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January 03, 2003
30 Percent of Workers Volunteered Last Year
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The survey found that slightly more than 1 in 4 persons age 16 and over volunteered. Among people 25 years of age and over, the volunteer rate of college graduates was four times that of high school dropouts.
Overall, nearly 30 percent of all employed persons had volunteered during the year. By comparison, the volunteer rates of persons who were unemployed (25.3 percent) or not in the labor force (23.7 percent) were lower. Among the employed, part-time workers were more likely than full-time workers to have participated in volunteer activities - 35.5 percent and 28.5 percent, respectively.
The main organization for which the majority of volunteers worked was either religious or educational/youth-service related.
Volunteers spent a median of 52 hours volunteering during the year. Fifty-nine million persons, or 27.6 percent of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over, volunteered through or for organizations at some point during the period from September 2001 to September 2002. The incidence of volunteering was higher among women (31.1 percent) than among men (23.8 percent), a relationship that held across age groups, education levels, and other major characteristics.
Among the age groups, 35- to 54-year olds were the most likely to volunteer, with 1 in 3 having donated their time. Volunteer rates were lowest among persons age 65 years and over (22.7 percent) and among those in their early twenties (18.2 percent). Teenagers had a relatively high volunteer rate, 26.9 percent, perhaps reflecting an emphasis on volunteer activities in schools. Among people 25 years of age and over, 43.6 percent of college graduates volunteered during the year, double the volunteer rate of high school graduates with no college experience and more than four times the rate of high school dropouts.
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