The elderly are characterized as being more politically engaged than younger individuals. We will test this relationship by examining the relationship between RAGE (age categories) and CNTCTGOV (how often have you contacted a politician or civil servant) based on GSS 2014 data.

1. Which is the independent variable?
2. How would you describe the relationship between the two variables?
3. What might be some other social factors related to contacting politicians to express one’s view? Identify two reasons.

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cntctgov CONTACTED POLITICIAN OR CIVIL SERVANT TO EXPRESS VIEW * RAge recoded Age Crosstabulation RAge recoded Age 2.00 30-39 3.00 40-49 1.00 18-29 4.00 50-59 Total 1 Have done it in the past yr Count % within RAge recoded Age 7 14 34 cntctgov CONTACTED POUTICIAN OR CIVIL SERVANT TO EXPRESS VIEW 10.2% 10.4% 12.1% 19.7% 13.3% 2 Have done it in the more distant past Count 9 15 17 44 % within RAge recoded Age Count 6.1% 11.7% 25.9% 23.9% 17.3% 3 Have not done it but might do it 21 34 21 19 95 % within RAge recoded Age Count 42.9% 44.2% 36.2% 26.8% 37.3% 4 Have not done it and would never do it 20 26 15 21 82 % within RAge recoded Age 40.8% 33.8% 25.9% 29.6% 32.2% Total Count 49 77 58 71 255 % within RAge recoded Age 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%