Thursday, December 16, 2004
Tweet[IWS] BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2004 [16 December 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2004 [16 December 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
About 64.5 million people did volunteer work at least once from September
2003 to September 2004, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. The proportion of the population who volunteered
during the year held steady at 28.8 percent.
These data on volunteering were collected through a supplement to the
September 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS). Volunteers are defined as
persons who did unpaid work (except for expenses) through or for an organi-
zation. The CPS is a monthly survey of about 60,000 households that obtains
information on employment and unemployment among the nation's civilian nonin-
stitutional population age 16 and over. For more information about the vol-
unteer supplement, see the Technical Note.
Volunteering Among Demographic Groups
About 64.5 million persons, or 28.8 percent of the civilian noninstitu-
tional population age 16 and over, volunteered through or for organizations
at least once from September 2003 to September 2004. One-fourth of men and
about one-third of women did volunteer work in the year ended in September
2004, about the same proportions as in the prior year. Women volunteered at
a higher rate than men across age groups, education levels, and other major
characteristics. (See tables A and 1.)
Among the different age groups, persons age 35 to 44 were the most like-
ly to volunteer, closely followed by 45- to 54-year olds and 55- to 64-year
olds. The volunteer rates for these age groups were 34.2 percent, 32.8 per-
cent, and 30.1 percent, respectively. Teenagers also had a relatively high
volunteer rate, 29.4 percent, perhaps reflecting an emphasis on volunteer
activities in schools. Volunteer rates were lowest among persons in their
early twenties (20.0 percent) and among those age 65 and over (24.6 percent).
Within the latter group, volunteer rates decreased as age increased.
Parents with children under age 18 were more likely to volunteer than
persons without children of that age, 36.9 percent compared with 25.4 per-
cent. Married persons volunteered at a higher rate (33.9 percent) than
never married persons (23.2 percent) and persons of other marital statuses
(22.9 percent).
Whites volunteered at a higher rate (30.5 percent) than did blacks (20.8
percent) and Asians (19.3 percent). Among Hispanics or Latinos, 14.5 per-
cent volunteered.
Among employed persons, 31.2 percent had volunteered during the year end-
ed in September 2004. By comparison, the volunteer rates of persons who were
unemployed (25.6 percent) or not in the labor force (24.7 percent) were lower.
Among the employed, part-time workers were more likely than full-time workers
to have participated in volunteer activities--38.5 versus 29.6 percent.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2004 [16 December 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
About 64.5 million people did volunteer work at least once from September
2003 to September 2004, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. The proportion of the population who volunteered
during the year held steady at 28.8 percent.
These data on volunteering were collected through a supplement to the
September 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS). Volunteers are defined as
persons who did unpaid work (except for expenses) through or for an organi-
zation. The CPS is a monthly survey of about 60,000 households that obtains
information on employment and unemployment among the nation's civilian nonin-
stitutional population age 16 and over. For more information about the vol-
unteer supplement, see the Technical Note.
Volunteering Among Demographic Groups
About 64.5 million persons, or 28.8 percent of the civilian noninstitu-
tional population age 16 and over, volunteered through or for organizations
at least once from September 2003 to September 2004. One-fourth of men and
about one-third of women did volunteer work in the year ended in September
2004, about the same proportions as in the prior year. Women volunteered at
a higher rate than men across age groups, education levels, and other major
characteristics. (See tables A and 1.)
Among the different age groups, persons age 35 to 44 were the most like-
ly to volunteer, closely followed by 45- to 54-year olds and 55- to 64-year
olds. The volunteer rates for these age groups were 34.2 percent, 32.8 per-
cent, and 30.1 percent, respectively. Teenagers also had a relatively high
volunteer rate, 29.4 percent, perhaps reflecting an emphasis on volunteer
activities in schools. Volunteer rates were lowest among persons in their
early twenties (20.0 percent) and among those age 65 and over (24.6 percent).
Within the latter group, volunteer rates decreased as age increased.
Parents with children under age 18 were more likely to volunteer than
persons without children of that age, 36.9 percent compared with 25.4 per-
cent. Married persons volunteered at a higher rate (33.9 percent) than
never married persons (23.2 percent) and persons of other marital statuses
(22.9 percent).
Whites volunteered at a higher rate (30.5 percent) than did blacks (20.8
percent) and Asians (19.3 percent). Among Hispanics or Latinos, 14.5 per-
cent volunteered.
Among employed persons, 31.2 percent had volunteered during the year end-
ed in September 2004. By comparison, the volunteer rates of persons who were
unemployed (25.6 percent) or not in the labor force (24.7 percent) were lower.
Among the employed, part-time workers were more likely than full-time workers
to have participated in volunteer activities--38.5 versus 29.6 percent.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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