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- Title
Has Voluntary Association Activity Declined? Cross-national Analyses for Fifteen Countries.
- Authors
Baer, Douglas; Curtis, James; Grabb, Edward
- Abstract
Previous studies of voluntary association membership in the United States have generated inconsistent conclusions about whether membership has declined. We analyse here both nominal and active association involvements for national samples from Canada, the U.S., and 13 other societies in the early 1980s and early 1990s. Temporal comparisons are made, with union and religious memberships both included and excluded, before and after controls. The results provide little evidence of decline, for Canada, the U.S., or the other nations, particularly for working memberships. Both without and with controls, the U.S., West Germany, and the Netherlands exhibit significant increases in working memberships. Only Spain shows substantial declines in working memberships over the period. With few exceptions, the overall pattern is one of stability, or no significant change.
- Subjects
CANADA; MEMBERSHIP in associations, institutions, etc.; SOCIAL surveys; CHURCH attendance; SOCIAL services; HOBBIES
- Publication
Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, 2001, Vol 38, Issue 3, p249
- ISSN
0008-4948
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1755-618x.2001.tb00973.x