Formal Volunteering in Europe

Evidence Across Nations and Time

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7738488
AutoresElena Damian (0000-0002-3776-6988, KU Leuven, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume53
Fascículo4
Páginas385-409
Data de publicação2019-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1069397118802228
OpenAlexW2892431145
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas41

For the first time, this study examined both cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of contextual cultural and economic characteristics of individual formal volunteering. A study sample of 116,380 respondents from 33 countries and four waves from the European Values Study (1981-2008) was used. The hierarchical logistic models indicate that a long-standing theoretical idea regarding the positive relationship between contextual religiosity and formal volunteering is not supported by European data. Specifically, I found that people living in secular and economically equal countries are more likely to engage in voluntary activities. Longitudinally, there is a decrease in formal volunteering over 27 years; however, none of the cultural and economic country-level variables explain variation across time. These differential cross-sectional and longitudinal effects highlight the need to use repeated cross-sectional data

Cross-sectional study · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Logistic regression · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal sample · Longitudinal study · Multilevel model · Religiosity · Sample (material · Sociology · Variation (astronomy · Demography · Medicine · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology