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AGE AND VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS
Abstract
Using two year panel data from a statewide survey in Nebraska, the author attempted to develop a theory of voluntary association memberships among the elderly. Previous research on this topic was shown to be problematic in both methodological and theoretical focus. It was shown that, contrary to the prevailing notion, the elderly do not systematically withdraw from voluntary associations. Indeed, the elderly cohorts consistently evidenced either maintenance of, or increases in, prior levels of affiliation. It was demonstrated that the membership levels of the elderly varied across categories of associations. It was also discovered that the rate of change in memberships varied across these categories. The results further indicated the importance of a panel analysis, as the cross-sectional results did not provide an accurate indicator of the underlying age-linked changes. As such, the present inquiry provides important theoretical and methodological leads for future research on the voluntary association memberships of the elderly.
Subject Area
Sociology
Recommended Citation
HOYT, DANNY RAY, "AGE AND VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS" (1980). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8100432.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8100432