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KMID : 1001320090360010005
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Social Welfare Policy
2009 Volume.36 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.34
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A Study of Religious Citizens` Secular Volunteering: Analysis on Effects of Religious Factors and Non-religious Factors
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Kang Chul-Hee
Jong Sang-Won
Lee Ji-Hye
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Abstract
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This study attempts to explore effects of religious background, religiosity, secular socialization on sharing, and secular giving with demographic variables on religious citizens. On their secular volunteering, there have been different opinions and research results. This study analyzes these factors’ effects by using Tobit model on the data(2008 National Survey Data on Koreans’ Giving and Volunteering) designed and conducted by the Beautiful Foundation. Particularly, by using 518 respondents who had religious background among 1,016 respondents, this study identifies the degree of religious citizens’ secular volunteering effort(hours) and statistically significant factors that influence their secular volunteering hours. The results are as follows. First, in hours for secular volunteering, the average was 11.6 hours; it represents relatively higher effort than non-religious citizens. Second, only citizens with blue collar job was significant in negative direction. Third, in religious backgrounds, there were significant differences among different religious backgrounds: particularly, citizens with catholic church had highest secular volunteering hours. Fourth, secular socialization on sharing measured by socialization throughout parents at home on sharing was statistically significant in positive direction; the higher being socialized throughout parents at home on sharing, the higher secular volunteering. Fifth, current participation in secular giving was statistically significant in positive direction. Sixth, social trust was also statistically significant in positive direction. Seventh, universal acceptance on the target population for sharing (distance) was significant at the marginal level in positive direction. Finally, religiosity variables measured by participation in offering was statistically significant in positive direction but religious volunteering for religious organizations was not significant. This study discusses the importance of the findings with directions for future research in religious citizens’ sharing including secular volunteering. This study finally discusses implications for promoting and strengthening religious citizens’ secular volunteering.
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KEYWORD
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Volunteering, Religion & Religiosity, Socialization of Sharing, Secular Giving, Social Trust
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