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Who tends to volunteer and why? What causes attract certain types of volunteers? What motivates people to volunteer? How can volunteers be persuaded to continue their service? Making use of a broad range of survey information to offer a detailed portrait of the volunteer in America, Volunteers provides an important resource for everyone who works with volunteers or is interested in their role in contemporary society. Mark A. Musick and John Wilson address issues of volunteer motivation by focusing on indi

Data from the 1986 & 1989 waves of the Americans' Changing Lives study (N = 3,617 & 2,867 respondents ages 25+, respectively) are used to estimate the effects of human capital (education), social class (occupational status, family income, & family assets), formal & informal social interaction, & network size & density on range of volunteer activities & hours spent volunteering. The main effects of human & social capital discovered in previous studies are replicated. Interaction terms reveal that social capital is a better predictor of both range & amount of volunteering among people with higher social status & more human capital. 3 Tables, 35 References. Adapted from the source document.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Religion and the Timing of First Births in the United States -- 3. Religion and Child Rearing -- 4. Religion and Adolescent Sexual Behavior -- 5. The Influence of Religion on Ties between the Generations -- 6. Religion and Family Values Reconsidered: Gender Traditionalism among Conservative Protestants -- 7. From Generation to Generation: Religious Involvement and Attitudes toward Family and Pro-Family Outcomes among U.S. Catholics -- 8. Religious Intermarriage and Conversion in the United States: Patterns and Changes over Time -- 9. Childhood Religious Denomination and Early Adult Asset Accumulation -- 10. Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of Women's Educational Attainment and Wages -- 11. Religion, Family, and Women's Employment among Muslim and Christian Arab Americans -- 12. Religion and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life -- 13. Religion and Physical Health among U.S. Adults -- 14. Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk among Pre-Retirement Aged U.S. Adults -- 15. Religious Attendance and Cause-Specifi c Mortality in the United States -- 16. Race, Religious Involvement, and Health: The Case of African Americans -- 17. Jewish Identity and Self-Reported Health -- 18. Religion, Sexually Risky Behavior, and Reproductive Health: The Mormon Case -- 19. Religion and the New Immigrants: Impact on Health Behaviors and Access to Health Care -- 20. The Religious Demography of the United States: Dynamics of Affi liation, Participation, and Belief -- 21. Future Directions in Population-Based Research on Religion, Family Life, and Health in the United States -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX