Citizen training in young people and its impact on the country's democratic process

Abstract

The aim of this research was to determine the level of political education, civic education, awareness towards participation and attitude toward the existing citizen participation in Salvadoran youth. The research design was cross-sectional ex post facto. The subjects of the study were young people of El Salvador, being represented with a probability sample of 482 subjects, distributed among the fourteen departments of the country. The main results of the investigation are, that according to educational level of subjects, there are significant differences in political participation, civic education and attitude towards participation, and also that having a job influences the attitude you have to participate in the national political processes.