Volunteer Activities Survey 2014

South Africa, 2014

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ZAF_2014_VAS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Main reason for doing activity-unpaid work for activity1 (Q17AREASON)

Data file: vas-2014-v1

Overview

Valid: 2749

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 77

End: 77

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	To help a cause in which you personally believe	1525	55.5%
2	Because your friends volunteer	50	1.8%
3	To acquire skills and work experience	81	2.9%
4	To fulfill religious obligations or beliefs	360	13.1%
5	To explore your own strengths	44	1.6%
6	To use your skills and experience	197	7.2%
7	Because you have been personally affected or know someone who has been personally affected by the cause the organisation supports.	280	10.2%
8	Other, specify	212	7.7%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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