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21 Although the lack of a clear relationship between voting and social participation is sometimes reported (Knoke 1982; Pollock 1982), or the strength of the relationship is depicted as ‘modest’ (Parry, Moyser and Day 1992:100), the conclusion is that the direct impact model is supported by the available evidence on the impact of activities in voluntary associations on voting behaviour. 1, however, is not unambiguously established, since most researchers do not check for recursive modelling. Probably the old dictum of Dahl still applies that ‘joining organizations and participating in politics reinforce one another’ (1961:299).
This suggests the social character of many of these memberships in fulfilling needs for friendship and sociability. 2 Voluntary association social profiles, by associational type * Members in each category. Individuals with multiple memberships (N=712) may be counted in more than one associational type, depending on how those memberships were categorized. interests related to occupation are also the source of many group affiliations. Less significant are those based around the local community, whether religious, secular or educational.