“…The dominant status model developed by Lemon, Palisi, and Bennett-Sandler (1972) and further elaborated by D. H. Smith (1983Smith ( , 1994 would predict less participation for minorities because of their less prevalent social positions and roles within our sociocultural system. In general, most studies find that Whites do volunteer more than Blacks and Latinos (e.g., Bryant et al, 2003;Cannon, Higginbotham, & Leung, 1988;Gallagher, 1994;Sundeen, 1992;Todd et al, 1984); however, this often depends on whether bivariate or multivariate techniques are employed (D. H. Smith, 1994) or whether the individual was asked to volunteer (Bryant et al, 2003, Musick et al, 2000.…”