Specifics of the Political Activism of Elderly Citizens of Russia, the Czech Republic and Sweden: Comparative Analysis

<p>In this study we compare the features of political activism of eldery citizens of Russia, Czech and Sweden. The investigation was conducted on the basis of European Social Survey, round 6 (2012/2013). Using binary logistic regression we analyzed the influence of social ties, political aptitude, ageism, appurtenance to an ethnic minority and a number of other demographical characteristics on political activism manifestation in individual, contact and collective modes. In the analysis we found a strong influence of education on political activism manifestation in all three countries. In Russia the interest in politics has the same influence.</p><p>Political activism of Swedish eldery largely depends on age and gender, in Czech - different characteristics are important on different modes of political activism.</p><p>The hypothesis about influence of ageism and appurtenance to an ethnic minority wasn&#39;t confirmed, as well as an influence of social ties.</p><p>Moreover, we found out that a chance of Swedish eldery to political activism manifestation in some form is better than chances of Russia and Czech citizens.</p>