Year: 2009
Module: Volunteering
Variable: VOLEXP

If response to VOLPAST is not 'no'...

And what kind of expenses does the organsiation you volunteer for pay you? (Please tick all that apply)

This is a multiple response table from question 33 in the 2009 YLT survey.

 

	Number of respondents	% of respondents
My travel expenses	46	10
Money spent on meals	53	12
Child / dependent care	5	1
Expenses for special equipment I need to use when I volunteer	75	16
Costs for telephone or postage if volunteering from home	15	3
Other	233	51
None	301	66

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Results for young men and women

	%
	Males	Females
My travel expenses	12	9
Money spent on meals	10	12
Child / dependent care	1	1
Expenses for special equipment I need to use when I volunteer	16	17
Costs for telephone or postage if volunteering from home	4	3
Other	50	52
None	66	66

 

Results for people of different religion

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
My travel expenses	11	8	14
Money spent on meals	14	8	13
Child / dependent care	1	1	0
Expenses for special equipment I need to use when I volunteer	18	18	12
Costs for telephone or postage if volunteering from home	4	2	3
Other	47	53	58
None	64	70	64

 

Response to 'other' expenses paid included:

• Most who ticked 'other' also ticked 'none'
• Don't get paid, no organisation.
• Half price trips and camps
• I had to pay to do the volunteer work within my community.
• If I volunteer then I do not get expenses.
• If we go anywhere they pay for everything
• Is not organised volunteering
• It is in school, helping younger students with funding and helping them with problems during my free.
• Lifts to and from organisation
• Residentials/trips (4 respondents)
• Sometimes get a free dinner if I volunteer at lunch time
• Tea or juice
• Team clothing e.g., T-shirts, hoodies (2 respondents).
• Youth Club Membership

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