TY - BOOK AU - Musick,Marc A. AU - Wilson,John TI - Volunteers: a social profile T2 - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies SN - 025334929X AV - HN49.V64 M87 2008 U1 - 302.14 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Voluntarism KW - Volunteers N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-632) and index; The importance of studying volunteering -- What is volunteering? -- Personality -- Motives -- Values, norms, and attitudes -- Socio-economic resources -- Time and health -- Gender -- Race -- The life course: the early stages -- The life course: the later stages -- Social resources -- Volunteer recruitment -- Schools and congregations -- Community, neighborhood, city, and region -- Cross-national differences -- Trends in volunteering -- Volunteer tasks -- The volunteer role -- Citizenship and prosocial behavior -- Occupation, income, and health -- Conclusion ER -