Volunteering and Civic Participation among Immigrant Members of Ethnic Congregations: Complementary NOT Competitive

Sinha, Jill Witmer; Greenspan, Itay; Handy, Femida

doi:10.1080/17448689.2011.553409

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“…Although this may seem low, when placed in the context of the volunteering, religiosity, and wellbeing literature reviewed earlier, this effect size is comparable to those found in several key studies (Borgonovi, 2008;Cohen, 2002;Greenfield & Marks, 2004;Sinha et al, 2011). Considering the complex make-up of a person's well-being, religiosity and volunteering can be considered to have an important influence.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…In the USA, it was found that migrants' involvement in volunteering activities with the church rather than church attendance itself was significantly correlated with other civic engagement (Sinha, Greenspan, & Handy, 2011). Formal involvement in volunteering has also been found to be positively correlated with "human capital, number of children in the household, informal social interaction, and religiosity" (Wilson & Musick, 1997, p. 694).…”

Section: Volunteering and Religionmentioning

confidence: 91%

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Volunteering, religiosity and well-being: interrelationships among Australian churchgoers

Mollidor

Hancock

Pepper

2015

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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Existing research has mostly found positive, but sometimes inconclusive and contradictory, results about the relationships between volunteering and well-being, as well as between church attendance and volunteering. This paper aims to clarify how volunteering and religious beliefs and practices are related to well-being among Christian churchgoers. Utilising data from the 2011 Australian National Church Life Survey, volunteering was found to partially mediate the positive relationship between religiosity and well-being (life satisfaction), but only for some denominational groupings. Part of the reason why church attenders with high religiosity have higher well-being is because they are more likely to volunteer. The implications of these findings are discussed within the context of economic, managerial, public health and religious parameters.

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Section: Volunteering and Religionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Volunteering, religiosity and well-being: interrelationships among Australian churchgoers

Mollidor

Hancock

Pepper

2015

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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“…Schoeneberg (1985) found that the participation of immigrants in ethnic associations in West Germany helped or hindered integration, depending on the orientation of the association. However, North American studies found that immigrants who volunteered within their own ethnic congregations were simultaneously involved with mainstream organisations, thereby building both bridging and bonding social capital (e.g., Lee and Moon, 2011; Sinha et al , 2011).…”

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Immigrant Integration Through Volunteering: The Importance of Contextual Factors

2018

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Volunteering is an under-studied yet potentially beneficial avenue for immigrant integration. Whereas past research has provided important insights into the benefits of immigrant volunteering, it has been frequently based on convenience samples. This paper contributes to the literature on immigrant volunteering on two levels. First, we test less explored questions: the differences between immigrant and native-born volunteers on several volunteer indicators, and the contextual factors (cultural, social, and organisational) associated with immigrants’ proclivity to volunteer. Second, we rely on a representative sample of the German population, and use propensity score matching to strengthen the robustness of our analysis. Findings suggest that, although native-born individuals display higher rates of volunteering than immigrants, they do not significantly differ on most indicators once immigrants become volunteers. Furthermore, time since migration, social networks and organisational membership are significant drivers of immigrant volunteering. Our findings are a signal for policymakers because social policies could better address contextual and organisational barriers.

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“…Not surprisingly, most studies that focus on volunteering by immigrants mirror the positive effects of SES on the propensity to participate in secular volunteering (Handy and Greenspan, 2009;Sundeen, Garcia and Raskoff, 2009;Carabain and Bekkers, 2011;Lee and Moon, 2011;Sinha, Greenspan and Handy, 2011;Wang and Handy, 2014).…”

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Secular and religious volunteering among immigrants and natives in Denmark

Qvist

2017

Acta Sociologica

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In the last decades, Western societies have witnessed large scale migration from the Global South. This large-scale migration has brought about important challenges in securing the social, civic, and political integration of non-Western immigrants into Western societies. The previous research suggests that participation in volunteering within civil society can serve as a 'stepping stone' towards integration for immigrants. However, the previous research has shown marked gaps in the propensity to participate in volunteering between immigrants and natives, but little work has been done to identify the mechanisms that explain these gaps. In this study, I use high-quality survey data that are linked with data from administrative registers, to which I apply logistic regression based on the Karlson-Holm-Breen (KHB) method to conduct mediation analysis. The mediation analysis shows that non-Western immigrants are significantly less likely to participate in secular volunteering compared to natives; however, over half of this gap is explained by an indirect effect via socioeconomic status, self-rated health, generalized trust, informal social networks, and the intergenerational transmission of volunteering. Moreover, the mediation analysis suggests that non-Western immigrants are more likely to participate in religious volunteering; however, this gap is completely explained by a strong indirect effect via religiosity.

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Volunteering and Civic Participation among Immigrant Members of Ethnic Congregations: Complementary NOT Competitive

Cited by 31 publications

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Volunteering, religiosity and well-being: interrelationships among Australian churchgoers

Volunteering, religiosity and well-being: interrelationships among Australian churchgoers

Immigrant Integration Through Volunteering: The Importance of Contextual Factors

Secular and religious volunteering among immigrants and natives in Denmark

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