Conducive Macro-Contexts Influencing Volunteering

Baer, Doug; Prouteau, Lionel; Swindell, David; Savicka, Aida; Smith, David H.; Tai, Kuang Ting

doi:10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9_27

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“…For instance, the level of religiosity and economic situation are two main contextual characteristics found to explain formal volunteering or civic participation in general (e.g., Curtis, Baer, & Grabb, 2001; Ruiter & De Graaf, 2006). However, the empirical findings on these relations are mixed and there is still not enough knowledge of which and how contextual factors translate to individual decision to volunteer (Baer et al, 2016). While previous studies certainly have their own merits, they have only been based on cross-sectional data and, therefore, did not take into consideration how dynamic predictors, such as economic development, affect changes in formal volunteering across time.…”

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Formal Volunteering in Europe: Evidence Across Nations and Time

Damian

2018

Cross-Cultural Research

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For the first time, this study examined both cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of contextual cultural and economic characteristics of individual formal volunteering. A study sample of 116,380 respondents from 33 countries and four waves from the European Values Study (1981-2008) was used. The hierarchical logistic models indicate that a long-standing theoretical idea regarding the positive relationship between contextual religiosity and formal volunteering is not supported by European data. Specifically, I found that people living in secular and economically equal countries are more likely to engage in voluntary activities. Longitudinally, there is a decrease in formal volunteering over 27 years; however, none of the cultural and economic country-level variables explain variation across time. These differential cross-sectional and longitudinal effects highlight the need to use repeated cross-sectional data.

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Formal Volunteering in Europe: Evidence Across Nations and Time

Damian

2018

Cross-Cultural Research

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“…But other studies only find non-significant and therefore inconclusive results (for example, Hooghe & Botterman, 2012). Other studies do also find that density of civil society is reduced when population density increases -but, in sum, no clear pattern emerges with regard to the question of whether density of civil society is higher in rural areas (Baer et al, 2016).…”

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Iversen¹

2023

Rural Quality of Life

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“…Although unevenly distributed over the life course, many of the included life events can occur in every stage of life. The impact of these events on volunteering behavior may be very different across distinct life stages (Baer et al, 2016). In different life stages, not only individual resources change but also their preferences for time allocation (Nesbit, 2012).…”

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Transitions Into and Out of Voluntary Work Over the Life Course: What is the Effect of Major Life Events?

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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The aim of the current study is to investigate which major life events are associated with transitions into and out of volunteering over the life course and, especially, why these associations exist. Social Production Function theory is used to derive hypotheses, which are tested using longitudinal data (adult subsample) from Lifelines. Associations between major life events and (a) volunteer take-up, nonvolunteer sample ( N = 59,773) and (b) volunteer cessation, volunteer sample ( N = 32,143) are studied by applying Linear Probability Modeling. Results show clear associations between specific major life events and starting and quitting volunteering. The influence on the latter is stronger than on the former. Most findings are in line with our theory-based expectations indicating that (a) voluntary work contributes especially to the fulfillment of the needs for status, stimulation, and behavioral confirmation and (2) life events causing losses (gains) in these needs are associated with a higher likelihood to take-up (quit) volunteering.

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Conducive Macro-Contexts Influencing Volunteering

Cited by 7 publications

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Formal Volunteering in Europe: Evidence Across Nations and Time

Formal Volunteering in Europe: Evidence Across Nations and Time

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Transitions Into and Out of Voluntary Work Over the Life Course: What is the Effect of Major Life Events?

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