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ANNEX 4 VARIABLES SELECTED FOR PROFILE OF VOLUNTEERS

Variable Grouping

Measure

Variable Name

SHS 1999/2004-2006 Surveys

1999/2000

2001/2002

2003/2004

2005

2006

Volunteering Indicators

Voluntary organisation, charity or community group…. (vol1a-vol1x; 1603-1626)

v

Whether undertaken any voluntary work/activity

v

Whether undertaken any voluntary work/activity (rf11a)

v

v

v

v

v

Demographic variables

Age

Banded age of random adult (agerband; 1939)

v

v

v

v

v

Sex

Sex of random adult (randsex; 1940)

v

v

v

v

v

Economic activity

Random adult economic status (randecon; 1941)

v

v

v

v

v

Income

Rebanded annual net household income (tothinc; 91)

v

v

Income

Banded net annual (household) income (bandinc)

v

v

v

v

Urban/rural classification

Frozen 6-fold urban/rural classification (rurfroz6; 1865)

v

v

v

Urban/rural classification

Revised (8 class) rural urban indicator (household) (newrural)

v

v

v

Urban/rural classification

Urban/rural classification (household) shs_6cla

v

v

v

Local authority area

Analysis regions - small sample LAs combined (area; 1867)

v

v

Local authority area

Local authority identifier (household) (la)

v

v

v

Ethnic group

Ethnic group of random adult (randeth1; 1943)

v

v

v

Ethnic group

Wholly white, minority ethnic or mixed households (household) (ethnichh)

v

v

v

Deprivation index

SIMD revised - most deprived 15% (md04pc15; 1862)

v

v

v

Level of qualifications

School leaving certificate (rc1a; 1149)

v

v

O Grade, Standard Grade, GCSE, CSE or equivalent (rc1b; 1150)

v

v

O Grade or equivalent (random adult) (lower)

v

v

v

GSVQ Foundation/intermediate or equivalent (rc1c; 1151)

v

v

Higher Grade/A Level or equivalent (rc1d; 1152)

v

v

Highers or equivalent (random adult) (higher)

v

v

v

GSVQ Advanced etc or equivalent (rc1e; 1153)

v

v

City and Guilds (rc1f; 1154)

v

v

HNC, HND, SVQ4 and 5 or equivalent (rc1g; 1155)

v

v

First degree, higher degree (rc1h; 1156)

v

v

First or higher degree (random adult) (degree)

v

v

v

Professional qualifications (rc1i; 1157)

v

v

Professional qualifications (random adult) (prof)

v

v

v

Volunteering variables

Types of organisation

Voluntary organisation, charity or community group……. (vol1a-vol1z; 1603 - 1628)

v

Youth group…… (vol2k-vol2y; 2228-2249)

v

(activities of organisation) sports or physical recreation (vol5a - vol5ai; 1633 - 1666)

v

v

Politics (added to analysis of vol5a-vol5ai) (vol5aj; 2250)

v

(activities of org) (random adult) working with older people…other charity (rf12aa2 - rf12bq2)

v

v

v

Time spent volunteering

How frequently does voluntary work/activities……. (vol3; 1630)

v

v

Total hours per month spent volunteering (vol4; 1631)

v

v

Banded number of hours spent volunteering (random adult) (vol hours)

v

v

v

Hours of voluntary activity (random adult) (rf12d2)

v

v

v

Types of activities undertaken

(volunteering activity) Raising money…. (vol6a-vol6t; 1667-1686)

v

v

(volunteering activity) (random adult) fundraising…other (rf12ca2 - rf12cf2)

v

v

v

Reasons for stopping Volunteering

Why stopped volunteering (vol8a; 1688) (primary reason)

v

v

I got bored or lost interest….. (vol8ba-vol8bo; 1689-1703) (secondary reasons)

v

v

Became a student….. (added to analysis of vol8ba-vol8bo) (vol8bq-vol8bs; 2251-2254)

v

Reasons to start volunteering again

What might encourage you…. (vol9a; 1704)

v

v

If I was certain that it would effect my benefits…… (vol9ba-vol9br; 1705-1722)

v

v

If it involved family/local issue (added to analysis of vol9ba-vol9br) (vol9bs-vol9bu; 2255-2257)

v

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