Family Relations and Civic Engagement: Effects of Marital and Parental Status on Membership in Voluntary Associations.

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Abstract

This paper investigates whether assuming social roles within a family can help explain participation in two types of voluntary associations (volunteering and alumni), depending on gender. I use nationally representative data on 1,361 respondents from the 2012 Korean General Social Survey to examine how marital or parental statuses are related to two types of voluntary association membership. Logistic regression analyses show that taking on a marital and parental role exerts differential impacts for men and women. Specifically, assuming roles decreases women’s likelihood of participation in associations but increase men’s likelihood of participation. I close by discussing the implications of the findings for research on civic engagement.

Author

• Eun Hye Lee, Indiana University-Bloomington