PURPOSE Widowhood eliminates a key source of support that may trigger greater involvement in social activities and volunteer participation, which are related to better late-life health and functioning. We reexamine and build upon 2 recent studies exploring recent widowhood and social participation. Using different data, we perform a quasi-replication of Utz, Carr, Nesse, and Wortman's (2002; "T...

Objective: To test whether religious affiliation and participation are associated with cooperation and trust in a controlled experimental setting. Methods: We match the results of individual survey responses on religious affiliation and participation to the actions of respondents in human subject experiments; we measure cooperation and trust as other-regarding behavior in canonical public goods...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this article is to investigate whether and to what degree participation in physical activity among adolescents is associated with area economic deprivation in the municipality where they live. In the study we took account of aggregated informal social capital at the municipality level and compositional effects due to spatial concentration of individual variables know...

Introduction Informal patient payments for healthcare are common in the Western Balkans, negatively affecting public health and healthcare.   Aim To identify literature from the Western Balkans on what is known about informal patient payments and bought and brought goods, to examine their effects on healthcare and to determine what actions can be taken to tackle these payments.   Methods After ...

OBJECTIVE Religious practices among adults are associated with more 12-step participation which, in turn, is linked to better treatment outcomes. Despite recommendations for adolescents to participate in mutual-help groups, little is known about how religious practices influence youth 12-step engagement and outcomes. This study examined the relationships among lifetime religiosity, during-treat...

In the context of the current policy emphasis on extending working lives, we investigate whether the relationship between participation in paid work, other formal, and informal activities among people aged 50-69 is complementary or competitive. We also investigate differences in associations between countries using comparable longitudinal data from Denmark, France, Italy, and England. We find p...

☆ This paper uses confidentialized unit record file dat and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. The H is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Families and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and is managed by the Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). The findings an however, are those of the author and should not be attri MIAESR. Since the data used in this paper are confidenti other res...