全球,区域和国家普遍性以及志愿者工作的决定因素:使用调查数据的元分析研究
Samuel Manda1, Nada Abdelatif2, Dineo Seabe3
1Department of Statistics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Frontiers in sociology
|July 22, 2025
概括
全球志愿者普及率为39.93%,区域差异很大. 高等教育水平与增加的志愿者率有关,特别是在欧洲,为加强社区参与提供了有针对性的政策制定信息.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 全球发展研究 全球发展研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 志愿者工作越来越多地被认为是对全球发展的贡献.
- 在全球和区域层面影响志愿者的因素需要进一步了解.
- 人口统计和地理位置之间的志愿者率的变化不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了估计全球志愿服务的普遍性.
- 通过性别,教育水平和年龄来调查志愿者率的变化.
- 分析志愿服务在区域和国家层面的差异.
主要方法:
- 在31个国家的37个世界价值观调查 (2000-2018) 中,对49458名志愿者的随机效应元分析.
- 分析包括15岁及以上的个人.
- 跨人口群体的志愿者率的比较:性别,教育 (中学与小学或以下),年龄 (35岁以上与35岁以下).
主要成果:
- 总的来说,志愿服务的综合流行率为39.93%.
- 观察到显著的区域差异:非洲 (61.15%) 的比例高于欧洲 (28.97%).
- 更高的教育水平显著增加了志愿者率 (RR=1.20),特别是在欧洲 (1.54),而性别和年龄没有显著的影响.
结论:
- 志愿服务率在区域和国家之间存在很大差异.
- 学历是参与志愿服务的关键决定因素.
- 调查结果为决策者提供了关键的见解,以设计有针对性的干预措施,促进志愿服务和社区参与.
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