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Volunteering, income and health.

Authors :
Detollenaere J
Willems S
Baert S
Source :
PloS one [PLoS One] 2017 Mar 08; Vol. 12 (3), pp. e0173139. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Mar 08 (Print Publication: 2017).
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Separate literatures have related volunteering to health gains and income gains. We study the association between volunteering, income and health within one statistical framework. A state-of-the-art mediation analysis is conducted on data concerning the health, volunteering and sociodemographic characteristics of 42926 individuals within 29 European countries. We find that volunteering is positively associated to self-rated health. This association is partially mediated by household income.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1932-6203
Volume :
12
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
PloS one
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
28273163
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173139