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Occupational inequalities in volunteering participation: Using detailed data on jobs to explore the influence of habits and circumstances
Author(s) -
Lambert Paul S.,
Rutherford Alasdair C.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the british journal of sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.826
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-4446
pISSN - 0007-1315
DOI - 10.1111/1468-4446.12756
Subject(s) - inequality , voluntary association , turnover , survey data collection , association (psychology) , longitudinal data , demographic economics , psychology , sociology , political science , economics , demography , mathematics , statistics , mathematical analysis , management , law , psychotherapist
In this paper we present empirical results that show that detailed occupations have distinctive patterns of association with voluntary participation. We draw upon data from four secondary survey datasets from the UK (coverage 1972–2012). Occupations are shown to link to volunteering in a wide range of scenarios and in individual, household, and longitudinal contexts. We argue that these linkages provide insight into social inequalities in volunteering, and that they can help us to understand the relative influence of “circumstance” and “habits” in enabling or inhibiting voluntary participation.

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