Frequency of volunteering
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Index terms
- Employment Employment status Voluntary work
- Politics and social attitudes Civic and community engagement Volunteering
Question asked in the latest wave:
voluntarywork_w14.volfreq
Question label:
Frequency of volunteering
Question text:
Including any time spent at home or elsewhere, about how often over the last 12 months have you generally done something to help any of these organisations?
Question universe:
if Volun = 1 (If volunteers)
Question interviewer instructions:
IF RESPONDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR MORE THAN ONE GROUP OR AGENCY, PLEASE TOTAL TIME SPENT IN ALL GROUPS TOGETHER
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 30500 | 85.99% |
| proxy | -7 | 134 | 0.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 9 | 0.03% |
| don't know | -1 | 18 | 0.05% |
| On 3 or more days a week | 1 | 572 | 1.61% |
| Twice a week | 2 | 739 | 2.08% |
| Once a week | 3 | 1251 | 3.53% |
| Once a fortnight | 4 | 310 | 0.87% |
| At least once a month | 5 | 581 | 1.64% |
| Quite often but not regularly | 6 | 428 | 1.21% |
| Just a few times | 7 | 576 | 1.62% |
| One-off activity | 8 | 275 | 0.78% |
| You helped or worked on a seasonal basis | 9 | 78 | 0.22% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 27684 | 80.67% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| refusal | -2 | 13 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 22 | 0.06% |
| On 3 or more days a week | 1 | 632 | 1.84% |
| Twice a week | 2 | 814 | 2.37% |
| Once a week | 3 | 1410 | 4.11% |
| Once a fortnight | 4 | 383 | 1.12% |
| At least once a month | 5 | 824 | 2.4% |
| Quite often but not regularly | 6 | 491 | 1.43% |
| Just a few times | 7 | 756 | 2.2% |
| One-off activity | 8 | 394 | 1.15% |
| You helped or worked on a seasonal basis | 9 | 92 | 0.27% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 30720 | 78.18% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 16 | 0.04% |
| On 3 or more days a week | 1 | 769 | 1.96% |
| Twice a week | 2 | 844 | 2.15% |
| Once a week | 3 | 1673 | 4.26% |
| Once a fortnight | 4 | 435 | 1.11% |
| At least once a month | 5 | 905 | 2.3% |
| Quite often but not regularly | 6 | 615 | 1.57% |
| Just a few times | 7 | 964 | 2.45% |
| One-off activity | 8 | 540 | 1.37% |
| You helped or worked on a seasonal basis? | 9 | 125 | 0.32% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 29641 | 65.59% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| don't know | -1 | 24 | 0.05% |
| on 3 or more days a week | 1 | 832 | 1.84% |
| twice a week | 2 | 986 | 2.18% |
| once a week | 3 | 1794 | 3.97% |
| once a fortnight | 4 | 534 | 1.18% |
| at least once a month | 5 | 1148 | 2.54% |
| quite often but not regularly | 6 | 719 | 1.59% |
| just a few times | 7 | 1125 | 2.49% |
| one-off activity | 8 | 497 | 1.1% |
| you helped or worked on a seasonal basis | 9 | 148 | 0.33% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34919 | 74.18% |
| proxy | -7 | 3935 | 8.36% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| on 3 or more days a week | 1 | 997 | 2.12% |
| twice a week | 2 | 1123 | 2.39% |
| once a week | 3 | 1971 | 4.19% |
| once a fortnight | 4 | 578 | 1.23% |
| at least once a month | 5 | 1166 | 2.48% |
| quite often but not regularly | 6 | 738 | 1.57% |
| just a few times | 7 | 962 | 2.04% |
| one-off activity | 8 | 570 | 1.21% |
| you helped or worked on a seasonal basis | 9 | 113 | 0.24% |
| Total | 47074 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 41555 | 76.15% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.01% |
| on 3 or more days a week | 1 | 1065 | 1.95% |
| twice a week | 2 | 1233 | 2.26% |
| once a week | 3 | 2190 | 4.01% |
| once a fortnight | 4 | 613 | 1.12% |
| at least once a month | 5 | 1147 | 2.1% |
| quite often but not regularly | 6 | 866 | 1.59% |
| just a few times | 7 | 1228 | 2.25% |
| one-off activity | 8 | 652 | 1.19% |
| you helped or worked on a seasonal basis? | 9 | 134 | 0.25% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
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