A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Indicator 53. Volunteer Work

Volunteer workers for schools and other organizations, by age: Year ending May 1989

_______________________________________________________________________________                               |           |                Age                               | All ages, |____________________________________      Type of organization     |  16 and   |        |        |        |                               |   over    |16 to 19|20 to 24|25 to 34|35 to 44 ______________________________|___________|________|________|________|_________                                               Number, in thousands       Total volunteers ........     38,042    1,902    2,064    8,680    10,337                                             Percent of population       Total volunteers ........         20       13       11       20        29   School or other educational     institution ..............          3        4        2        4         6   Church or other religious     organization .............          8        5        3        7        10   Civic or political     organization .............          3        1        1        3         4   Hospital or other health     organization .............          2        1        1        2         2   Social or welfare     organization .............          2        1        1        2         2   Sport or recreation     organization .............          2        1        1        2         3   Other organizations ........          1        1        1        1         2                                  Amount of participation for volunteer workers  Median weeks of volunteer  work during previous year ...       25.2     13.0     12.1     16.9      26.0 Median hours worked   per week ...................        4.3      4.1      4.6      4.3       4.2 _______________________________________________________________________________ 

NOTE: Because of rounding, percentages may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, news release, "Thirty-Eight Million Persons Do Volunteer Work," 1990.