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Legacy volunteering: A test of two theories of intergenerational transmission

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Mustillo, S; Wilson, J; Lynch, SM
Published in: Journal of Marriage and Family
May 1, 2004

Sociological theory suggests two reasons that volunteering runs in families. The first is that parents act as role models. The second is that parents who volunteer pass on the socioeconomic resources needed to do volunteer work. Panel data from two generations of women (N = 1,848) are analyzed to see how much influence family socioeconomic status and mother's volunteering have on daughter's volunteer careers. More highly educated women and women whose mothers volunteered donate more hours initially, but only family socioeconomic status increases volunteering over the life course.

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Journal of Marriage and Family

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0022-2445

Publication Date

May 1, 2004

Volume

66

Issue

2

Start / End Page

530 / 541

Related Subject Headings

  • Family Studies
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 2204 Religion and Religious Studies
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1603 Demography
 

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Mustillo, S., Wilson, J., & Lynch, S. M. (2004). Legacy volunteering: A test of two theories of intergenerational transmission. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66(2), 530–541. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2004.00036.x
Mustillo, S., J. Wilson, and S. M. Lynch. “Legacy volunteering: A test of two theories of intergenerational transmission.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66, no. 2 (May 1, 2004): 530–41. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2004.00036.x.
Mustillo S, Wilson J, Lynch SM. Legacy volunteering: A test of two theories of intergenerational transmission. Journal of Marriage and Family. 2004 May 1;66(2):530–41.
Mustillo, S., et al. “Legacy volunteering: A test of two theories of intergenerational transmission.” Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 66, no. 2, May 2004, pp. 530–41. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2004.00036.x.
Mustillo S, Wilson J, Lynch SM. Legacy volunteering: A test of two theories of intergenerational transmission. Journal of Marriage and Family. 2004 May 1;66(2):530–541.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Marriage and Family

DOI

ISSN

0022-2445

Publication Date

May 1, 2004

Volume

66

Issue

2

Start / End Page

530 / 541

Related Subject Headings

  • Family Studies
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 2204 Religion and Religious Studies
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1603 Demography