Youth Wing Membership Survey (YOUMEM) Dataset

Harvard Dataverse 2026 Dataset Open access

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Authors: Duncan McDonnell, Sofia Ammassari, Marco Valbruzzi, Niklas Bolin, Annika Werner, Reinhard Heinisch, Ann‐Cathrine Jungar, Carsten Wegscheider
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/nke1ih
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Abstract

This dataset contains the full Youth Wing Membership Survey (YOUMEM) - the largest comparative survey of political party youth wing members to date. It includes responses from over 5,000 members of 12 centre-left and centre-right youth wings in six countries (Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden). The dataset covers members' biographies, reasons for joining the youth wing and reasons for staying in it.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Electoral Systems and Political Participation Youth Politics and Society Social Media and Politics

Publication details

Journal / source
Harvard Dataverse
Publication date
3 February 2026
Document type
Dataset