Name: Israel Chora
Section: Undergraduate Research
Professional Email: israelchora@ucsb.edu
Professional Status: Undergraduate Student
Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara
Scheduling Preference: Friday Afternoon
Proposal Type: Paper
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Paper Title:  The Majority-Minority State: An Examination of Latinx Political Engagement
Abstract:
The Latinx population is the largest ethnic group in California (Pew Research Center, 2014). This population experiences low educational attainment and earned income (Gutierrez and Zavalla, 2009). These inequalities have a negative effect on civic engagement and political efficacy (Brady, Verba Schlozman, 1995). This paper explores how material inequality, parental socialization and resources such as available time, affect Latinx youth civic engagement. To investigate this phenomenon we conducted an in-person survey targeting youth in the Santa Barbara-Isla Vista areas. Preliminary results show that material inequality and parental socialization are key to understanding low Latinx political engagement.