The effects of voluntary activities on individual well-being have been investigated extensively in the literature. In this study, the relationship between self-assessed health and volunteering is examined from a cross-country perspective by considering respondents’ characteristics and other voluntary liabilities, employing the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey. This data set allows us to explore, by implementing an Ordered Probit model, the association of self-assessed health status with charity activities performed specifically by workers. Among the working population in the European Union, our results show that, although volunteering—as well as other unpaid tasks, such as informal helping—are statistically significant, voluntary activities do not seem to be strongly associated with individual perceived health status.

Volunteering and Self-Assessed Health Within EU28 Countries: Evidence From the EWCS / Capecchi, Stefania; DI IORIO, Francesca; Nappo, Nunzia. - In: NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY. - ISSN 1552-7395. - 50:1(2021), pp. 93-117. [10.1177/0899764020937779]

Volunteering and Self-Assessed Health Within EU28 Countries: Evidence From the EWCS

Capecchi Stefania
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Di Iorio Francesca;Nappo Nunzia
2021

Abstract

The effects of voluntary activities on individual well-being have been investigated extensively in the literature. In this study, the relationship between self-assessed health and volunteering is examined from a cross-country perspective by considering respondents’ characteristics and other voluntary liabilities, employing the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey. This data set allows us to explore, by implementing an Ordered Probit model, the association of self-assessed health status with charity activities performed specifically by workers. Among the working population in the European Union, our results show that, although volunteering—as well as other unpaid tasks, such as informal helping—are statistically significant, voluntary activities do not seem to be strongly associated with individual perceived health status.
2021
Volunteering and Self-Assessed Health Within EU28 Countries: Evidence From the EWCS / Capecchi, Stefania; DI IORIO, Francesca; Nappo, Nunzia. - In: NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY. - ISSN 1552-7395. - 50:1(2021), pp. 93-117. [10.1177/0899764020937779]
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