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Romero, Carol Jusenius |
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Retirement and Older American's Participation in Volunteer Activities In: Problem Isn't Age: Work and Older Americans. S.H. Sandell, ed. New York, NY: Praeger, 1987 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men Publisher: Praeger Publishers Keyword(s): Assets; Early Retirement; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Retirement/Retirement Planning; Volunteer Work Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article provides an overview of voluntarism in the United States and characterizes who volunteers and why. Data from national surveys on voluntarism indicate that relatively few adults (less than a third in 1981) perform volunteer work for formal organizations, and that voluntarism is greater among younger than older adults and greater among older women than older men. Analysis of three ACTION programs designed for senior volunteers indicates that a large majority of participants are unmarried women living alone. Data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Mature Men and Mature Women indicate that male voluntarism is not affected by race, marital status, age, or health status. It also is unaffected by employment status, amount of time employed, years since retirement, or continued work after retirement. Voluntarism is greater among men who are more financially secure, more educated, have a desire to remain active, and live outside cities in areas with low unemployment rates. Regardless of type, volunteer activity is more likely to be practiced among more educated women with a history of volunteering. Lower rates of voluntarism are associated with not working and lower income from assets for men, while these factors affect only social-welfare voluntarism of women. Includes references. [AgeLine] |
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Romero, Carol Jusenius. "Retirement and Older American's Participation in Volunteer Activities" In: Problem Isn't Age: Work and Older Americans. S.H. Sandell, ed. New York, NY: Praeger, 1987
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Santos, Richard |
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Hispanic Youth: Emerging Workers New York, NY: Praeger Publishing, Inc, 1985 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Praeger Publishers Keyword(s): Employment; Hispanics; Job Training; Labor Force Participation; Unemployment Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from the 1979 and 1980 NLSY, the author examines how Hispanic youth fare in the labor market. Included in the analysis are the issues of employment, unemployment, the role of the government in providing jobs, as well as attitudes toward work, military service, and other activities. |
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Bibliography Citation
Santos, Richard. Hispanic Youth: Emerging Workers. New York, NY: Praeger Publishing, Inc, 1985. |