Time and money volunteering among older adults: The relationship between past and current volunteering and correlates of change and stability

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-581

  Choi, Namkee G ^a   Chou, Rita Jing Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Donations; Formal volunteering; Repeat volunteering; Theory of volunteering

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 77952424729     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0999064X     Document Type: Article

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