本研究以民國82年縣市長選舉資料爲主，分析性別因素對傳播行爲、政治知識、政治素養、統錢意識、投票行爲等之影響。研究發現，性別因素與政治參與之間的關係，受到許多中介因素的影響。雖然男女選民在政治與傳播行爲的表現上有差異，但是預測政治與傳播行 爲最重要的變項並非性別因素，而是敎育程度。除此之外.，就民國82 年的選舉資料而言，「敎育程度」的確可以平衡性別因素所產生的投 票自主性差異。女性選民的政治行爲特質，與其説是與男性選民有先 天的差異，不如説是受到後天結構性因素（如女性的受敎育機會受限 )的影響所致。

Using the election data collected in 1993, the present study analyzes the influence of gender on communication behaviors, political knowledge, political ideology and related political behaviors. The findings suggest that there are several variables mediating the relationship between gender and political behaviors. Although there are significant differences between male and female voters in the degree of information seeking and political participation, the most important factor contributing to such difference is education, not gender. In addition, educational factor seems to play an important role mediating the effects of gender on voting autonomy. The better-educated female voters are equally active in political participation as male voters, suggesting that most politically-inactive female voters are constrained by structural factors (e.g., the educational level).