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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 15A10 Voluntary youth organisations in membership of YouthLink Scotland, 1997
 

1997

Total staff

86,801

 
Paid staff

3,319

  National HQ

322

Regional HQ

177

Fieldworkers

522

Leaders (full-time)

529

Leaders (part-time)

1,179

Voluntary staff

83,482

  Leaders

78,128

Officers, fund-raisers and committee members

5,354

 
Local groups/clubs/units1,2

11,477

 
Membership

568,722

  Under 8 (percentage)

9

8-11 (percentage)

16

12-16 (percentage)

38

16-25 (percentage)

37

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.
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