2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Although volunteering is considered a good strategy for successful
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ageing, not many older adults are engaged in voluntary work and those
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who are do so mainly sporadically. This study focuses on time invested
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in volunteering rather than on doing voluntary work or not, as is often
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done in studies so far. By combining the theory of resources for
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volunteering with a functional and structural approach to volunteering,
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this cross-sectional study seeks to shed light on a wide range of
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factors associated with the intensity of volunteering. The study is
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based on a sample of 1,599 volunteers aged 50 and older participating in
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the Norwegian study on Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study
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(NorLAG). The survey includes, among others, detailed information about
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demographics and time invested in voluntary work and questions about
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attitudes, motivations, structural and other potential barriers to
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volunteering. Multivariate linear regression analyses indicate that a
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religious attitude is associated with elevated hours spent on voluntary
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work, while co-habitation is associated with a decreased engagement in
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voluntary work. In addition, people who are motivated to volunteer
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because they find it interesting and because volunteering allows them to
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use their competence spend more time volunteering. Human capital, i.e.
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education, income and subjective health, are not associated with the
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number of hours invested in voluntary work. The likelihood of
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contributing more volunteering hours of older men is 17.5 per cent
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higher than that of older women. We found no indication of a relation
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between work status, functional limitations, urbanisation or ethnicity
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and voluntary work engagement. Policies aiming to increase time
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investment of volunteers should strive for an optimal fit between the
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nature of the voluntary work and the interests and skills of the
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volunteers. In designing interventions to stimulate higher engagement in
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voluntary work, one should further promote strategies for flexible time
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commitment.'
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affiliation: 'Le, GH (Corresponding Author), OsloMet Oslo Metropolitan Univ, Fac Social
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Sci, Dept Social Work Child Welf \& Social Policy, Oslo, Norway.
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Le, Giang Huong, OsloMet Oslo Metropolitan Univ, Fac Social Sci, Dept Social Work
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Child Welf \& Social Policy, Oslo, Norway.
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Aartsen, Marja, OsloMet Oslo Metropolitan Univ, Norwegian Social Res, Oslo, Norway.'
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article-number: PII S0144686X22001106
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author: Le, Giang Huong and Aartsen, Marja
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author-email: gianghuo@oslomet.no
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author_list:
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- family: Le
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given: Giang Huong
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- family: Aartsen
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given: Marja
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1017/S0144686X22001106
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earlyaccessdate: OCT 2022
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eissn: 1469-1779
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files: []
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issn: 0144-686X
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journal: AGEING \& SOCIETY
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keywords: 'older adults; voluntary work; resource perspective; functional approach;
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oppressive factors'
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keywords-plus: 'LIFE-COURSE; PEOPLE; PARTICIPATION; MOTIVATIONS; RESOURCES; MORTALITY;
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ADULTS; HEALTH'
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language: English
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month: 2022 OCT 12
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number-of-cited-references: '57'
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orcid-numbers: 'Aartsen, Marja/0000-0003-4246-7621
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Le, Giang Huong/0000-0003-3261-5088'
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papis_id: f4628ecf39bcf8565d28a57d5309b3d6
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ref: Le2022understandingvolunte
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researcherid-numbers: 'Aartsen, Marja/F-3166-2013
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times-cited: '0'
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title: Understanding volunteering intensity in older volunteers
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000865977900001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
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usage-count-since-2013: '12'
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web-of-science-categories: Gerontology
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year: '2022'
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