Participation in socially productive activities and quality of life in early old age: findings from SHARE
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In order to understand variations of quality of life in early old age, associations between socio-economic status, socially productive activities and well-being are studied across 14 European countries. Information on three different types of productive activities and their exchange characteristics is included. We used the first two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) including some 15,000 retired men and women. Well-being is measured by a standardized quality of life measure (CASP-12). Findings of multilevel analyses show larger within-country than between-country variability in prospective quality of life. Strong individual predictors were the experience of reciprocity in social productive activities and high socio-economic position. Continued participation in socially productive activities, in particular those that offer opportunities of experiencing reciprocity in exchange, improves prospective quality of life in early old age.
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If reciprocity is not experienced, then the positive impact of volunteering on quality of life is negated.
“Although people tend to volunteer for altruistic reasons [9], if reciprocity is not experienced, then the positive impact of volunteering on quality of life is negated [56,63].”
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 [56]
Volunteering interventions are unlikely to yield benefits if such activities hold no intrinsic meaning or value to the potential recipients.
“Documenting the degree to which motivating and sustaining factors, such as altruism [9] and reciprocity [56,63] are core components of this complex intervention is critical, as volunteering interventions are unlikely to yield benefits if such activities hold no intrinsic meaning or value to the potential recipients.”
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 [56]
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- Authors
- Siegrist, J., & Wahrendorf, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Duesseldorf, Germany
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- ORCID
- Wahrendorf, Morten
- Venue
- Journal of European Social Policy
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-10
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 317-326
- ISSN
- 0958-9287 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7269
- OpenAlex
- W2001221244
- Cited by
- 93
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 3.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of European Social Policy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- social productivity, quality of life, early old age, reciprocity, socioeconomic status, well-being, retirees, caspase-12, SHARE survey, cross-national variation
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