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IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF VOLUNTEERING DATA IN SCOTLAND
APPENDIX 3 - PILOT 1 QUESTIONNAIRE DATA TABLES
Note: The pilot was not intended to provide statistically significant results but rather to test the question wording and survey instruments. These results should be used for illustrative purposes only and any interpretation should be treated with extreme caution due to the small sample size.
Q1. Have you undertaken any work or activities on a voluntary basis during the last year? | Count | Table % |
yes | 11 | 21.6% |
No | 40 | 78.4% |
Don't know | 0 | .0% |
No response | 0 | .0% |
Total | 51 | 100.0% |
Q2. Have you undertaken any work or activities on a voluntary basis with any of the following groups or organisations during the last year? | Count | Table Total N %* |
Trade Union | 0 | 0% |
Tenants Group | 1 | 2% |
Residents Association | 0 | 0% |
Housing Association | 0 | 0% |
Development Trust | 0 | 0% |
Credit Union | 0 | 0% |
Social Inclusion Partnership/community Planning Partnership | 0 | 0% |
Campaigning Organisation | 0 | 0% |
School Board | 0 | 0% |
Parent Teachers Association | 0 | 0% |
Community Group | 4 | 7% |
Political Party | 0 | 0% |
Neighbourhood Watch Scheme | 0 | 0% |
Church, Religious or Faith Based Group | 2 | 4% |
Youth Group (e.g. scouts, guides, youth clubs etc) | 1 | 2% |
Ethnic Group | 0 | 0% |
Sports Club | 4 | 7% |
Arts or Cultural Group | 0 | 0% |
Children's Group (e.g. playgroup, mothers and toddlers group | 2 | 4% |
Professional Society or Organisation | 0 | 0% |
Community Council | 0 | 0% |
Voluntary Organisation | 2 | 4% |
Charity | 4 | 7% |
Public Service (e.g. school, hospital or local government) | 1 | 2% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
None | 33 | 60% |
*Percentages will not add up to 100%. Each respondent may have selected more than one value.
Q3. Which of these fields of activity is the group or organisation you spend the most time undertaking work or activities on a voluntary basis with involved in? | Count | Table Total N %* |
Sports or Physical Recreation | 5 | 9% |
Health | 0 | 0% |
Working with Older People | 4 | 7% |
Working with Young People | 2 | 4% |
Working with Disabled People | 4 | 7% |
Working with People with Learning Disabilities | 2 | 4% |
Working with Children | 4 | 7% |
Working with Homeless People | 0 | 0% |
Working with Refugees/Asylum Seekers | 0 | 0% |
Working with Families | 0 | 0% |
Working with Carers | 0 | 0% |
Working with Travellers | 0 | 0% |
Working with Offenders/Ex-Offenders | 0 | 0% |
Drugs/Alcohol Issues | 0 | 0% |
Anti-Poverty Issues | 0 | 0% |
Religion/Faith Issues | 0 | 0% |
Gender/Sexuality Issues | 0 | 0% |
Housing | 0 | 0% |
The Environment | 0 | 0% |
Conservation of the Built Environment | 0 | 0% |
Arts, Cultural or Heritage Related Activities | 0 | 0% |
Black and Minority Ethnic Issues | 0 | 0% |
Adult Education/Literacy | 0 | 0% |
Mental Health | 0 | 0% |
Tackling Unemployment | 0 | 0% |
Crime/Community Safety | 0 | 0% |
International Development/Overseas Aid/ Developing World | 0 | 0% |
Civil Liberties/Human Rights | 0 | 0% |
Emergency Services | 0 | 0% |
Community Development | 1 | 2% |
Working with Animals | 1 | 2% |
Consumer Advice/Welfare Rights | 0 | 0% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
None | 32 | 59% |
No Response | 1 | 2% |
*Percentages will not add up to 100%. Each respondent may have selected more than one value.
Q4. Again thinking of the group or organisation you spend the most time undertaking work or activities on a voluntary basis with, which of the following best describes the type of group or organisation this is? | Count | % Total | % Valid Responses |
National Voluntary Organisation | 1 | 2% | 6% |
Charity | 3 | 6% | 17% |
Local Voluntary Organisation or Community Group | 8 | 16% | 44% |
Public Sector (e.g. school, hospital, local government dept) | 2 | 4% | 11% |
Church or other religious or faith | 2 | 4% | 11% |
Private Sector | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Social Enterprise (e.g. Community business, credit union, food | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Other | 2 | 4% | 11% |
None | 0 | 0% | 0% |
No response | 33 | 65% | |
Total | 51 | 100% | 100% |
Q5. What kind of work or activities do you undertake for the group or organisation that you spend the most time undertaking voluntary work or activities with? | Count | % Total | % Valid Responses |
IT Support | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Raising money | 4 | 8% | 22% |
Committee work | 3 | 6% | 17% |
Office work or administration | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Providing advice or assistance | 2 | 4% | 11% |
Education or training or coaching | 2 | 4% | 11% |
Advocacy | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Campaigning | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Providing transport or driving | 2 | 4% | 11% |
Visiting/befriending people | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Counselling/Mediation | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Helping to organise events or activities | 2 | 4% | 11% |
Providing direct services e.g. meals on wheels, doing odd jobs | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Representing Others | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Organising, co-ordinating, leading or managing other unpaid | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Other | 3 | 6% | 17% |
None | 0 | 0% | 0% |
No response | 33 | 65% | |
Total | 51 | 100% | 100% |
| Q6. Now thinking about ALL the work or activities you undertake on a voluntary basis, how many hours IN TOTAL would you estimate you spend on these activities during an average month? | Count | % Total | % Valid Responses |
0.50 | 1 | 2% | 6% |
2.00 | 1 | 2% | 6% |
3.00 | 1 | 2% | 6% |
4.00 | 3 | 6% | 19% |
6.00 | 1 | 2% | 6% |
7.00 | 1 | 2% | 6% |
8.00 | 2 | 4% | 13% |
10.00 | 1 | 2% | 6% |
16.00 | 2 | 4% | 13% |
20.00 | 2 | 4% | 13% |
40.00 | 1 | 2% | 6% |
no response | 35 | 69% | |
Total | 51 | 100% | 100% |
Q7. Again, thinking about ALL the work or activities you undertake on a voluntary basis, how frequently do you undertake voluntary work or activities? | Count | % Total | % Valid Responses |
A few times a year | 2 | 4% | 11% |
About every other month | 2 | 4% | 11% |
About once a month | 3 | 6% | 17% |
Several times a month but not every week | 3 | 6% | 17% |
About once a week | 3 | 6% | 17% |
Several times a week | 5 | 10% | 28% |
Every day | 0 | 0% | 0% |
No response | 33 | 65% | |
Total | 51 | 100% | 100% |
Q8. Have you EVER regularly taken part in work or activities on a voluntary basis in the past (that is, more than once a month)? | Count | % Total | % Valid Responses |
Yes | 12 | 24% | 36% |
No | 21 | 41% | 64% |
Don't Know/Unsure | 0 | 0% | 0% |
No response | 18 | 35% | |
Total | 51 | 100% | 100% |
Q9. You said you had been involved in work or an activity on a voluntary basis in the past but are not currently doing so. Why did you stop being involved in voluntary work or activities?
(first response) | Count | % Total | % Valid Responses |
I got bored or lost interest | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Things could have been better organised | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I didn't have the time any longer | 3 | 6% | 25% |
I wanted a change | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I had achieved what I wanted to achieve | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I had new caring responsibilities | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I had children | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I got fed up with it | 2 | 4% | 17% |
I didn't feel appreciated | 1 | 2% | 8% |
It was costing me money | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Through illness | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I started paid employment | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I moved house | 1 | 2% | 8% |
Other | 5 | 10% | 42% |
No specific reason | 0 | 0% | 0% |
No response | 39 | 76% | |
Total | 51 | 100% | 100% |
Q9. You said you had been involved in work or an activity on a voluntary basis in the past but are not currently doing so. Why did you stop being involved in voluntary work or activities?
(any other responses) | Count | % Total* | % Valid Responses* |
I got bored or lost interest | 1 | 2% | 8% |
Things could have been better organised | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I didn't have the time any longer | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I wanted a change | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I had achieved what I wanted to achieve | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I had new caring responsibilities | 1 | 2% | 8% |
I had children | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I got fed up with it | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I didn't feel appreciated | 0 | 0% | 0% |
It was costing me money | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Through illness | 1 | 2% | 8% |
I started paid employment | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I moved house | 1 | 2% | 8% |
Other | 1 | 2% | 8% |
No specific reason | 6 | 11% | 50% |
*Percentages will not add up to 100%. Each respondent may have selected more than one value.
Q10. Are there any reasons why you have never undertaken work or activities on a voluntary basis?
(first response) | Count | % Total | % Valid Responses |
I have never had the time | 15 | 29% | 71% |
I have never been asked | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I don't believe in it | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I'm not interested | 1 | 2% | 5% |
It's not for people like me | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Never considered it | 3 | 6% | 14% |
I wouldn't know where to find out about it | 0 | 0% | 0% |
I don't think I would have anything to offer | 1 | 2% | 5% |
Other | 1 | 2% | 5% |
Don't know | 0 | 0% | 0% |
No response | 30 | 59% | |
Total | 51 | 100% | 100% |
Q10. Are there any reasons why you have never undertaken work or activities on a voluntary basis?
(any other responses) | Count | Total %* | % Valid Responses* |
I have never had the time | 3 | 5% | 14% |
I have never been asked | 3 | 5% | 14% |
I don't believe in it | 1 | 2% | 5% |
I'm not interested | 3 | 5% | 14% |
It's not for people like me | 1 | 2% | 5% |
Never considered it | 7 | 13% | 33% |
I wouldn't know where to find out about it | 1 | 2% | 5% |
I don't think I would have anything to offer | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Other | 1 | 2% | 5% |
don't know / unsure | 2 | 4% | 10% |
*Percentages will not add up to 100%. Each respondent may have selected more than one value.
Q11. What do you think might encourage you to undertake work or activities on a voluntary basis (again) in the future?
(first response) | Count | Total % | % Valid Responses |
If I was certain it wouldn't effect my social security | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If I was sure I wouldn't be out of pocket | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If someone I knew volunteered with me | 3 | 6% | 9% |
If I knew more about opportunities | 2 | 4% | 6% |
If someone asked me to do something | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If it would improve my skills | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If it helped me gain qualifications | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If it would improve my career/job prospects | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If it fitted in with my other commitments | 4 | 8% | 13% |
If it fitted in with my interests and skills | 3 | 6% | 9% |
If it was good fun | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If I could volunteer when I felt like it | 1 | 2% | 3% |
Nothing | 13 | 25% | 41% |
Other | 5 | 10% | 16% |
Don't know | 1 | 2% | 3% |
No response | 19 | 37% | |
Total | 51 | 100% | 100% |
Q11. What do you think might encourage you to undertake work or activities on a voluntary basis (again) in the future?
(any other responses) | Count | Total %* | % Valid Responses* |
If I was certain it wouldn't effect my social security | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If I was sure I wouldn't be out of pocket | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If someone I knew volunteered with me | 1 | 2% | 3% |
If I knew more about opportunities | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If someone asked me to do something | 3 | 5% | 9% |
If it would improve my skills | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If it helped me gain qualifications | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If it would improve my career/job prospects | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If it fitted in with my other commitments | 3 | 5% | 9% |
If it fitted in with my interests and skills | 2 | 4% | 6% |
If it was good fun | 0 | 0% | 0% |
If I could volunteer when I felt like it | 1 | 2% | 3% |
Nothing | 11 | 20% | 34% |
Other | 3 | 5% | 9% |
Don't know | 7 | 13% | 22% |
*Percentages will not add up to 100%. Each respondent may have selected more than one value.
Q12. Have you helped a friend or neighbour in any of the following ways in the past year? (Please don't include helping members of your family) | Count | Table Total N %* |
Visiting a elderly or sick person | 10 | 18% |
Doing shopping for someone | 8 | 15% |
Gardening, cleaning or other household jobs for someone | 12 | 22% |
Babysitting or caring for children | 10 | 18% |
Transporting or driving for someone | 7 | 13% |
Looking after a pet or house for someone who is away | 8 | 15% |
Giving advice to someone or helping them to fill out forms | 13 | 24% |
Undertaking home or car repairs for someone | 2 | 4% |
Any other help | 0 | 0% |
none | 18 | 33% |
*Percentages will not add up to 100%. Each respondent may have selected more than one value.
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