ACTIVE AGING AND HAPPINESS: EUROPEAN SENIOR CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS

• Authors: Saz-Gil Isabel , Gil-Lacruz Ana Isabel , Gil-Lacruz Marta
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper studies the relationship between perceived happiness and volunteering among European senior citizens, paying special attention to differences based on gender and generational cohorts. The empirical analysis utilised micro data from the World Values Surveys (WVS: 1994/98, 2005/09 and 2010/14). The main conclusions are: i) Employment, education and income are key factors for understanding senior citizen volunteering and wellbeing; ii) senior citizen volunteering can be a positive factor that reinforces happiness if senior citizens chose activities that promote wellbeing; iii) it is important to encourage economic development that helps to improve the life conditions of all citizens.

Keywords

EN

AGEING; ACTIVITY; EUROPE; WELLBEING; SOCIAL NETWORKS; VOLUNTEERING

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 290 – 312

Contributors

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Saz-Gil Isabel

• Business Management Department, University of Zaragoza, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Ciudad Escolar s/n, 44003 Teruel, Spain

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Gil-Lacruz Ana Isabel

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Gil-Lacruz Marta

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2019.51.3.14