scholarly journals Does transition to retirement increase frequence of volunteering: Findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti O Tanskanen ◽  
Hans Hämäläinen ◽  
Bruno Arpino ◽  
Aïda Solé-Auró ◽  
Mirkka Danielsbacka
Keyword(s):  
Potential Effect ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Individual Variations ◽  
Effect Regression ◽  
Transition To Retirement ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Time Substitution ◽  
Older Europeans ◽  
Over Time

Objectives Several studies have shown that retired older adults volunteer more than their working counterparts. However, there is a lack of research detecting whether the transition to retirement increases the frequency of volunteering over time and the extent to which this potential effect of retirement varies between sociodemographic groups.Methods We used seven waves of data from the longitudinal Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, collected between 2011 and 2018 from 19 countries. Within-person (or panel fixed-effect) regression models, which considered individual variations and person-specific changes over time, were conducted.Results Transition to retirement over time was associated with an increased frequency of volunteering among older Europeans. In addition, transition to retirement was more strongly associated with volunteering in countries with higher overall rates of volunteering, among more highly educated individuals, and among more religious people.Discussion Our findings supported the impact of time substitution and the centrality of social norms in shaping individual behavior. However, we were unable to find support for an influence of social tie replacement. Overall, transition to retirement tends to open up new ways to organize everyday life and increases the time spent volunteering among older Europeans.

scholarly journals Does Transition to Retirement Promote Grandchild Care? Evidence From Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti O. Tanskanen ◽  
Mirkka Danielsbacka ◽  
Hans Hämäläinen ◽  
Aïda Solé-Auró
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Inclusive Fitness ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Grandchild Care ◽  
Individual Variations ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Effect Regression ◽  
Health Aging ◽  
Transition To Retirement ◽  
Changes Over Time

Evolutionary theory posits that grandparents can increase their inclusive fitness by investing in their grandchildren. This study explored whether the transition to retirement affected the amount of grandchild care that European grandparents provided to their descendants. Data from five waves of the longitudinal Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe collected between 2004 and 2015 from 15 countries were used. We executed within-person (or fixed-effect) regression models, which considered individual variations and person-specific changes over time. It was detected that transition to retirement was associated with increased grandchild care among both grandmothers and grandfathers. However, the effect of retirement was stronger for grandfathers than for grandmothers. Moreover, transition to retirement was associated with increased grandchild care among both maternal and paternal grandparents, but there was no significant difference between lineages in the magnitude of the effect of transition to retirement on grandchild care. In public debate retirees are often considered a burden to society but the present study indicated that when grandparents retire, their investment in grandchildren increased. The findings are discussed with reference to key evolutionary theories that consider older adults' tendency to invest time and resources in their grandchildren.

scholarly journals Differences in risk perception, knowledge and protective behaviour regarding COVID-19 by education level among women and men in Germany. Results from the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO) study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0251694
Author(s):  
Petra Rattay ◽  
Niels Michalski ◽  
Olga Maria Domanska ◽  
Anna Kaltwasser ◽  
Freia De Bock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Factual Knowledge ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Protective Behaviour ◽  
Low Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

The main strategy for combatting SARS-CoV-2 infections in 2020 consisted of behavioural regulations including contact reduction, maintaining distance, hand hygiene, and mask wearing. COVID-19-related risk perception and knowledge may influence protective behaviour, and education could be an important determinant. The current study investigated differences by education level in risk perception, knowledge and protective behaviour regarding COVID-19 in Germany, exploring the development of the pandemic over time. The COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring study is a repeated cross-sectional online survey conducted during the pandemic in Germany from 3 March 2020 (waves 1–28: 27,957 participants aged 18–74). Differences in risk perception, knowledge and protective behaviour according to education level (high versus low) were analysed using linear and logistic regression. Time trends were accounted for by interaction terms for education level and calendar week. Regarding protective behaviour, interaction terms were tested for all risk perception and knowledge variables with education level. The strongest associations with education level were evident for perceived and factual knowledge regarding COVID-19. Moreover, associations were found between low education level and higher perceived severity, and between low education level and lower perceived probability. Highly educated men were more worried about COVID-19 than those with low levels of education. No educational differences were observed for perceived susceptibility or fear. Higher compliance with hand washing was found in highly educated women, and higher compliance with maintaining distance was found in highly educated men. Regarding maintaining distance, the impact of perceived severity differed between education groups. In men, significant moderation effects of education level on the association between factual knowledge and all three protective behaviours were found. During the pandemic, risk perception and protective behaviour varied greatly over time. Overall, differences by education level were relatively small. For risk communication, reaching all population groups irrespective of education level is critical.

Remarriage among Jews and Christians

2010 ◽  
pp. 56-85
Author(s):  
Shaul Stampfer
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Group Characteristics ◽  
Over Time

This chapter investigates the phenomenon of remarriage in nineteenth-century eastern Europe, demonstrating its significance in Jewish marital behaviour. Patterns of remarriage deserve attention for a number of reasons: they influenced fertility levels, affected family structure, played a role in networking, and served as an indicator of the importance of marriage in a given society. Remarriage is highly revealing of group characteristics and behaviour, but remarriage in late nineteenth-century eastern Europe merits attention for an additional reason. Patterns of remarriage and their changes over time significantly diverged among various population groups. Eastern Europe is thus an excellent context for examining the impact of significant variables on remarriage by means of a comparative approach. The chapter then evaluates modes of remarriage among four major religious-national groups: Russian Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews. It also considers important differences between Jews and Christians in specific patterns of remarriage.

The impact of an invasive plant changes over time

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1277-1284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Dostál ◽  
Jana Müllerová ◽  
Petr Pyšek ◽  
Jan Pergl ◽  
Tereza Klinerová
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals The valuation and demand impacts of the worthwhile use of travel time with specific reference to the digital revolution and endogeneity

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 1515-1540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Wardman ◽  
Phani Chintakayala ◽  
Chris Heywood
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Use Of Time ◽  
Individual Variations ◽  
Travel Time Savings ◽  
Time Savings ◽  
Large Survey ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Abstract The research reported here is concerned with how the worthwhile use of travel time might impact on the value of travel time savings (VTTS) and on demand set in the context of the rail travel market in Great Britain. It has long been recognised, in a variety of literature, that improvements in worthwhile activities which will have been delivered by the digital revolution will impact VTTS and demand yet there is surprisingly little reliable evidence and official appraisal practice does not accommodate any such effects. In a large survey of rail travellers, we have explored how activities while travelling impact on VTTS and demand. An important feature of the study was to account for endogeneity whereby variations in VTTS estimates according to the worthwhile use of time are biased if drawn from comparisons across individuals of what they do while travelling rather from comparing within individual variations in activities. Indeed, we clearly demonstrate the impact of not allowing for endogeneity and indicate its presence in other studies. We find that the VTTS does vary according to activities undertaken while travelling in a largely credible manner and is broadly consistent with behavioural responses to different available activities. The evidence supports the VTTS falling over time due to the digital revolution and rail demand increasing. These are modest rather than considerable changes but nonetheless contribute a better understanding of evidence relating to VTTS and rail demand variations over time.

The Experimental Study of Feature Recognition during the Standard Section Installation of Tower

2012 ◽  
Vol 482-484 ◽  
pp. 701-706
Author(s):  
Shi Jun Song ◽  
Lian Yu Song ◽  
Cai Feng Qiao ◽  
Long Long Hao
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Background Subtraction ◽  
Feature Recognition ◽  
Background Modeling ◽  
Morphological Processing ◽  
Target Feature ◽  
Standard Section ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

In the installation process of lifting tower cranes, background is complex, the impact of light on the characteristics of the target also changes over time very differently, which led to the installation of monitoring is not easy identified from the characteristics of the separate target in the changing off context. Based on this, this paper presents a model using bitmap which is based on the model of background subtraction to approach to background modeling adding morphological processing; the target feature can be more obvious. This method can identify the characterized target well from the complex background.

scholarly journals Intellectual Capital Change Management in the Construction Industry—The Case of an Inter-Organisational Collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
José Vale ◽  
Nádia Barbosa ◽  
Rui Bertuzi ◽  
Ana Maria Bandeira ◽  
Vera Teixeira Vale
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Intellectual Assets ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Nowadays, due to the complexity of the relationships with external entities, along with the importance that traditional media and the innovative social media have in creating competitive advantages, it is necessary for companies to collaborate in order to create Intellectual Capital (IC). Although collaboration is crucial to create IC, there is a paucity in literature regarding the effects that a specific type of collaboration may have on the IC of an organisation, specifically a franchising with a mediatic actor. Moreover, literature addressing IC creation and destruction over time is scarce, especially when applied to the construction industry. This paper’s goal is twofold: understanding the longitudinal changes of a construction SME’s Intellectual Capital, regarding its creation and destruction; analysing the impact that a specific inter-organisational collaboration franchising—with a mediatic actor may have on such IC. A single in-depth case study was conducted, allowing to conclude that the actions of an organisation can develop both Intellectual Assets and Intellectual Liabilities. It was also concluded that inter-organisational collaboration, through a franchise with an actor with experience in communication, can generate, in the long term, positive and innovative effects regarding the different IC components, namely the Relational one. More specifically, the paper allowed to ascertain that an organisation’s IC changes over time in a dynamic fashion, i.e., Intellectual Liabilities which emerged before an innovative collaboration can be transformed into Intellectual Assets and create competitive advantages. This paper contributes to stress the importance of managing IC, not only when it is created, but namely in when it can be destroyed, in a context of inter-organisational collaborations applied to a construction SME.

The impact of prostate cancer on overall cancer stage migration over time.

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 35-35
Author(s):  
Jay P. Ciezki ◽  
Chandana A. Reddy ◽  
Eric A. Klein
Keyword(s):  
Stage Iv ◽  
Stage I ◽  
Stage Migration ◽  
Cancer Stage ◽  
Subsequent Increase ◽  
Female Breast ◽  
Stage Iv Disease ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

35 Background: To define cancer stage migration according to year of diagnosis and type of cancer diagnosis. Methods: Cancer stage, site, and year of diagnosis information were retrieved from an academic radiation oncology center's database. The Jonckheere-Terpstra test was used to assess changes over time. Results: From 2005 to 2014, 12,807 newly diagnosed patients (pts) were seen. The distribution of pts by stage was 2% stage 0, 17% stage I, 33% stage II, 16% stage III, and 32% stage IV. The pattern of stage distribution significantly changed over time as seen in the table (p = 0.0016). For 4 of the 5 most commonly seen cancers, (female breast, lung, esophagus, head and neck, and prostate (CaP)) over time fewer late stage cancers were diagnosed or had no change in stage. The only exception was CaP, the largest number of pts (26.5% of total). In 2005, 10.76% of new CaP cases presented with stage IV disease, dipped to 4.6% in 2011, and rose to 8.47% in 2014 (p < 0.0001). The changes in stage I definition accounted for the increase seen in stage I disease, but could not account for the dip and subsequent increase in stage IV disease. Conclusions: The presentation of cancer by stage has changed over time, and it was predominately driven by CaP. The changes seen in stage IV CaP incidence in which it fell and then rose over the study period suggests that global practice changes may be present. An increased preference for active surveillance, recommendations against PSA screening, and increasing insurance deductibles may have favored a delay in treating/diagnosing CaP pts in the recent past. [Table: see text]

The History of Protestant Youth Ministry; a Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Ruth Lukabyo
Keyword(s):  
Practical Theology ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Youth Ministers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Academic Study

Abstract In the academic study of youth ministry, the disciplines of theology, sociology, and biblical studies are well represented, but not the discipline of history. This paper reviews what has been written about the history of Protestant youth ministry and attempts to synthesise changes over time. Then it highlights particular insights taken from the histories that could help those involved in youth ministry to be critical about their thinking and practice and to undertake practical theology. The insights identified are: the impact of historical context on youth ministry; the tension between nurture and conversion; the influence of theology; the relevance of class; and the importance of considering gender. This paper highlights the need for more research in this area and suggests that this research could assist youth ministers in considering their goals in ministry, their methodology, and the effectiveness of different kinds of youth organisations.

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