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Table 7.15: Reasons given for stopping volunteering by income

Column percentage, 2005/2006 data
Adults who have given up volunteering

£0 - £6000

£6001 - £10000

£10001 -£15000

£15001 - £20000

£20001 - £25000

£25001 - £30000

£30001 - £40000

£40001+

All (income known)

I didn't have the time any longer

17

15

19

27

31

32

32

29

25

Changed job/started work/job got busier

7

8

10

12

15

14

12

14

12

Through illness

26

22

19

12

5

6

4

2

11

I moved house

14

11

11

11

10

10

12

10

11

I had children

1

3

4

5

5

9

6

9

5

I had new caring responsibilities

7

4

5

6

5

4

5

3

5

I had achieved what I wanted to achieve

2

3

2

4

4

3

4

4

3

Children grew up/left org

1

2

3

3

3

3

5

6

3

Too old

5

6

5

2

2

2

2

1

3

I got bored or lost interest

1

3

2

2

4

1

2

4

2

Organisation collapsed/organisational issues

0

3

3

3

2

1

2

1

2

My circumstances changed

1

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

Time-limited/no longer needed

1

2

1

1

1

3

1

1

1

I wanted a change

1

3

2

1

1

0

2

1

1

Things could have been better organised

2

3

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

Became a student

2

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

I didn't feel appreciated

-

1

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

It was costing me money

3

1

0

0

1

1

-

1

1

Too much pressure

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

Other reasons

9

9

9

8

9

8

6

9

8

Base

191

486

648

454

341

302

324

236

2,982

Note: The volunteering questions were asked of half the sample
Columns may add to more than 100% since multiple responses were allowed.
* Percentages not shown as base less than 100

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