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Predictors of engaging in voluntary work during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of data from 31,890 adults in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

As the COVID-19 pandemic has grown internationally, there has been an increased need for volunteers. This study aimed to identify the predictors of volunteering including demographic backgrounds, socio-economic characteristics, personality, and psychosocial factors.

Methods

Data were analysed from 31,890 adults in the UK COVID-19 Social Study run by the University College London - a longitudinal study focusing on the psychological and social experiences of adults living in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tetrachoric factor analysis was applied to identify latent categories of voluntary work. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identity predictors for volunteering and change in volunteering behaviours since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

Three types of volunteering during the pandemic were identified as follows: formal volunteering, social action volunteering, and neighbourhood volunteering. Regression analysis showed that the pattern of voluntary work was structured by demographic backgrounds, socio-economic factors, personality, and psychosocial factors.

Conclusion

The predictors of volunteering during the pandemic may be slightly different from other non-emergency period.

SUBMITTER: Mak HW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483687 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Predictors of engaging in voluntary work during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of data from 31,890 adults in the UK.

Mak H W HW Fancourt D D

Perspectives in public health 20210415 5

<h4>Aims</h4>As the COVID-19 pandemic has grown internationally, there has been an increased need for volunteers. This study aimed to identify the predictors of volunteering including demographic backgrounds, socio-economic characteristics, personality, and psychosocial factors.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were analysed from 31,890 adults in the UK COVID-19 Social Study run by the University College London - a longitudinal study focusing on the psychological and social experiences of adults living in th ...[more]

PMID: 33855922

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Predictors of engaging in voluntary work during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of data from 31,890 adults in the UK.

Aims

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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Predictors of engaging in voluntary work during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of data from 31,890 adults in the UK.

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