Technical paper
Societal volunteering and COVD-19 mortality in high-income countries: a cross-sectoral study
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This study aims to quantify the relationship between social volunteering and the impact of COVI-19 in h\high-income countries.
Synthesis
- This study draws data from 32 high-income countries (international analysis) and 50 US States (US Analysis)
- COVID-19 mortality was measured as the number of deaths due to COVID-19 per million inhabitants, from January 2020 until January 2022
- The study highlights that different countries responded differently to the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of timing and stringency of measures adopted.
- The study highlights that countries and states with more societal volunteering have been less impacted by COVID-19, even after accounting for differences in demographics, gross domestic product, healthcare investments and vaccination rates.
