Volunteer Activities Survey 2018

South Africa, 2018

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zaf-statssa-vas-2018-v1

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Statistics South Africa

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Main reason for doing activity (Q17AREASON)

Data file: vas-2018-activity3-v1

Overview

Valid: 2828

Invalid: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	to help a cause in which you personally believe	1795	63.5%
2	because your friends volunteer	60	2.1%
3	to acquire skills and work experience	70	2.5%
4	to fulfill religious obligations or beliefs	297	10.5%
5	to explore your own strengths	75	2.7%
6	to use your skills and experience	190	6.7%
7	because you have been personally affected or know someone who has been personally affected by the cause the organisation supports.	166	5.9%
8	other, specify	175	6.2%
Sysmiss		4

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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