Cho Joonyoung, Kim BoRin, Jeon Jehoon, Park Sojung
School of Social Work, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Department of Social Work, University of New Hampshire , Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2020 Jul;63(5):428-446. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2020.1760992. Epub 2020 May 13.
This study investigates the association between older adults' perception of usefulness and easiness (PUE) of Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs) and volunteering, and if this association differs across their income status. Data were obtained from the 2012 wave of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), and the sample was restricted to respondents aged between 60 and 84 (N = 901) and who completed the 2012 HRS technology module. Multinomial logistic regression was employed to examine the independent and joint influence of PUE of ICTs and of low-income status on volunteering. The results show that only people with engaged in more than 100 hours of volunteering among older adults after controlling for covariates. The positive effect of was found to be more significant in the low-income group. This is the first known research to investigate the PUE of ICTs and volunteering among older adults. This study expands the knowledge of volunteering among older adults by exploring ICTs which can be considered as one of the most influential macrosocial changes in the current society. Moreover, our findings provide some insights and an empirical foundation in volunteering programs for older adults of different PUE levels.
本研究调查了老年人对信息通信技术（ICTs）的有用性和易用性的感知（PUE）与志愿服务之间的关联，以及这种关联在不同收入状况下是否存在差异。数据来自2012年健康与退休研究（HRS），样本仅限于年龄在60至84岁之间（N = 901）且完成了2012年HRS技术模块的受访者。采用多项逻辑回归来检验ICTs的PUE和低收入状况对志愿服务的独立和联合影响。结果表明，在控制协变量后，只有[此处原文缺失相关内容]的老年人参与志愿服务的时间超过100小时。[此处原文缺失相关内容]的积极影响在低收入群体中更为显著。这是已知的第一项调查老年人ICTs的PUE与志愿服务之间关系的研究。本研究通过探索可被视为当前社会最具影响力的宏观社会变革之一的ICTs，扩展了对老年人志愿服务的认识。此外，我们的研究结果为不同PUE水平的老年人志愿服务项目提供了一些见解和实证基础。
