Trust and Volunteering: Selection or Causation? Evidence From a 4 Year Panel Study

被引:79
作者
Bekkers, Rene [1 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Social Sci, Ctr Philanthrop Studies, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
Trust; Social capital; Volunteering; Panel data; SOCIAL TRUST; HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES; VOLUNTARY-ASSOCIATIONS; INTERPERSONAL-TRUST; GENERALIZED TRUST; PERSONALITY; PARTICIPATION; TRUSTWORTHINESS; CONSEQUENCES; METHODOLOGY;
D O I
10.1007/s11109-011-9165-x
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Participation in voluntary associations is often believed to make citizens more trusting of others. This paper reports longitudinal analyses of a time intensive form of participation-volunteering-and generalized social trust using data from three waves of the Giving in the Netherlands Panel Study spanning 4 years (2002-2006; n = 692) refuting this belief. Trust is relatively stable over a 4 year period (0.73). Changes in volunteering are not related to changes in trust. Trust is higher among volunteers mainly because of selective attrition: persons with low trust are more likely to quit volunteering.
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