REASONS FOR BEING A VOLUNTEER
Volunteers in total sport organisations reported a variety of reasons for volunteering with the three main reasons being to help others in the community (53% or 1.0 million), personal satisfaction (46% or 0.8 million) and personal or family involvement (46% or 0.8 million).
There were some differences in the reasons for volunteering among males and females. A greater proportion of females than males reported personal or family satisfaction (54% and 40% respectively) as their main reason for volunteering in total sport organisations.
In comparison, males reported helping others in the community as their main reason for volunteering in total sport organisations (54% of males compared with 52% of females), followed by personal satisfaction (47% and 45% respectively).
9.6 Sport and physical recreation, By selected main reasons for being a volunteer, by sex-2006
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