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Advocacy Recruits: Demographic Predictors of Volunteering for Advocacy-Related Organizations

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Abstract

Empirical studies of volunteering assume that the similar individuals are drawn equally to different kinds of volunteer-using organizations. The purpose of this article is to explore the demographic predictors of volunteering for several types of advocacy-related organizations, including political parties, labor and business organizations, immigrant/refugee-serving groups, civic organizations, and environmental/animal organizations. Data from the Current Population Survey’s volunteering supplement (pooled 2006–2012) indicate that the demographic profiles of volunteers drawn to advocacy-related organizations differ in specific ways from the demographic profile of those volunteering for other types of organizations. In particular, veterans are more likely than non-veterans to volunteer for political/advocacy groups and civic organizations. Being a minority veteran is associated with volunteering for immigrant organizations and environmental/animal-related organizations. Foreign-born individuals—both US citizens and non-citizens—are more likely to volunteer for immigrant/refugee organizations than the native born. The demographic profiles of volunteers for advocacy-related organizations vary in some ways from the demographic profiles of those who volunteer for service delivery organizations.

Résumé

Des études empiriques portant sur le bénévolat présument que les individus qui se ressemblent sont uniformément attirés par différents types d’organismes ayant recours à des bénévoles. Le présent article a pour but d’explorer les facteurs de prédiction démographique du bénévolat pour plusieurs types d’organismes de défense, y compris des partis politiques, organismes d’ouvriers et commerciaux, groupes d’aide aux réfugiés/immigrants et organismes civils et environnementaux/de défense des animaux. Les données du complément bénévole du Current Population Survey (enquête sur la population actuelle) recueillies de 2006 à 2012 démontrent que les profils démographiques des bénévoles attirés par les organismes de défense diffèrent précisément de ceux des bénévoles œuvrant pour d’autres types d’organismes. Les vétérans auront ainsi plus tendance à faire du bénévolat pour des groupes politiques/de défense et organismes civils que les non-vétérans. Le fait d’être un vétéran appartenant à une minorité est associé à des activités bénévoles axées sur l’immigration et l’environnement/la défense des animaux. Les citoyens et non citoyens nés en dehors des É.-U. auront plus tendance à œuvrer pour des organismes d’aide aux immigrants/réfugiés que ceux qui sont originaires du pays. Les profils démographiques des bénévoles d’organismes de défense varient d’une certaine façon de ceux des bénévoles œuvrant pour des organismes prestataires de services.

Zusammenfassung

Empirische Studien zur ehrenamtlichen Arbeit gehen davon aus, dass sich ähnliche Personen gleichermaßen von verschiedenen Arten von Organisationen, die sich auf Ehrenamtliche stützen, angezogen werden. Zweck dieses Beitrags ist die Untersuchung der demographischen Prädiktoren für eine ehrenamtliche Arbeit für mehrere Arten von Interessen vertretenden Organisationen, einschließlich politischer Parteien, Arbeits- und Unternehmensorganisationen, Gruppen für Einwanderer/Flüchtlinge, Bürgerorganisationen und Umwelt-/Tierorganisationen. Daten aus der ergänzenden Umfrage zur ehrenamtlichen Arbeit im Rahmen der Current Population Survey (gepoolt 2006–2012) zeigen, dass sich die demographischen Profile der Ehrenamtlichen, die von Interessen vertretenden Organisationen angezogen werden, auf spezifische Weise von dem demographischen Profil von Ehrenamtlichen anderer Organisationen unterscheiden. Im Einzelnen tendieren Kriegsveteranen eher zu einer ehrenamtlichen Tätigkeit bei politischen/Interessen vertretenden Gruppen und Bürgerorganisationen als andere Personen. Es gibt eine Verbindung zwischen Veteranen, die einer Minderheit angehören, und einer ehrenamtlichen Arbeit bei Einwandererorganisationen sowie Umwelt-/Tierorganisationen. Im Ausland geborene Personen—sowohl U.S.-Staatsangehörige als auch Personen ohne die amerikanische Staatsangehörigkeit—tendieren eher dazu, für Einwanderer-/Flüchtlings-organisationen ehrenamtlich tätig zu sein als Personen, die in den USA geboren wurden. Die demographischen Profile der Ehrenamtlichen bei Interessen vertretenden Organisationen unterscheiden sich in einigen Punkten von den demographischen Profilen der Ehrenamtlichen bei Dienstleistungen erbringenden Organisationen.

Resumen

Los estudios empíricos del voluntariado asumen que los individuos similares se ven atraídos igualmente por diferentes tipos de organizaciones que utilizan voluntarios. El propósito del presente artículo es explorar los predictores demográficos del voluntariado para varios tipos de organizaciones relacionadas con la defensa, incluidos los partidos políticos, las organizaciones empresariales y de los trabajadores, los grupos que atienden a inmigrantes/refugiados, las organizaciones cívicas y las organizaciones medioambientales/animalistas. Los datos del suplemento sobre voluntariado de la Encuesta de Población Actual (agrupados 2006–2012) indican que los perfiles demográficos de los voluntarios atraídos por organizaciones relacionadas con la defensa difieren en formas específicas del perfil demográfico de aquellos que realizan voluntariado para otros tipos de organizaciones. En particular, es más probable que los veteranos realicen voluntariado en grupos de defensa/políticos y organizaciones cívicas que los no veteranos. Ser un veterano de una minoría se asocia al voluntariado en organizaciones de inmigrantes y organizaciones medioambientales/animalistas. Es más probable que los individuos nacidos en el extranjero—tanto ciudadanos estadounidenses como no ciudadanos—realicen voluntariado en organizaciones de inmigrantes/refugiados que los nativos estadounidenses. Los perfiles demográficos de los voluntarios en organizaciones relacionadas con la defensa varían en algunas formas de los perfiles demográficos de aquellos que realizan voluntariado en organizaciones que entregan servicios.

摘要

志愿的经验研究假定从不同类型的志愿使用组织那里抽取类似的个人。本文的目的是,探讨几个倡导相关组织类型的地理预测因素,包括政党、劳工和企业组织、移民/难民服务群体、民间组织和环境/动物组织。当前人口调查的志愿补充(2006–2012年)数据表明,从倡导相关组织抽取的志愿者的人口统计个人资料与其他类型组织的志愿者的人口统计个人资料在特定方面不同。尤其是,资深志愿者比非资深志愿者更有可能加入政治/倡导小组和民间组织。少数族裔资深志愿者与移民组织和环境/动物相关组织关联。与本国出生的人群相比,国外出生的个人—美国居民和非居民—更有可能志愿加入移民/难民组织。倡导相关组织的志愿者的人口统计个人资料与服务提交组织志愿者的人口统计个人资料在许多方面不同。

ملخص

تفترض الدراسات التجريبية للعمل التطوعي أن الأفراد المتشابهين يتم إستدراجهم على قدم المساواة إلى أنواع مختلفة من المنظمات التي تستخدم المتطوعين. الغرض من هذه المقالة هو إكتشاف التنبئ الديموجرافي للتطوع لعدة أنواع من المنظمات ذات الصلة بالتأييد، بما في ذلك الأحزاب السياسية، منظمات العمال ورجال الأعمال، الجماعات المهاجرة/التي تخدم اللاجئين، المنظمات المدنية، المنظمات البيئية/الحيوانات. البيانات من تكملة العمل التطوعي إستطلاع الرأي السكاني الحالي في (تم تجميعها 2006-2012) تشير إلى أن الملامح الديموجرافية من المتطوعين تشد الإنتباه إلى المنظمات ذات الصلة بالتأييد تختلف في نواحي معينة من التشكيل الديموجرافي لتلك أنواع التطوع الأخرى من المنظمات. على وجه الخصوص، هم أكثر عرضة من غير المحاربين للتطوع للمجموعات السياسية/الدعوة والمنظمات المدنية لقدامى المحاربين. يرتبط كونه أقلية مع العمل التطوعي لمنظمات المهاجرين والمنظمات البيئية/المتعلقة بالحيوان. الأجانب الأفراد على حد سواء المواطنين الامريكان وغير المواطنين، هم أكثر عرضة للتطوع لمنظمات المهاجرين/اللاجئين من المولودين. لمحات الديموجرافية من المتطوعين للمنظمات ذات الصلة بالدعوة تختلف في بعض النواحي من الملامح الديمجرافية من أولئك الذين يتطوعون لمنظمات تقديم الخدمات.

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Nesbit, R. Advocacy Recruits: Demographic Predictors of Volunteering for Advocacy-Related Organizations. Voluntas 28, 958–987 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-017-9855-z

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