La participation associative et le bénévolat des seniors

Lionel Prouteau () and François-Charles Wolff
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Lionel Prouteau: LEN - Laboratoire d'économie de Nantes - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes

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Abstract: Senior citizens–defined here as people aged 60 and over–are more frequently members of associations than their juniors. Retirement is one motivation to join. Associations that cater to the elderly are the most popular. In most cases, participation involves consumption of services and recreational activities. Retirees are more rarely involved in running associations, particularly in positions of responsibility. Senior citizens are nevertheless key unpaid human resources, particularly in the welfare and charity sectors. This is particularly so of people in their sixties, who spend more time on average than their younger counterparts performing unpaid services for associations. Whether consumers of services offered by the organisations they belong to, or more engaged volunteer workers, a key motivation for senior citizens to join associations is a desire to meet people and make friends. The importance of these social motivations highlights the role of sociability network that associations play for this segment of the population.

Keywords: retraités; seniors; bénévolat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Published in Retraite et société, 2007, 59 (1), pp.158-186. ⟨10.3917/rs.050.0157⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/rs.050.0157

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