Race and Formal Volunteering: The Differential Effects of Class and Religion

Musick, Marc A.; Wilson, Jesse W.; Bynum, W. B.

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“…Current calls for civic participation, including volunteerism, do not however account for the disparities in opportunities to participate among minority older adults. Musick et al (2000) theorize that class affects volunteering through its effect on personal and social resources, which may explain the observed differences between whites and blacks, further discussed below.…”

Section: Civic Engagement and Volunteeringmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Invisible Civic Engagement among Older Adults: Valuing the Contributions of Informal Volunteering

Martínez

Crooks²,

Kim

et al. 2011

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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There is a growing call for civic engagement, largely in the form of formal volunteering, among older adults in America. This call is a response to the aging of the baby boom population, believed to be the healthiest and wealthiest cohort of older adults to date. It also coincides with the devolution of welfare programs. We argue that current discussions of civic engagement are too narrow and may exclude important informal contributions that older adults make to civic society, and put undue stress on, and devalue those who may not contribute to society due to poor health, poverty or other barriers. We draw on data collected from older adults of lower socio-economic status and diverse ethnic backgrounds in Baltimore City using focus groups to explore their definitions of volunteering and barriers which they face. Through a discussion of existing barriers and motivators for engagement, we critically assess the use of these terms and advance discussions on how to facilitate and value contributions of all older adults. We conclude that civic engagement includes more than formal volunteering and that significant barriers need to be removed to facilitate greater participation of all elders in both formal and informal activities.

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Section: Civic Engagement and Volunteeringmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Older people may obtain rewards, material or nonmaterial, from participating. Such benefits include status, self-fulfillment, and social interaction (Hooyman and Kiyak 2005); therefore, volunteering need not be totally altruistic (Rozario 2006;Musick et al 2000).…”

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Invisible Civic Engagement among Older Adults: Valuing the Contributions of Informal Volunteering

Martínez

Crooks²,

Kim

et al. 2011

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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“…As most surveys have sought to capture data on formal volunteering, or volunteering through an organization, rather than informal volunteering, which is helping out within one's own community (Carson 1999), it may be that more collectivist societies have higher incidences of informal volunteering. Informal volunteering has typically been higher than formal volunteering among non-White communities in Western countries including Australia, the US and the UK (Musick et al 2000).…”

Section: Cross-national Volunteering: a Literature Reviewmentioning

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Cultural Values and Volunteering: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Students’ Motivation to Volunteer in 13 Countries

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Voluntary participation is connected to cultural, political, religious and social contexts. Social and societal factors can provide opportunities, expectations and requirements for voluntary activity, as well as influence the values and norms promoting this. These contexts are especially central in the case of voluntary participation among students as they are often responding to the societal demands for building a career and qualifying for future assignments and/or government requirements for completing community service. This article questions how cultural values affect attitudes towards volunteerism, using data from an empirical research project on student volunteering activity in 13 countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. The findings indicate that there are differences in motivation between countries which represent different cultural values. This article sets these findings in context by comparing structural and cultural factors which may influence volunteerism within each country.

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“…The motivational perspective is common in studies of volunteerism (Snyder & Omoto, 2008;Mannino, Snyder & Omoto, 2011). Motivations include beliefs and values embedded in culture (Musick, Wilson, & Bynum, 2000;Plagnol & Huppert, 2010). Within the motivational perspective, the evolution of cultural values, influenced by religious traditions, social norms, and economic and technological development have been the subjects of Inglehart (1997Inglehart ( , 2003, Inglehart and Baker (2000), and Inglehart and Welzel (2005).…”

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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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Race and Formal Volunteering: The Differential Effects of Class and Religion

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Invisible Civic Engagement among Older Adults: Valuing the Contributions of Informal Volunteering

Invisible Civic Engagement among Older Adults: Valuing the Contributions of Informal Volunteering

Cultural Values and Volunteering: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Students’ Motivation to Volunteer in 13 Countries

Religious vs Secular volunteering motivations: A study on European elders

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