What Affects Hispanic Volunteering in the United States: Comparing the Current Population Survey, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and the AIM Giving and Volunteering Survey

Factors Associated With Volunteering Among Racial/Ethnic Groups: Findings From the California Health Interview Survey

“…The finding that volunteering is related to having more education is consistent with prior research indicating the salient role of higher education in influencing whether people from any racial/ethnic group volunteer (Sundeen et al, 2009;Wang et al, 2013).…”

“…Social connections are important in influencing whether an individual is engaged in volunteering because participation is often a product of being asked to help, although selection effects make it less likely that African Americans will be recruited (Musick et al, 2000). Involvement in religious activities is related to volunteering, particularly among Blacks (Musick et al, 2000) and Hispanics (Wang, Yoshioka, & Ashcraft, 2013). The importance of family and faith-based involvement is evident in the type of volunteer engagement by Americans.…”

“…Third, the study was unable to adequately include measures of cultural capital, such as participation in a religious community or the importance of religion in one's life. Research has shown that choosing to volunteer and the type of organization for which people volunteer can be affected by cultural capital, particularly among minority populations (Choi et al, 2007;Musick et al, 2000;Sundeen et al, 2009;Wang et al, 2013). Future research should take into account various forms of cultural capital when investigating race/ethnic differences in volunteer participation among midlife and older adults.…”

Missing Minorities: Explaining Low Migrant Blood Donation Participation and Developing Recruitment Tactics

“…Logistic regression is the appropriate analysis method, because the depended variable measuring the blood donation behavior asked for a binary (yes or no) response, and this method has been successfully applied in previous blood donation research (Boulware et al 2002;Godin et al 2007;Mellström and Johannesson 2008) and recent research on migrant volunteering (Wang et al 2013).…”

Wilderness State Park Volunteers

“…Volunteerism also emphasizes attributes of acting on the basis of one's own volition, deciding to contribute for a period of time rather than in response to an emergency, and expecting to meet personal goals and/or express values (Snyder & Omoto, 2008). Three sources of survey statistics on volunteerism, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and the Arizona, Indiana, and Michigan Giving and Volunteering Survey use these parameters to collect and report statistical data on volunteering in the United States (Wang, Yoshioka, & Ashcraft, 2013). This widely-used definition of volunteerism excludes care work with family members, casual informal helping on a sporadic basis, passive membership in an organization, and political activism, even if uncompensated.…”