• Inclusion

• External Shocks

• Accommodating newcomers

Assessing the ‘Why’ in Volunteering for Refugees: Exploring Volunteer Motivations Socio-structural Determinants in Volunteering for Humanitarian Organizations: a Resource-based Approach Trends in Forms of Civic Involvement in the Netherlands between 2008 and 2020

This study examines to what extent life course changes are associated with the likelihood to start humanitarian volunteering, and how many people start, quit or continue humanitarian volunteering over a longer time period, in the Netherlands. Using rich panel data from 2008 to 2022, we test hypotheses derived from influential theories on resources and role substitution. We find that the volunteer pool of humanitarian organizations is volatile, indicating that the solid core of stayers is small. Most life course changes in people’s lives do not (directly) relate to individuals’ voluntary behavior regarding starting humanitarian volunteering. In contrast, comparisons between respondents are more in line with the literature. We recommend to extend this study to all forms of volunteering to further assess the applicability of static theories when transposed to dynamic within-person transitions.

Research Question 1: How many people start, quit, or continue volunteering for humanitarian organizations over a longer period of time? Research Question 2: Which life course changes are associated with starting volunteering for humanitarian organizations?

• External data

• Questionaire
• Longitudinal survey

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All the waves (2008-2022) from LISS' Social Integration and Leisure module

• Structured

The LISS panel draws conclusions on the country-level (i.e. on the level of the Dutch population)

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