Volunteer Activities Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024

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Reference ID

zaf-statssa-vas-2024-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.25828/0mkc-8s14

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Jun 08, 2026

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Jun 08, 2026

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Activity 1:Main reason for providing unpaid help (Q710aAREASON_1)

Data file: vas-2024-activity1-v1

Overview

Valid: 3558

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Mean: 1.5067453625632

Standard deviation: 1.7404979681687

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Wanted to help (Was asked/offered to help)	3253	91.4%
2	Wanted to learn a profession/trade	12	0.3%
3	Wanted to gain work experience	35	1%
7	Social/peer pressure	85	2.4%
8	Other (specify)	173	4.9%

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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