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students’ civic participation in slovenia, italy and croatia ...
All three countries show the strongest relationship at the item Talking with
your parent(s) about political or social issues. This means that ICCS 2016
students who have higher SES, on average tend to discuss political or social
issues with parents more often.
Table 23: Relationship between discussion about political and social issues outside of school
and SES in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy
Slovenia Croatia Italy
Regression t-value Regression t-value Regression t-value
coefficient coefficient coefficient
Talking with your paren- 0,14 (0,02) 7,87 1,15 (0,02) 7,67 0,21 (0,02) 10,84
t(s) about political or 0,04 (0,02) 1,75
social issues 0,10 (0,02) 5,58 0,05 (0,02) 2,25 0,10 (0,02) 5,84
Watching television to 0,08 (0,02) 4,41
inform yourself about 0,11 (0,02) 6,41 0,11 (0,02) 6,39
national and internatio-
nal news 0,08 (0,02) 4,82 -0,01 -0,48
Talking with your paren- (0,02)
t(s) about what is
happening in other co-
untries
Talking with friends abo-
ut what is happening
in other countries
*Standard errors appear in parentheses.
5. Discussion
The results of this study provide insights into the relationships between so-
cio-economic status (SES) and civic and citizenship participation among
students in Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy. The study found a consistent and
statistically significant positive relationship between SES and participation
in school, with higher SES students reporting that they generally partici-
pated more often in civic and citizenship activities in school. Similar can be
said for participating in these activities in the wider community, but only
for ICCS students in Slovenia and Italy, while in Croatia, civic and citizen-
ship participation did not significantly increase with the increase of SES.
Overall, these results suggest that SES may play a role in shaping patterns
of participation in school and the wider community, but the relationship
may vary across different countries and other factors may also be impor-
tant. One possible explanation for the findings in Slovenia and Italy is that
higher SES students may have greater access to information and resourc-
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All three countries show the strongest relationship at the item Talking with
your parent(s) about political or social issues. This means that ICCS 2016
students who have higher SES, on average tend to discuss political or social
issues with parents more often.
Table 23: Relationship between discussion about political and social issues outside of school
and SES in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy
Slovenia Croatia Italy
Regression t-value Regression t-value Regression t-value
coefficient coefficient coefficient
Talking with your paren- 0,14 (0,02) 7,87 1,15 (0,02) 7,67 0,21 (0,02) 10,84
t(s) about political or 0,04 (0,02) 1,75
social issues 0,10 (0,02) 5,58 0,05 (0,02) 2,25 0,10 (0,02) 5,84
Watching television to 0,08 (0,02) 4,41
inform yourself about 0,11 (0,02) 6,41 0,11 (0,02) 6,39
national and internatio-
nal news 0,08 (0,02) 4,82 -0,01 -0,48
Talking with your paren- (0,02)
t(s) about what is
happening in other co-
untries
Talking with friends abo-
ut what is happening
in other countries
*Standard errors appear in parentheses.
5. Discussion
The results of this study provide insights into the relationships between so-
cio-economic status (SES) and civic and citizenship participation among
students in Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy. The study found a consistent and
statistically significant positive relationship between SES and participation
in school, with higher SES students reporting that they generally partici-
pated more often in civic and citizenship activities in school. Similar can be
said for participating in these activities in the wider community, but only
for ICCS students in Slovenia and Italy, while in Croatia, civic and citizen-
ship participation did not significantly increase with the increase of SES.
Overall, these results suggest that SES may play a role in shaping patterns
of participation in school and the wider community, but the relationship
may vary across different countries and other factors may also be impor-
tant. One possible explanation for the findings in Slovenia and Italy is that
higher SES students may have greater access to information and resourc-
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