Social integration
Informal voluntary work

Giving and counting on informal help in % by country 2004/2006

Definitions/comments: Less than once a week: ‘at least once a month’ to ‘less often’ (without ‘never’).

Question wording: ‘Not counting anything you do for your family, in your work, or within voluntary organisations, how often, in the past 12 months, did you actively provide help for other people?’ (ESS 06); answer categories: ‘at least once a week’, ‘at least once a month’, ‘at least once every three months’, ‘at least once every six months’, ‘less often’, ‘never’; ‘And if you needed help, is there anyone outside your household you can count on to give you unpaid help with childcare, other care, housework or home maintenance?’ (ESS 04); answer categories: ‘yes’, ‘no’.

Sample size: ESS 2004: 1663–2870, ESS 2006: 1804–2916; weighted data.

Source: ESS 2004 and ESS 2006.

Data for the indicator or in excel.

Description and explanation in the corresponding chapter of the Social Report 2008.