°Political activities
	‘Have you participated in the following political activities in the past 5 years’, in %
	Development			Education				Age
	1995	2007		low	intermediate	high		18–39 years	40–59 years	60+ years
Signed an initiative/referendum	69.0	63.1		41.2	63.1	73.7		59.5	73.4	54.8
Attended a political meeting	26.0	22.9		17.0	21.3	29.5		19.1	27.7	20.8
Donated money to organisation	25.0	15.6		7.1	13.8	23.9		8.5	18.3	18.7
Collected signatures	19.0	5.5		10.4	16.3	19.2		15.0	20.9	12.5
Took part in a demonstration	15.0	12.1		9.2	10.1	17.8		18.4	14.3	4.4
Was active in the preparation of a popular initative	10.0	9.0		4.8	7.9	12.9		8.7	10.6	7.4
Was active in a political party	8.0	8.4		5.2	7.1	12.5		6.0	9.3	9.4
	Partcipated in at least 2 (of 7) political activities by age 2006, in %
	18–39 years	40–59 years	60+ years
SE	41.3	46.6	31.7
CH	29.5	40.6	19.9
FR	31.9	35.7	25.3
UK	24.3	35.0	27.9
US*	28.9	33.3	29.2
DE	24.3	32.3	20.7
ES	26.0	30.3	11.1
US*: 2005