In November 2020, we* collected the first wave of data for The Longitudinal Study of Dynamics of Social Life During COVID-19 (DSL-COVID). This is a nationally representative survey with an oversample of Asian Americans. Our statistics are adjusted with weights so that our results are generalizable to the US population. Our survey includes 592 Asian Americans and 1,775 whites.
PARTICIPATION IN RACIAL JUSTICE
- 39% of Asian Americans participated in at least one racial justice-oriented activity during Fall 2020.
- Racial justice-oriented activities include attending a protest, donating money to an organization focused on racial justice, volunteering for an event or association related to racial justice, and learning more about racial issues in the United States.
- Young Asian American adults had the highest rates of participation in racial justice activities, and older Asian American adults had the lowest participation rates.
- Asian Americans who spend more hours weekly on social media are more likely to participate in at least one racial justice-oriented activity.
*Project PI=Grace Kao, IBM Professor of Sociology, Yale University.
Graduate Student RAs: Hannah Tessler and Meera Choi, Department of Sociology, Yale University.
**We gratefully acknowledge support from the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University.
Suggested Citation:
Choi, Meera, Hannah Tessler, and Grace Kao. 2021. “Young Asian Americans are More Politically Engaged than Older Asian Americans During COVID-19.” Research Brief from The Longitudinal Study of Dynamics of Social Life During COVID-19 (DSL-COVID). https://campuspress.yale.edu/dslcovid/fact-sheet-2/.