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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) |
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I didn't have the time any longer | 17 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 25 |
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Changed job/started work/job got busier | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
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Through illness | 26 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
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I moved house | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
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I had children | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
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I had new caring responsibilities | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
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I had achieved what I wanted to achieve | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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Children grew up/left org | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
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Too old | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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I got bored or lost interest | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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Organisation collapsed/organisational issues | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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My circumstances changed | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Time-limited/no longer needed | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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I wanted a change | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Things could have been better organised | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Became a student | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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I didn't feel appreciated | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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It was costing me money | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
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Too much pressure | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
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Other reasons | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
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Base | 191 | 486 | 648 | 454 | 341 | 302 | 324 | 236 | 2,982 |
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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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