This statistic presents the proportion of adults who volunteered in the last year in England, between 2012 and 2020, by employment status. Over the survey periods, the level of working and non-working respondents participating in voluntary activities was about the same. Of unemployed respondents to the 2019/20 survey, around 32.3 percent had volunteered at least once in the previous year.
Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2012/13 to 2019/20*, by employment status
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (September 23, 2020). Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2012/13 to 2019/20*, by employment status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/420103/volunteering-uk-england-by-employment-status/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2012/13 to 2019/20*, by employment status." Chart. September 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/420103/volunteering-uk-england-by-employment-status/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2020). Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2012/13 to 2019/20*, by employment status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/420103/volunteering-uk-england-by-employment-status/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Share of Adults Who Volunteered in The Last 12 Months in England from 2012/13 to 2019/20*, by Employment Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/420103/volunteering-uk-england-by-employment-status/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2012/13 to 2019/20*, by employment status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/420103/volunteering-uk-england-by-employment-status/ (last visited June 15, 2024)
Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2012/13 to 2019/20*, by employment status [Graph], Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), September 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/420103/volunteering-uk-england-by-employment-status/