Late-Life Volunteering and Trajectories of Physical Health
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the longitudinal relationship between volunteering engagement and trajectories of physical health. Using three-wave panel data from the Americans' Changing Lives survey, the author tested the association between volunteering engagement and physical health after controlling for health variables from previous waves. Volunteering engagement was measured through volunteer status and hours. Physical health was measured through self-rated health, functional dependency, and chronic conditions. Findings indicated that volunteering engagement was associated with improved self-rated health and decreased functional dependency but not with the number of chronic conditions. Volunteering is a social approach to health maintenance in the older population, and the findings of this study add to the literature suggesting that volunteering probably leads to positive outcomes, but the relationship is also related to resource, status, and network variables.
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Volunteering status was associated with higher levels of self-rated health in two cohorts.
“Volunteering status was associated with higher levels of self-rated health in two cohorts [46,52,59,60].”
From Is volunteering a public health intervention? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the health and survival of volunteers (2013) · cites this paper as [59]
Vote counting for functional abilities yielded inconclusive evidence.
“Three cohorts [42,45,46,55,59] reporting functional abilities (activities of daily living) yielded inconclusive evidence, partially due to the way volunteering was measured.”
From Is volunteering a public health intervention? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the health and survival of volunteers (2013) · cites this paper as [59]
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- Authors
- Tang, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tang, Fengyan
- ORCID
- Tang, Fengyan
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-12-01
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 524-533
- ISSN
- 0733-4648 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-4523
- OpenAlex
- W2075603045
- Cited by
- 86
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 8.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Gerontology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Keywords
- self-rated health, functional dependencies, chronic disease, older adults, health maintenance, social networks, volunteer hours
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