Does Participation in Adult Education Increase Volunteering? An Analysis of British Longitudinal Data

Autor/inn/en	Rüber, Ina Elisabeth; Janmaat, Jan Germen
Titel	Does Participation in Adult Education Increase Volunteering? An Analysis of British Longitudinal Data
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 71 (2021) 1, S.55-72 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rüber, Ina Elisabeth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713620927348
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adults; Volunteers; Citizen Participation; Outcomes of Education; Qualifications; Individual Characteristics; Attitude Change; Self Efficacy; Consciousness Raising; Social Networks; Competence; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Freiwilliger; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Bewusstseinsbildung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Kompetenz; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	High-quality longitudinal data from the "UK Household Longitudinal Study" gives us the opportunity to investigate whether participation in adult education (AE) fosters volunteering, and whether this depends on the volume of AE, its content, or on the qualification obtained with it. From a public enlightenment perspective, we would only expect to find an effect if the content of AE relates to social issues and domains relevant for volunteering. Yet theories emphasizing AE as a place of encounter and an activity that strengthens self-confidence would expect a positive effect regardless of the content but depending on the volume and the obtained qualification. Our results from a person fixed-effects model reveal a significant and positive effect of participation in AE on volunteering in general, while volume, content, and obtained qualifications appear to make no difference. These findings provisionally suggest that social interactions and self-perceptions explain civic returns to AE. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01