On the Limits of Officials'Ability to Change Citizens'Priorities TABLE 4.Attrition Tests Individual level Issue level DV=Remained in sample (1) (2) (3) (4) Regression model: Probit Probit Probit Probit Treatment email 0.09 0.06 (0.12) (0.09) Female -0.15 -0.27 (0.12) (0.09) Age(six categories) 0.07 0.10 (0.05) (0.04) Education(six categories) 0.06 0.06 (0.05) (0.04) Political interest 0.02 -0.00 (0.12) (0.09) Follow local politics -0.08 -0.12 (0.14) (0.10) Constant 0.06 -0.25 -0.06 -0.34 (0.08) (0.62) (0.06) (0.46) Joint Significance Test(Likelihood Ratio Test) Chi-Square 0.52 5.17 0.47 19.49 P-value 0.471 0.395 0.491 0.002 Observations 451 442 852 839 Note:Standard errors in parentheses TABLE 5. Descriptive Statistics of the Sample Individual level Issue level Female 47% 46% Age 18-25 0% 26-35 89% 36-45 46-55 56-65 66+ Education Less than high school High school graduate or equivalent(GED) Some college,but no degree Associate degree Bachelor's degree Graduate degree(masters,professional,or doctorate) Follow local politics Not at all Somewhat A lot Political interest Not at all Not very much A fair amount All the time Observations 867On the Limits of Officials’ Ability to Change Citizens’ Priorities TABLE 4. Attrition Tests Individual level Issue level DV = Remained in sample (1) (2) (3) (4) Regression model: Probit Probit Probit Probit Treatment email 0.09 0.06 (0.12) (0.09) Female –0.15 –0.27 (0.12) (0.09) Age (six categories) 0.07 0.10 (0.05) (0.04) Education (six categories) 0.06 0.06 (0.05) (0.04) Political interest 0.02 –0.00 (0.12) (0.09) Follow local politics –0.08 –0.12 (0.14) (0.10) Constant 0.06 –0.25 –0.06 –0.34 (0.08) (0.62) (0.06) (0.46) Joint Significance Test (Likelihood Ratio Test) Chi-Square 0.52 5.17 0.47 19.49 P-value 0.471 0.395 0.491 0.002 Observations 451 442 852 839 Note: Standard errors in parentheses. TABLE 5. Descriptive Statistics of the Sample Individual level Issue level Female 47% 46% Age 18-25 0% 0% 26-35 8% 8% 36-45 11% 11% 46-55 20% 17% 56-65 29% 30% 66+ 31% 34% Education Less than high school 0% 0% High school graduate or equivalent (GED) 6% 6% Some college, but no degree 22% 22% Associate degree 13% 12% Bachelor’s degree 33% 37% Graduate degree (masters, professional, or doctorate) 26% 23% Follow local politics Not at all 5% 5% Somewhat 55% 55% A lot 40% 39% Political interest Not at all 45% 45% Not very much 45% 45% A fair amount 9% 9% All the time 1% 1% Observations 244 415 867 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Shanghai JiaoTong University, on 26 Oct 2018 at 03:53:05, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055418000473