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Title:
National Survey of Volunteering and Charitable Giving, 2006-2007
(Helping Out)

Subject Categories:
Charities, voluntary organisations and voluntary work - Social welfare policy and systems

Depositor(s):
Communities and Local Government

Principal Investigator(s):
Communities and Local Government
National Centre for Social Research
Institute for Volunteering Research

Sponsor(s):
Cabinet Office. Office of the Third Sector

Abstract:
The National Survey of Volunteering and Charitable Giving was commissioned by the Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office. The research was carried out by the National Centre for Social Research in partnership with the Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR) in 2006-2007, as a follow-up to the Citizenship Survey, 2005 (deposited at the UKDA under SN 5367).

The survey interviewed just over 2,700 adults in households in England. The aim was to explore how and why people give unpaid help to organisations, and what they think of their experiences; what stops people from volunteering or giving money to charity; and how and why people give money to charity. It builds upon IVR’s National Survey of Volunteering, last carried out in 1997 (deposited at the UKDA under SN 3931), and provides some insights into how things have changed since then.

Further information about the survey, including links to publications, can be found on the Cabinet Office National Survey of Volunteering and Charitable Giving web pages.
Main Topics:
The Helping Out survey asked about:

• nature and extent of volunteering (last 12 months and last 1-5 years)
• main organisation helped
• barriers to giving help
• employer-supported volunteering and giving
• nature and extent of charitable giving (last 4 weeks and last 12 months)
• perceptions of giving
• knowledge and use of tax-efficient giving methods
• links between giving time and giving money
• demographics




Coverage:
Time Period Covered: The survey asked respondents about the previous week and previous month. Some questions also asked about the previous five years.
Dates of Fieldwork: October 2006-February 2007
Country: England
Spatial Units: Government Office Regions (GORs)
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Numeric data; Individual (micro) level


Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Adults aged 16 and over living in England. The sample was drawn from those respondents to the Citizenship Survey, 2005 living in England who agreed at the time to be re-contacted for future research.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: Multi-stage stratified random sample
Number of Units: Achieved 2,705 cases.
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Weighting: Weighting used. See documentation for details.
Data Sources: The dataset contains some variables (e.g. age, sex, ethnicity and other additional variables) from the Citizenship Survey, 2005 dataset.


Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English


Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk


Date of Release:
First Edition: 4 March 2008


Copyright:
Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland


 

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Format	Name	Size in Kilobytes	Description
PDF	5793userguide.pdf	5401	User Guide
HTML	UKDA_Study_5793_Information.htm	17	Study information and citation

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Catalogue record last updated:
13 April 2010