Determinants of Electoral Non-Registration and Sensitive Neighbourhoods in France

Examines why eligible persons fail to register to vote in France. Differences between non-registration & abstention are pointed out. Data on explanatory factors for non-registration were drawn from the 2001 Neighborhood Life Survey of 11,919 people living in a wide range of low- to high-income n...

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Published inPopulation (English ed. : 2002) Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 143 - 156
Main Authors Shon, Jean-Louis Pan Ké, Shon, Jean-Louis Pan Ke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
French
Published Institut National d Etudes Demographiques 01.01.2004
PERSÉE : Université de Lyon, CNRS & ENS de Lyon
Paris : Institut national d'études démographiques
Institut national d'études démographiques
Subjects
Economic surveys
Educational levels
Elections
France
Higher education
Local elections
Musical register
Neighborhoods
Other things equal assumption
Presidential elections
Short Papers
Sociodemographic Factors
Voter registration
Voting
Voting Behavior
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Summary:Examines why eligible persons fail to register to vote in France. Differences between non-registration & abstention are pointed out. Data on explanatory factors for non-registration were drawn from the 2001 Neighborhood Life Survey of 11,919 people living in a wide range of low- to high-income neighborhoods. It was hypothesized that residents of poor neighborhoods would be more likely to be indifferent to political matters that they viewed as irrelevant to their problems & therefore more likely not to register to vote. The results of logistic regression analysis indicated that the main causes of non-registration were a low educational level, weak social integration, unemployment, low income, & membership in a large family (six people or more). In addition, living in a neighborhood with poorer socio-economic profiles (ZUS neighborhood) was shown to increase the probability of voter non-registration; religious affiliation was associated with a higher registration rate; females in ZUS neighborhoods had a higher registration rate than their male counterparts; & non-registration was higher among young people in ZUS neighborhoods than in non-ZUS neighborhoods. The implications are discussed. Tables, References. J. Lindroth
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ISSN:1634-2941
1958-9190
DOI:10.2307/3654932