caa a22 4500 467898065 CHVBK 20180406152809.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10708-006-0029-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10708-006-0029-6 Gender and voluntary work in late adulthood in rural communities in the Netherlands [Elektronische Daten] [Joos Fortuijn, Marieke van der Meer] This article discusses the involvement of older women and men in voluntary work in rural communities in the Netherlands. Gender, ageing and civil society form the core concepts in the article. Politicians and policy makers in the Netherlands are worried about the perceived decline of civil society and about the consequences of this decline for specific categories of older women in terms of well-being and social exclusion. The paper presents the results of two surveys of involvement of older women and men in civic organisations, voluntary work and local actions. The surveys indicate high levels of involvement of both women and men. No gender differences are found in activity level. However, the data demonstrate the gendered nature of civil society. Women are more engaged in informal voluntary work and informal local actions, while men are more active in formal organisations and functions. This gender segmentation is not absolute, however. Many older women and men transgress the traditional feminine-masculine boundaries. The surveys highlight the involvement of women and men in rural communities, but indicate lower activity levels in urban areas. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2006 Voluntary work nationallicence Civil society nationallicence Gender nationallicence Ageing nationallicence Rural communities nationallicence The Netherlands nationallicence Fortuijn Joos Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut van der Meer Marieke Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 65/4(2006-05-01), 381-392 0343-2521 65:4<381 2006 65 10708 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-006-0029-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-006-0029-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fortuijn Joos Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Meer Marieke Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 65/4(2006-05-01), 381-392 0343-2521 65:4<381 2006 65 10708 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer