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Voluntary Work, Survey of

CONTACT

Assistant Director
Family and Community Statistics Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra
Telephone (02) 6252 7880
Facsimile (02) 6253 7784


DESCRIPTION

The Survey of Voluntary Work provides information on the participation of persons involved in unpaid voluntary work through an organisation or group. Information includes the type of organisation with which the voluntary work is associated, type of activities carried out, time spent volunteering, the characteristics of the volunteer, the perceived benefits of volunteering and the reason for volunteering. Education related data items in the survey include educational attainment and field of study. The survey also allows for the identification of volunteers in the field of education, training and youth development.

    Scope

    Persons aged 18 years and over in all private Australian households are included in the 2000 survey. Excluded from the survey are households in remote and sparsely settled parts of Australia. The exclusion of persons in these households has an insignificant effect on estimates produced for individual sStates and tTerritories, with the exception of the Northern Territory.

    The 1995 survey covered persons of working age (15 years and over) who are civilians, usually resident in Australia but excluded from the survey are members of the permanent defence forces, certain diplomatic personnel of overseas governments, overseas residents in Australia, and members of non-Australian defence forces (and their dependants) stationed in Australia.


    DISSEMINATION

    Publications

    Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001, Voluntary Work, Australia, 2000 (cat. no. 4441.0), ABS, Canberra.

    Data Service

    Customised unpublished data are available in a variety of formats.

    Release Schedule

    The results of the 2000 survey were released in June 2001.


    DATA ITEMS

    Data are available at the person level only.

    Population characteristics

    Age
    Marital status
    Relationship in household
    Country of birth
    Year of arrival
    Labour force status
    Income
    Main language spoken at home
    Educational attainment
    Occupation
    Industry
    Whether donated money to organisations


    Volunteer characteristics

    Number of organisations volunteered for
    Total hours worked for all organisations
    Current reasons for volunteering
    Expenses incurred and whether reimbursement available
    Length of time since first became volunteer
    How first became involved in voluntary work (for persons who first volunteered 10 years ago or less)

    Organisations for which a volunteer worked

    Type of organisations
    Length of time volunteering for organisation
    Regularity of voluntary work
    Groups assisted (for community/welfare, education/training/youth development, sport-recreation and health organisations only)
    All activities
    Main activities


    GEOGRAPHY

    Data are available for Australia, states and territories, capital city/balance of state (excluding territories).


    METHOD OF COLLECTION

    In 1995 the Survey of Voluntary Work was conducted as supplementary to the Labour Force Survey.
    The 2000 Survey of Voluntary Work was conducted through the Population Survey Monitor (PSM).


    TIMING OF COLLECTION

    Reference Period

    Calendar Year.

    Frequency of Collection

    Five yearly.
    It is planned for the next Survey of Voluntary Work to be collected as part of the 2006 General Social Survey.

    Historical Data

    The previous Survey of Voluntary Work was conducted in June 1995 as a supplementary topic to the Monthly Population Survey (MPS) whereas the 2000 survey was conducted on the PSM. The two survey methodologies differ and results from the 1995 survey have been recalculated to achieve greater comparability between the two surveys. For more information, see the Technical Notes of Voluntary Work, Australia, 2000 (cat. no. 4441.0).


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