Scotland's People: Annual Report 2005/2006

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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

Less than an hour

2

2

2

*

1

2

2

Up to 5 hours

47

47

49

*

47

46

48

6 to 10 hours

18

18

18

*

19

20

18

11to 15 hours

9

8

7

*

9

8

8

16 to 20 hours

7

7

6

*

7

8

7

21 to 35 hours

5

7

2

*

7

6

6

36 hours or more

7

8

6

*

9

6

7

Don't know

5

3

9

*

2

5

4

Total

100

100

100

*

100

100

100

Base

499

419

157

93

227

263

1,658

*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

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