TY - JOUR
T1 - Smoking Households Give Less to Charity
AU - Siahpush, Mohammad
AU - Tibbits, Melissa
AU - Maloney, Shannon
AU - Johansson, Patrik
AU - Grimm, Brandon
AU - Nguyen, Minh
AU - Soliman, Ghada A.
AU - Wani, Rajvi J.
AU - Singh, Gopal K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - This study had two aims: (a) to assess, among households in the United States, the association between spending money on cigarettes and participation in charitable giving, and between spending money on cigarettes and amount spent on charitable giving, and (b) to assess whether the association between smoking and charitable giving is mediated by religiosity, social capital, cognitive aptitude, and happiness. To address these aims, we used data from Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey and Midlife in the United States Survey. The analyses revealed that households that spend money on cigarettes are less likely to participate in charitable giving. Furthermore, among households who do give to charity, smoking households give a lesser amount than others do. Religiosity, social capital, cognitive aptitude, and happiness do not appear to mediate the relationship between smoking and charitable giving.
AB - This study had two aims: (a) to assess, among households in the United States, the association between spending money on cigarettes and participation in charitable giving, and between spending money on cigarettes and amount spent on charitable giving, and (b) to assess whether the association between smoking and charitable giving is mediated by religiosity, social capital, cognitive aptitude, and happiness. To address these aims, we used data from Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey and Midlife in the United States Survey. The analyses revealed that households that spend money on cigarettes are less likely to participate in charitable giving. Furthermore, among households who do give to charity, smoking households give a lesser amount than others do. Religiosity, social capital, cognitive aptitude, and happiness do not appear to mediate the relationship between smoking and charitable giving.
KW - amount spend on charitable giving
KW - economics
KW - participation in charitable giving
KW - smoking
KW - tobacco expenditure
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U2 - 10.1177/0899764019883950
DO - 10.1177/0899764019883950
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074832946
SN - 0899-7640
VL - 49
SP - 589
EP - 610
JO - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
JF - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -