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Voting turnout and population health status in the OECD countries: the role of healthcare systems

  • Journal of Safety and Crisis Management
  • Abbr : JSCM
  • 2019, 9(1), pp.15-17
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general
  • Published : June 30, 2019

Dohyeong Kim 1 Kim, Hyoungah 1

1Univ. of Texas at Dallas

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Despite ample evidence on individual-level relationship between voting behaviors and health conditions, the country-level bidirectional association between political participation and health outcome remain uncertain. We used simultaneous equation methods to explore the bidirectional connection between self-reported health status and voting turnout among 36 OECD countries. The results confirmed that health condition promotes voting turnout and a higher voting rate also stimulates health status, even at the country level. Our approach could provide a framework for understanding a recursive interrelationship between the aggregated health and political indicators, highlighting the roles of country-level institutional and cultural determinants.

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