GSA 2024 Abstract

ASSESSING THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF VOLUNTEER FREQUENCY CATEGORIES ON HEALTH: AN OUTCOME-WIDE APPROACH

Study in peoplePopulations

Abstract

Later life volunteering contributes not only to community betterment, but also significant health benefits for volunteers themselves. However, researchers have used various methods for measuring volunteering frequency—often with data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)—ranging from binary to eight-level categories.

The paper

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Texas State University

GSA 2024 Abstract, 31 Dec 2024, CC BY

Presented at GSA 2024

doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.4120