Social integration
Informal voluntary work

Giving informal help 2006 - By sex and country

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?’

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’.

Sample size: ESS 2006: 1804–2916; weighted data.

Source: ESS 2006.

Data for the indicator or in excel.

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