Journal article
State-Level Differences in Volunteerism in the United States: Research Based on Demographic, Institutional, and Cultural Macrolevel Theories
Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly, Vol.41(3), pp.452-473
06/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/120056
Abstract
The volunteer rate in the United States varies from a high of 44% in Utah to a low of 18% in a bordering state, Nevada. Hierarchical nonlinear modeling techniques are used to test various theories such as demographic, institutional and cultural theory to explain general, religious, and secular volunteering with a nationally representative sample of nearly 300,000 respondents in 50 states. Household composition, race heterogeneity, and the density of nonprofit organizations influence the general volunteering rate. Religious volunteering is influenced by household composition, race heterogeneity, the density of religious congregations, and the religiosity of the residents of the state. The secular volunteer rate is influenced by household composition, race heterogeneity, and the density of nonprofit organizations.
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- Title
- State-Level Differences in Volunteerism in the United States
- Creators
- Thomas Rotolo - Washington State UniversityJohn Wilson - Duke University
- Publication Details
- Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly, Vol.41(3), pp.452-473
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Identifiers
- 99900619755901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article