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Volunteering and Depression among Older Adults: An Empirical Analysis Based on CLASS 2018

Zhendong Wu¹, Chen Xu², Liyan Zhang³, Yang Wang⁴, George W. Leeson⁵, Gong Chen^4,*, Julien S. Baker⁶, Xiao-Guang Yue^7,8

1 School of Law, Humanities and Sociology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
2 Beijing Institute of Aerospace Information, Defense Technology Academy of CASIC, Beijing, 100013, China
3 The People’s Government of Niulanshan Town, Beijing, 101301, China
4 Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100091, China
5 Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford, OX2 6PR, UK
6 Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 999077, China
7 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, 1516, Cyprus
8 CIICESI-ESTG, Politécnico do Porto, Felgueiras, 4610-156, Portugal

* Corresponding Author: Gong Chen. Email: