Volunteering in Middle and Later Life: Is Health a Benefit, Barrier or Both?
The positive association between volunteering and health has been widely interpreted as evidence of the salutary effect of volunteering during adulthood. Using three waves of data from a national survey, this study uses structural equation models to examine the relationships among volunteering, func...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces (University of North Carolina Press) Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 497 - 520 |
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Oxford University Press / UK
September 2006
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