OLDER VOLUNTEERS - A DISCUSSION OF THE MINNESOTA SENIOR STUDY
OLDER VOLUNTEERS - A DISCUSSION OF THE MINNESOTA SENIOR STUDY
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/31.2.183
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发表时间：
1991-04-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
COOPER, PW
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作者：
FISCHER, LR;MUELLER, DP;COOPER, PW
我们使用明尼苏达老年研究的结果来检验老年志愿者数据定义、编码和分析的理论和方法上的困难。这项研究是近20年来首次在全州范围内对明尼苏达州老年人的需求和资源进行调查，发现超过一半（52%）的明尼苏达州老年人为组织做志愿者工作，这一比例远远高于全国调查的结果。然而，在定义和方法上的问题使分析变得混乱。本文提出了一种新的志愿者角色分类概念模型，基于三个维度：志愿服务是“正式的”还是“非正式的”；该活动是否需要定期或偶尔的时间承诺；服务活动的性质（人对社区、人对对象或人对人）。
We used findings from the Minnesota Senior Study to examine the theoretical and methodological difficulties of defining, coding, and analyzing data on older volunteers. This study, the first statewide survey of the needs and resources of the elderly in Minnesota in almost 20 years, found that over half (52%) of older Minnesotans do volunteer work for organizations — considerably higher than has been found in national surveys. Problems in definition and methodology, however, have confounded analyses. This paper proposes a new conceptual model for classifying volunteer roles, based on three dimensions: whether the voluntary service is “formal” or “informal”; whether the activity entails a regular or an occasional time commitment; and the nature of the service activity (person-to-community, person-to-object, or person-to-person).