Youth volunteering in countries in the European Union. Approximation to Differences

Gil Lacruz, Ana Isabel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Marcuello Servos, Jaime (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Saz Gil, María Isabel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Marcuello Servos, Carmina (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The reasons why people volunteer their time and services are of great interest and they have been the subject of academic research. This article helps identify some of the underlying reasons for the marked differences in youth volunteering among member states of the European Union. Our objective is to describe the similarities and differences in countries’ youth volunteer rates on individual and national levels. To this end, we identified individual and contextual factors and compared volunteer activities. We used data from the European Values Survey (EVS) for that purpose. As a methodological strategy, we carried out Logit models to estimate individual probabilities of working as a volunteer. The main result shows that social capital variables are the most relevant when young people decide to participate in voluntary activities.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1177/0899764015609731

Año: 2016

Publicado en: NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY 45, 5 (2016), 971-991
ISSN: 0899-7640

Factor impacto JCR: 1.852 (2016)

Categ. JCR: SOCIAL ISSUES rank: 6 / 41 = 0.146 (2016) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.982 - Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Article

Área (Departamento): Área Organización de Empresas (Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas)
Área (Departamento): Área Trabajo Social y Serv.Soc (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)