Changes in Resources and Volunteering: A Longitudinal Study of Active Engagement Among Older Europeans.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Volunteering is an important dimension of successful aging. Although prior studies have found that personal resources such as health and financial situations are associated with volunteering, there is a lack of research exploring the relationship between resource changes and volunteering. Here, researchers investigated whether changes in individuals' resources were associated with volunteer engagement among older Europeans.

Research design and methods

Using data from the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe, collected in 5 waves between 2011 and 2020 across 19 countries (57 410 observations from 17 498 individuals aged 50 and older), researchers employed asymmetric fixed-effect ordinal regression models to investigate whether positive o

SUBMITTER: Hamalainen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11879309 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature