scholarly journals Socioeconomic Status and Public Sector Worker Stereotypes: Results from a Representative Survey

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isa Bertram ◽  
Robin Bouwman ◽  
Lars Tummers
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Representative Survey

The role of motivation in the digital divide: The moderating effect of device access

2021 ◽  
pp. 205015792110606
Author(s):  
Lian Wang ◽  
Chun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Representative Survey

Socioeconomic status and demographic determinants are the most commonly examined factors in the study of the second-order digital divide regarding the differences associated with Internet use. The role of motivation in digital inequalities is comparatively less studied. We examine motivation and access variables in this paper. Statistical analysis based on a representative survey conducted in China indicates that motivation is a salient predictor of Internet use when other factors are controlled. In addition, device access significantly moderates the association between motivation and certain types of Internet use. While mobile-only users show the same, if not stronger, motivation for using the Internet for the purposes of study, entertainment, and e-commerce, they actually use those functions to a lesser extent than multimodal users. Hence, the digital divide is a multifaceted issue that requires a comprehensive solution.

scholarly journals The influence of socioeconomic status on job and life satisfaction among low-income employees in Johor Local Authorities

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-136
Author(s):  
Errna Nadhirah Binti Kamalulil ◽  
Siti Aisyah Binti Panatik ◽  
Farhan Sarwar
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Self Report

Numerous studies have found that low socioeconomic status leads to negative well-being in work and non-work domains. However, evidence on this issue from the Malaysian context is scarce. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the influence of socioeconomic status on life and job satisfaction among low-income employees working in the public sector quantitatively. Self-report questionnaires from 265 respondents were obtained using the convenience sampling technique and analyzed using SPSS 26.0 and SmartPLS 3.0. The findings indicate that socioeconomic status has a positive influence on life and job satisfaction. Therefore, the study contributes insights into the socioeconomic status factors which determine life satisfaction and job satisfaction, specifically to low-income employees working in the Malaysian public sector.

scholarly journals The biggest public sector challenges in Germany - A citizen perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurgen Willems ◽  
Lisa Schmidthuber ◽  
Moritz Schmid ◽  
Monika Knassmüller ◽  
Falk Ebinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
The Public ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Research And Policy

This report provides insights into citizens' perceptions on current challenges for the public sector, both for the German public sector as a whole and for cities and municipalities (n = 1,573). In a representative survey, respondents were asked about the challenges the public sector is facing, by evaluating ten different topics. Based on the ranking of topics and comparisons across subgroups, we can provide an insight into citizens' expectations in order to set priorities in public administration research and policy development.

scholarly journals COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK: A longitudinal household cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kausik Chaudhuri ◽  
Anindita Chakrabarti ◽  
Joht Singh Chandan ◽  
Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Background: The global morbidity and mortality burden of COVID19 has been substantial, often widening preexisting inequalities. The approved COVID19 vaccines have shown great promise in reducing disease transmission and severity of outcomes. However, the success of the COVID19 vaccine rollout is dependent on public acceptance and willingness to be vaccinated. In this study, we aim to examine how the attitude towards public sector officials and the government impact vaccine willingness with a secondary aim to understand the impact of ethnicity on this relationship. Methods: This crosssectional study used data from a UK population based longitudinal household survey (Understanding Society COVID19 study, Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study) between April 2020 to January 2021. Data from 22421 participants in Waves 6 and 7 of the study were included after excluding missing data. Demographic details in addition to previous survey responses relating to public sector/governmental trust were included in as covariates in the main analyses. A logit model was produced to describe the association between public sector/governmental mistrust and the willingness for vaccination with interaction terms included to account for ethnicity/socioeconomic status. Findings: In support of existing literature, we identified those from BAME groups were more likely to be unwilling to take the COVID19 vaccine. We found that positive opinions towards public sector officials (OR 2.680: 95% CI 1.888 3.805) and the UK government (OR 3.400; 95% CI 2.454 4.712) led to substantive increase in vaccine willingness. Most notably we identified this effect to be vary across ethnicity and socioeconomic status with those from South Asian background (OR 4.513; 95% CI 1.012 20.123) the most unwilling to be vaccinated when their trust in public sector officials were affected. Interpretation: These findings suggests that trust in public sector officials may play a key factor in the low vaccination rates particularly seen in at risk groups. Given the additional morbidity/mortality risk posed by COVID19 to those from lower socioeconomic or ethnic minority backgrounds, there needs to be urgent public health action to review how to tailor health promotion advice given to these groups and examine methods to improve trust in public sector officials and the Government. Funding: No funding

Who Speaks? Citizen Political Voice on the Internet Commons

Daedalus ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Lehman Schlozman ◽  
Sidney Verba ◽  
Henry E. Brady
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Electronic Technologies ◽  
Politically Active ◽  
The Web ◽  
Participatory Inequality

Using an August 2008 representative survey of Americans conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, we investigate the consequences of Internet-based political activity for long-standing patterns of participatory inequality. There is little evidence of change in the extent to which political participation is stratified by socioeconomic status, even when we account for the fact that the well educated and affluent are more likely to be Internet users. However, because young adults are much more likely than their elders to be comfortable with electronic technologies and to use the Internet, the Web has ameliorated the well-known participatory deficit among those who have recently joined the electorate. Still, among Internet users, the young are not especially politically active. How these trends play out in the future depends on what happens to the current Web-savvy younger generation and the cohorts that follow as well as on the rapidly developing political capacities of the Web.

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