Table 7.13: Number of hours spent volunteering in the last four weeks by employment status
Column percentage, 2006 data
Adult population who have volunteered in the last 12 months
| Self employed | Full time employment | Part time employment | Looking after home/family | Permanently retired from work | Unemployed and seeking work | At school | Higher/further education | Government work/training scheme | Permanently sick or disabled | Unable to work due to short term ill-health | Other | All |
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Less than an hour | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 2 |
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Up to 5 hours | 44 | 54 | 52 | 57 | 36 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 48 |
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6 to 10 hours | 21 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 15 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 18 |
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11to 15 hours | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 8 |
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16 to 20 hours | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 10 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 7 |
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21 to 35 hours | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 6 |
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36 hours or more | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 7 |
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Don't know | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 4 |
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Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 100 |
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Base | 123 | 590 | 208 | 102 | 476 | 32 | 17 | 43 | 3 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 1,658 |
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* Percentages not shown as base less than 100
Note: the volunteering questions changed in 2006 so data shown for 2006 only. The volunteering questions were asked of half the sample