21 2 | 108 | 13.23 16.48 11.54 6.45 | 14.10 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 2 | 57 120 109 26 | 312 | 30.16 32.97 59.89 83.87 | 40.73 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- Total | 189 364 182 31 | 766 | 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 Kendall's tau-b = 0.1728 ASE = 0.031 . tab polpartbesc polint if capabyou > 3, col taub
Political interest and participation when self efficacy is low | How much interest do you have in political polpartbes | affairs c | No intere Not very A fair am A great d | Total -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 0 | 67 103 9 1 | 180 | 75.28 59.20 29.03 50.00 | 60.81 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 1 | 15 22 9 1 | 47 | 16.85 12.64 29.03 50.00 | 15.88 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- 2 | 7 49 13 0 | 69 | 7.87 28.16 41.94 0.00 | 23.31 -----------+--------------------------------------------+---------- Total | 89 174 31 2 | 296 | 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 Kendall's tau-b = 0.1460 ASE = 0.046 . tab polpartbesc polint if capabyou < 3, col taub