Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between parents' religiosity and volunteerism and adult children's volunteerism.

Among respondents who belonged to a house of worship, 61 percent of those whose parents volunteered likewise served as volunteers, and 44 percent of those whose parents did not volunteer served as volunteers. Among those with no religious affiliation whose parents did not volunteer, only 30 percent volunteered.


Sample or Data Description
The Independent Sector 2001 Giving and Volunteering Survey, a national survey of more than 4,000 adults.


Source
Brooks, Arthur C., Who Really Cares: America's Charity Divide, (New York: Basic Books 2006), pp. 97-114.


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