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The margin of error is +/ - 1.5 % . Results are weighted on gender, race, education, voter registration status, and political party identification.  \nExecutive Summary  \nExecutive Summary  \nThere is a strong relationship between civic knowledge and civic engagement  \n• Regression of civic engagement on civic knowledge found that each additional correct answer was associated with a statistically significant increase in political engagement  \n• Relationship remained even when controlling for education; those who enrolled in or completed higher ed engaged in only slightly more civic activities than those not collegebound  \nThere is a strong relationship between civic engagement and satisfaction in/commitment to democracy  \n• Regression of satisfaction with democracy on civic engagement found that those who are more civically engaged are more satisfied with U.S. democracy  \n• High community engagement had an even stronger association with democracy satisfaction; each additional community activity makes an individual more likely to be satisfied with democracy  \nThe relationship between civic knowledge and democracy satisfaction is complicated  \n• Those who indicated higher retrospective levels of civic education had higher levels of democracy satisfaction; but  \n• Those who scored higher on the objective civic knowledge index reported less satisfaction with U.S. democracy  \nCivic Preparation Civic Knowledge  \nCivic Engagement Civic Commitment  \nCivic Knowledge  \nEqually-weighted (0-4) index on a common knowledge assessment developed to measure civic competence  \nTopics covered:  \n• Constitutional design of U.S. government institutions (2 Qs)  \n• The Bill of Rights (1 Qs)  \n• Current events/party control of legislature (1 Q)  \nGen Z respondents indicated low levels of civic knowledge.  \n8  \nHigh Civic Knowledge Analysis  \nHigh Civic Knowledge Levels  \nPolitical System Satisfaction  \nβ= -0.20  \nHigh Civic Knowledge Levels  \nOptimism About  \nβ= -0.16 US Democracy  \nHigh Civic Knowledge Levels  \nRejection of  \nβ= 0.21  \nViolence  \nHigh Civic Knowledge Levels  \nβ= 0.01  \nVoting Matters  \nHigh Civic Knowledge Levels  \nβ= -0.06  \nTrust in Government Institutions  \n(not statistically significant)  \nAbove: Gen Z with higher civic knowledge  \n(3+ correct on CKA) when compared to Gen Z with lower levels of civic knowledge (\u003C 3 correct) .  \nCivic  \nKnowledge Learnings  \n1  \n2  \n3  \nHigh scoring respondents indicated less pride in an American identity than low scorers.  \n4  \nHigh scoring respondents were more likely to indicate that democracy is defined by traditional components of democracy, such as elections, and rule by/of/for the people than low scorers who were more likely to indicate equality, justice, and fairness.  \nHigh scoring respondents were more likely to indicate that engagement with those they disagree with is stressful and frustrating than low scorers (44 .5 vs 33 .8) .  \nLow scorers were more likely to indicate engagement with those they disagree with is interesting and informative.  \nHigh scoring respondents were substantially more likely to indicate an intention to vote in both primary and general elections in 202","cbCaikQA0a6eubS6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikQA0a6eubS6","pdf",730323,23,"English","# Methodology\n# Executive Summary\n## Civic knowledge and civic engagement\n## Civic engagement and democracy commitment\n## Civic knowledge and democracy satisfaction\n# Civic Preparation\n## Civic Knowledge","[{\"question\":\"How was the survey for ages 18–24 conducted?\",\"answer\":\"Citizen Data surveyed 4,008 respondents aged 18–24 across the United States from August 21–25, 2023 using panel respondents. 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