Abstract

This dataset contains the underlying qualitative data of the following article published in the journal Frontiers in Political Science: Tzankova, I., Albanesi, A., & Cicognani, E. (2021). Perceived school characteristics fostering civic engagement among adolescents in Italy. Frontiers in Political Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2021.611824 The dataset consists of textual qualitative data collected in Italy within Work Package 6 of the research project CATCH EyoU (Constructing AcTive CitizensHip with European YOUth: Policies, Practices, Challenges and Solutions). It consists of 513 quotations from 10 focus groups with 101 adolescents between 16 and 20 years old. Students participated in the study on a voluntary basis and were requested to read and sign an informed consent form prior to participating (for minors the consent was preliminarily asked also to parents). The data is an extract from the raw Italian dataset and was used in the analysis of students’ perspectives on the mechanisms and limitations of democratic school characteristics outside of the formal curriculum (democratic school climate, student participation and critical reflection at school) in promoting civic engagement. It contains an identifier for each focus group discussion and the extracted quotations from verbal transcripts. The data has been fully anonymized. This data is made available for open access in compliance with H2020 Program regulation, following the guidelines stipulated by the Data Management Plan adopted by the CATCH-EyoU research project.