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.