Table 7.14: Number of hours spent volunteering in the last four weeks by urban/rural classification
Column percentage, 2006 data
Adult population who have volunteered in the last 12 months
| Large urban areas | Other urban | Accessible small towns | Remote small towns | Accessible rural | Remote rural | Scotland |
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Less than an hour | 2 | 2 | 2 | * | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Up to 5 hours | 47 | 47 | 49 | * | 47 | 46 | 48 |
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6 to 10 hours | 18 | 18 | 18 | * | 19 | 20 | 18 |
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11to 15 hours | 9 | 8 | 7 | * | 9 | 8 | 8 |
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16 to 20 hours | 7 | 7 | 6 | * | 7 | 8 | 7 |
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21 to 35 hours | 5 | 7 | 2 | * | 7 | 6 | 6 |
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36 hours or more | 7 | 8 | 6 | * | 9 | 6 | 7 |
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Don't know | 5 | 3 | 9 | * | 2 | 5 | 4 |
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Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | * | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Base | 499 | 419 | 157 | 93 | 227 | 263 | 1,658 |
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*Percentages not shown as sample size is 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