March 27, 2024

Study links civic participation to longer lives

Governing - Average life expectancy is three years shorter in communities where there are barriers to participation in civic life, whether access to libraries and broadband Internet, deliberations over policy, or voting, according to a new report on well-being in the nation’s counties from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Participatory budgeting stands out among strategies to increase engagement, says Sheri Johnson, the report’s principal investigator.

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