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CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION IN CHINA'S SINGLE-CHILD GENERATION: HOW AND WHY DO THEY GIVE

Zheng, Yuan (2011) CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION IN CHINA'S SINGLE-CHILD GENERATION: HOW AND WHY DO THEY GIVE. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Every year, there are a growing number of private organizations and citizens contributing to charities. In this thesis, I analyze what social factors cause higher individual charitable donation in China's single-child generation, and for what reasons these people engage in philanthropy. It was hypothesized that four social factors: belief, education, income and wealth, and parental participation posively affect individual donation, while gender has no significant influence on individual donation. It was also hypothesized that the motivations for charitable donation vary among this group. A total of 181 survey questionnaires were collected and 20 interviews were conducted. Results confirmed the hypothesized model. The results yielded practical implications for understanding China's single-child generation's donation behavior. The study also contributed in bridging over the study on philanthropic behavior research and on China's single-child generation research.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Zheng, Yuanyuz38@pitt.eduYUZ38
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairBamyeh, Mohammed A.mab205@pitt.eduMAB205
Committee MemberHughes, Melaniehughesm@pitt.eduHUGHESM
Committee MemberRawski, Thomas G.tgrawski@pitt.eduTGRAWSKI
Date: 14 September 2011
Date Type: Completion
Defense Date: 21 July 2011
Approval Date: 14 September 2011
Submission Date: 28 July 2011
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Sociology
Degree: MA - Master of Arts
Thesis Type: Master's Thesis
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: charity; China; donation; one-child generation; philanthropy
Other ID: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-07282011-211359/, etd-07282011-211359
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 19:54
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 13:47
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8695

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