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Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion

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Eagle, D; Keister, LA; Read, JG
Published in: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
February 1, 2018

Past research reveals mixed results regarding the relationship between gender and charitable giving. We show gender plays a significant role in giving but only when considered alongside marital status and religion. Using the 2006 Portraits of American Life Study, we model a household’s propensity to give and the amount given. We extend past research by disaggregating unmarried households to look at divorced, widowed, and never-married households, and by including multiple religion measures. Results indicate households headed by never-married females have lower giving levels compared with those headed by divorced and widowed women. In households headed by single males, these differences are largely absent. Religious attendance has a stronger association with giving in male-headed households. The respondent’s gender is also related to the amount married households report giving to charity. Future research on giving should consider both gender and marital status to more fully capture increasing diversity in American families.

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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EISSN

1552-7395

ISSN

0899-7640

Publication Date

February 1, 2018

Volume

47

Issue

1

Start / End Page

185 / 205

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 1607 Social Work
  • 1605 Policy and Administration
  • 1503 Business and Management
 

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Eagle, D., Keister, L. A., & Read, J. G. (2018). Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 47(1), 185–205. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764017734650
Eagle, D., L. A. Keister, and J. G. Read. “Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 47, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 185–205. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764017734650.
Eagle D, Keister LA, Read JG. Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 2018 Feb 1;47(1):185–205.
Eagle, D., et al. “Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 1, Feb. 2018, pp. 185–205. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0899764017734650.
Eagle D, Keister LA, Read JG. Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 2018 Feb 1;47(1):185–205.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

DOI

EISSN

1552-7395

ISSN

0899-7640

Publication Date

February 1, 2018

Volume

47

Issue

1

Start / End Page

185 / 205

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 1607 Social Work
  • 1605 Policy and Administration
  • 1503 Business and Management