Fourth, the survey used in this paper contains no information whether volunteers occupy a senior or subordinate position in their civic organization. Given the hypothesised role of inequalities with regard to gender differences (see chapter 4), future surveys should routinely include such items in order to test the assumption that inequalities are reproduced in civic engagement, as this could have a detrimental impact on some volunteers’ well-being. Also, it may be promising to examine whether civic engagement in certain types of associations is more beneficial to SWB than in others, and who precisely people socialise with. In this regard, Morrow-Howell et al. (2009) have conducted a promising in-depth study among older adults with the interesting finding that aspects of the volunteer experience, e.g. the amount of involvement, adequacy of training, and on-going support, also influence how far an individual benefits from civic engagement in terms of feeling “better off” due to volunteering. It would be advantageous if such items were more often included in surveys about SC