Race and gender differences in philanthropy: Indiana as a test case

Mesch, Debra J.; Rooney, Patrick; Chin, William Y.; Steinberg, Kathryn S.

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“…Empirical studies are conclusive about the individual impact of educational level on the decision to volunteer. In fact, educational attainment is considered by some authors as the best predictor of volunteerism (Mesch, Rooney, Chin, & Steinberg, 2002;Gómez & Guntherson, 2003;Grønbjerg & Never, 2004;Musick & Wilson, 2008;Gesthuizen & Scheepers, 2012). However, we expect that the role of education in encouraging volunteerism itself depends on context.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Some studies indicate correlation between devotion to volunteering and marital status (Menchik & Weisbrod, 1987;Vaillancourt, 1994;Day & Devlin, 1996;Mesch et al, 2002;Nesbit, 2012). Menchik and Weisbrod (1987) find a higher rate of volunteering among married people, while Vaillancourt (1994) argues that single women do more volunteering than married women.…”

Section: Socio-demographic and Contextual Forcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Religious vs Secular volunteering motivations: A study on European elders

Ariza‐Montes¹,

Valencia²,

FernÃ¡ndez-RodrÃguez³

et al. 2018

RASP

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The reality of volunteering is highly complex. This concept is difficult to define and typify because of the great variety of interpretations, motivations, socio-demographic variables and cultural aspects that shape the volunteer profile. This work aims to analyze the differential and inter-related impact of socio-demographic and contextual variables, and cultural values on elder volunteer profile in Europe. We thus conduct an empirical study involving the use of a logistic regression model that shows, in probabilistic terms, traits that characterize senior and retired volunteers. Further, we study which variables motivate senior volunteers to a determined type of volunteering. Results from the European Value Study help to explain variable influence on volunteering and confirm that cultural values impact among elder people, both, election to volunteering activities and decisions regarding which kind of activity volunteers are drawn to. By analyzing two types of volunteering (religious and secular) that are supposed to be motivated by different forces, we conclude that certain values encourage religious volunteering while others stimulate secular volunteering.

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confidence: 91%

Section: Socio-demographic and Contextual Forcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religious vs Secular volunteering motivations: A study on European elders

Ariza‐Montes¹,

Valencia²,

FernÃ¡ndez-RodrÃguez³

et al. 2018

RASP

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“…Minorities in this sample volunteered on average more hours than did Whites (169 to 126 h annually), yet this difference was not statistically significant. In fact, the survey found no statistically significant differences by race in volunteering or charitable giving [13].…”

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U.S. Volunteering in the Aftermath of the Great Recession: Were African Americans a Significant Factor?

Carter

Marx

2016

Social Sciences

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Abstract:The Great Recession weakened U.S. families' abilities to make charitable gifts. Although African Americans are generally especially hard hit by these types of economic crises, they have a long and distinctive history of volunteerism and mutual assistance. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to examine African American volunteering in nonprofit organizations in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 recession. Specifically, we examined race as well as other factors with the potential to influence volunteering in four categories of organizations: poverty organizations, senior service agencies, social action groups, and religious affiliated organizations. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data, this secondary analysis produced significant findings regarding volunteerism among African Americans in these community-based organizations.

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“…Although the targeted socio-economic class of donors, charitable causes, and countries and regions have been diverse in these studies, some patterns of effects of individual attributes and household compositions on the decision of charitable giving have been elucidated. The studies of socio-economic variables include economic status (Bell and Force 1956;Banks and Tanner 1999;Brooks 2002;Wang and Graddy 2008), income status (Hughes and Luksetich 2008;James and Sharpe 2007), educational attainment (Brown 1999), age (Pharoah and Tanner 1997;Gittell and Tebaldi 2006), marital status (Feldstein and Taylor 1976;Feenberg 1987;Andreoni et al 2003;Mesch et al 2006), sex (Kaplan and Hayes 1993;Hodgkinson and Weitzman 1986;Bulcroft et al 1996;Mesch et al 2002;Chrenka et al 2003), social class (Jones and Posnett 1991;McClelland and Brooks 2004), and race and ethnicity (Mesch et al 2002;Kaplan and Hayes 1993). Besides the physical and social attribute, experience of participation in prosocial activities such as volunteering (Simmon and Emanuele 2004), social norms (Piliavin and Charng 1990;Radley and Kennedy 1995), and perceptional and attitudinal factors such as trust and appreciation of government responsibility (Brooks 2003;Sargeant et al 2006;Matsunaga 2007) have all been shown to affect giving behavior.…”

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Local Charitable Giving and Civil Society Organizations in Japan

Ishida

Okuyama

2015

Voluntas

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This paper, using original survey data, examines the factors influencing individual giving behavior toward the organizations focusing on who gives what to which types of organizations, especially the local civil society organizations. The study finds that the variables regarding personal socio-demographic traits, experiences of local social participation, and an attachment to local society are statistically significant, but not the contextual effect such as size of city. In addition, it reveals various factors influencing giving behavior toward the neighborhood associations and incorporated NPOs. That is, it may denote there are different attributes between people who give to the neighborhood associations and people who give to the incorporated NPOs. Thus, further development of organizational forms may be considered for achieving better local governance and providing local public goods by the promotion of charitable giving from the enlightened residents.Résumé Cet article, qui utilise les données d'une enquête originale, étudie les facteurs qui influencent les comportements de dons individuels en faveur des organisations, en portant principalement sur ceux qui donnent, ce qu'ils donnent et à quels types d'organisations, en particulier les organisations de la société civile (OSC) locales. L'étude constate que les variables relatives aux caractéristiques personnelles sociodémographiques, aux expériences de participation sociale locale et à l'attachement à une société locale sont statistiquement significatives, mais pas l'effet contextuel comme la taille de sa ville. En outre, elle révèle divers facteurs qui influencent les comportements de dons en faveur des associations de quartier et des OBNL constituées. Autrement dit, elle peut indiquer qu'il existe des caractéristiques différentes entre les personnes qui donnent aux associations de quartier et celles qui donnent aux OSBL constituées. Ainsi, le développement avancé de formes d'organisation peut être envisagé pour parvenir à une meilleure gouvernance locale et fournir des biens publics locaux par la promotion de dons caritatifs de résidents éclairés.Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag stützt sich auf originale Erhebungsdaten und untersucht die Faktoren, die das individuelle Spendenverhalten gegenüber Organisationen beeinflussen, wobei man sich darauf konzentriert, wer was an welche Arten von Organisationen, und insbesondere die lokalen Bürgergesellschaftsor-ganisationen, spendet. Die Studie kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Variablen hinsichtlich der persönlichen sozio-demografischen Charakteristiken, der Erfahrungen mit lokaler gesellschaftlicher Partizipation und einer Bindung zur lokalen Gesellschaft statistisch signifikant sind, nicht jedoch der kontextabhängige Effekt, wie zum Beispiel die Größe einer Stadt. Des Weiteren werden variierende Faktoren gezeigt, die das Spendenverhalten gegenüber Nachbarschaftsvereinigungen und inkorporierten Nonprofit-Organisationen beeinflussen. Das heißt, dass unter Umständen unterschiedliche Attribute von Personen vorliegen, die a...

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Race and gender differences in philanthropy: Indiana as a test case

Abstract: Rigorous economic research provides clear indications regarding the likelihood of volunteering and giving among demographic groups.

Cited by 23 publications

References 28 publications

Religious vs Secular volunteering motivations: A study on European elders

Religious vs Secular volunteering motivations: A study on European elders

U.S. Volunteering in the Aftermath of the Great Recession: Were African Americans a Significant Factor?

Local Charitable Giving and Civil Society Organizations in Japan

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