September 17, 2009
Americans Cut Back on Volunteerism as Job Losses Rise, Study Finds
Seventy-two percent of Americans say that in the past year they have cut back on the time they spend volunteering and performing other civic activities, according to a study by the National Conference on Citizenship.
The annual America's Civic Health Index, based on surveys of 3,889 people in May, said Americans believed their peers were doing the same.
Sixty-six percent of those surveyed said that, as a result of the recession, Americans were more concerned with looking out
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