Seminar by Frida Geyne Rajme and Peter Smith.
We postulate that the UK population can be divided into two groups: the ‘volunteering types’ and those who never volunteer. Using descriptive statistics and joint regression and association models for British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) data from 1996 to 2008 we investigate: first, the empirical evidence for this division; second, what determines membership of the two groups; and third, what factors are associated with volunteering for ‘volunteering types’. As we hypothesised, our results indeed suggest that the UK population can be divided into these two groups.
Females and people in older cohorts are more likely to be part of the ‘volunteering types’ group. Among those individuals that are ‘volunteering types’, we found that females, older people, those with higher educational attainment, active citizens and those with a volunteering partner have a higher probability of volunteering.
Date: 26th January 2012
Time: 1200-1330
Place: Murray Building (58) 1065, University of Southampton
If you would like to attend, please e-mail Nicki ([email protected]) for catering purposes (lunch is provided).