제19대 총선에서 나타난 투표참여 결정요인의 연령별 다양성 = Diversity in the Determinants of Voter Participation across Age Groups in the 2012 Legislative Election

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study examines whether the determinants of voter participation vary across age groups in the 2012 legislative election of Korea. Utilizing KSDC post-election survey data, this study shows that individual contacts with candidates or political parties, electoral efficacy, the presence of supporting parties, and civic duty of voting promote the likelihood of voter participation, whereas voter resources, including income, educational attainment, and the experience of organizational activities, have no significant effect on the dependent variable. In addition, it shows that electoral efficacy promotes the likelihood of voter participation of the young voters under the 40s rather than the old voters. Based on these findings, the author claims that more efforts to instil civic duty, party identification, and electoral efficacy may help promoting voter participation, especially for young voters.