Transcript Point 5. Countries plans on Time Use Surveys

EUROSTAT DATA ON
VOLUNTEERING
(POTENTIAL AND
GAPS)
Agnieszka Litwinska
Unit F4 Quality of life
Eurostat
Eurostat
Surveys in which some information on
volunteering was collected
• Time Use Survey
• EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions (2006
ad hoc module),
• Adult Education Survey,
EU-SILC ad hoc module 2006 on social
participation and AES (optional)
• Participation and frequency
(Daily, Every week,
Several times a month, Once a month, 5 At least once a year (less than once a month)
in the last 12 months in:
• informal voluntary activities
(private) voluntary activities
to help someone. It includes cooking for others; taking care of
people in hospitals/at home; taking people for a walk, shopping… It
excludes any activity that a respondent undertakes for his/her
household, in his/her work or within voluntary organizations).
• activities of political parties or trade unions
(If the
respondent, during the last twelve months, participated in activities
related to political groups, political association, political parties or
trade unions. Participating in formal strikes/demonstrations is not
included.
EU-SILC ad hoc module 2006 on social
participation and AES (optional)
Participation in:
• activities of professional associations
(activities related
to a professional association. Receiving training organised by such
association is excluded).
• activities of churches or other religious
organisations (activities related to churches, religious
communions or associations. Attending holy masses or similar
religious acts or helping during these services is also included.)
• activities of recreational groups or organisations
(recreational/leisure activities arranged by a club, association or
similar. It can be sport groups, hobby associations, or leisure
clubs.)
EU-SILC ad hoc module 2006 on social
participation and AES (optional)
Participation in:
• activities of charitable organisations
(participation in
the unpaid work of charitable organisations groups or clubs,
includes unpaid charitable work for churches, religious groups,
humanitarian organisations)
• activities of other groups or organisations
(activities
of environmental organisations, civil right groups, neighbourhood
associations, peace groups etc.)
•
Attending meetings connected with these activities is always
included.
Time Use Survey
• 4 VOLUNTARY WORK AND MEETINGS
• 41 ORGANISATIONAL WORK (Working as a volunteer
free of charge or for a minor fee),
• 42 INFORMAL HELP TO OTHER HOUSEHOLDS (Direct
help given by the respondent to another household and
not arranged by an organisation),
• 43 PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES (Attending meetings
free of charge or for a minor fee)
Time Use Survey
• 43 PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES
431 Meetings (e.g. organised programme in a scout
camp, political party meeting),
432 Religious activities (e.g. visiting church, synagogue,
mosque or other temple, participating in religious
ceremonies like weddings, funerals),
433 Other or unspecified participatory activities (e.g.
voting, witness in court, donating blood)
not relevant ?
Time Use Survey
41 ORGANISATIONAL WORK
Not distinguished categories covering for instance:
Work for groups and associations, as well as work for school
and kindergarten and neighbourhood groups, etc.
Work as a committee member.
Administrative work.
Preparing activities, work for events.
Baking, etc. for the organisation, working in the canteen.
Repairs and other odd jobs for the organisation.
Voluntary fire brigade.
Bookkeeping for clubs
Time Use Survey
42 INFORMAL HELP TO OTHER HOUSEHOLDS
421 Construction and repairs as help (e.g. helped repair
the neighbour’s roof, made a toy for the grandchildren),
422 Help in employment and farming (e.g. help with
milking, tending cattle/cows/calves, helped on my uncle’s
farm),
423 Care of own children living in another household (e.g.
taking care, over the weekend, of own child usually living
with ex-partner),
424 Other childcare as help to another household (e.g.
unpaid child minding, Had a look at grandchildren),
Time Use Survey
42 INFORMAL HELP TO OTHER HOUSEHOLDS
425 Help to an adult of another household (e.g. went with
my mother to the doctor, help to my disabled or sick sister
entertained my disabled or sick friend),
429 Other or unspecified informal help to another
household (e.g. Help to another household with activities
that are included in 31 Food management, in 32 Household
upkeep or 33 Making and care for textiles, in 34 Gardening
and pet care, in 36 Shopping and services or in 37
Household management).
Participation rate in voluntary activities
(TUS 2000) results
Participation time
(hh:mm)
(TUS 2000) results
(per day –participants)
Time spent of voluntary activities – per
day, all respondents (hh:mm)
(TUS 2000) results
Informal help to other households
Participation rate different days of the week
Organisational work
Participation rate, different days of the week
Time Use Survey-Characteristics
The data collected on the basis of a gentlemen's agreement every 10 years
based on the HETUS manual
• Statistical unit: persons, households and time.
• 14 European countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany,
Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Slovenia, Finland, United Kingdom and Norway.
• Data for Sweden are available:
https://www.h2.scb.se/tus/tus/default.htm
• Populations covered in the countries for which data are
available:
• Italy: 3+; Bulgaria: 7+; United Kingdom: 8+; Norway: 979,
• Germany, Estonia, Spain, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia,
Finland: 10+;
• Belgium: 12+; France: 15+; Poland: 15+;
Potential:
- Quite a lot of data already available (rates,
duration) from the Time Use Survey 2000 and
forthcoming 2010 data collection,
- Participation rates and frequency available from
the EU SILC ahm for all the EU Member States
Gaps:
- No full EU coverage for the TUS,
- Activities types quite aggregated,
- No measurement of the work volume or value