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| Volunteering among older people in Korea | | Author(s) | Jibum Kim, Jeong-han Kang, Min-Ah Lee |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 1, January 2007 |
| Pages | pp S69-S73 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Participation ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Korea. |
| Annotation | As an example of a rapidly ageing society, robust factors associated with older volunteering in Korea are identified in terms of a resource framework. The authors use data derived from the Social Statistics Survey conducted by the Korea National Statistical Office in 1999 (n=7135) and 2003 (n=8371). They determined overall and age-related volunteer rates for Korea compared to the US, and then examined the effects of human, cultural and social capital variables on volunteering. Approximately 6% of Koreans aged 65+ participate in volunteering. All human capital variables are positively related with volunteering. For cultural capital, those who identify their religion as Buddhism of Catholicism are more likely to volunteer than those who have no religious affiliation. But surprisingly, Protestantism does not consistently promote volunteering across both years. For social capital, older people who live alone or with a spouse are more likely to volunteer than those living with both a spouse and children. In common with human capital, cultural and social capital on older volunteering appears to be contoured by social contexts. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070926228 A |
| Classmark | GHH: TMB: F: 3J: 7DK |
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