| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 15A10 Voluntary youth organisations in membership of YouthLink Scotland, 1997 |
1997 |
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| Total staff | 86,801 |
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| Paid staff | 3,319 |
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| National HQ | 322 |
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| Regional HQ | 177 |
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| Fieldworkers | 522 |
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| Leaders (full-time) | 529 |
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| Leaders (part-time) | 1,179 |
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| Voluntary staff | 83,482 |
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| Leaders | 78,128 |
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| Officers, fund-raisers and committee members | 5,354 |
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| Local groups/clubs/units1,2 | 11,477 |
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| Membership | 568,722 |
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| Under 8 (percentage) | 9 |
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| 8-11 (percentage) | 16 |
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| 12-16 (percentage) | 38 |
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| 16-25 (percentage) | 37 |
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Source: Youthlink Scotland |
| 1 Every effort has been made to
avoid double-counting, however, some young people may belong to more than one
organisation. 2 The figures underestimate the real involvement of young people in voluntary organisation activity, as for example, several organisations have no subscribing membership. |