participation, less activism, lower support for democracy, and less political trust than Nonelites. This corroborates the finding of the earlier study (RAU. 2015) that Elites are “disconnected democrats”. These differences are shown in more detail when the disaggregated data is examined. Figure 1: Voice, Elite versus Non-elite [%] 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 53 4141 39 2623 22 13 35 27 3435 3334 2423 Non-elite Elite There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of Voice (see Table 1), but, interestingly Non-elites were significantly more likely to state that they were free to say what they think,3 and slightly more likely to be less careful what they say (Figure 1). Figure 2: Community Participation, Elite versus Non-elite [%] 60 50 50 42 44 40 30 25 19 20 25 18 14 Non-elite Elite 10 0 Member of religious group Member of voluntary association or community group Attend a community meeting Join others to raise an issue Non-elites were significantly more likely to participate in the community (Figure 2), and, as can be seen in Figure 2, especially so in respect of active participation, such as attending a 3 χ² = 8.9; p=0.01 9

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