Table 7.11: Total number of hours spent volunteering in the last 4 weeks by age
Column percentage, 2006 data
Adult population who have volunteered in the last 12 months
| 16 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 59 | 60 to 74 | 75 plus | All |
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Less than an hour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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Up to 5 hours | 55 | 51 | 54 | 47 | 40 | 37 | 48 |
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6 to 10 hours | 12 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
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11to 15 hours | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
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16 to 20 hours | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
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21 to 35 hours | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
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36 hours or more | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
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Don't know | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
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Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Base | 106 | 194 | 346 | 462 | 418 | 132 | 1,658 |
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Note: the volunteering questions changed in 2006 so data shown for 2006 only. The volunteering questions were asked of half the sample.