Volunteering rates by nationality..

Volunteering rates by nationality..

1. 56% of all Swedish adults volunteer
2. Slovak Republic (54%)
3. the US (50%)
4. Canada (48%)
5. the Netherlands (44%). 
6. Uk - 33%
7. The countries with the lowest participation rates (14% to 16%) are Poland, Japan, Spain, and Hungary. 

See the original article here.


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update:

On the demogragics question, this from TSRC on whether postwar generations are volunteering less and less..

"membership of voluntary associations were lower amongst men born between 1955 and 1964 and between 1965- 1974 than for those born in earlier cohorts. For women, those born between 1965 and 1974 also had lower levels of membership than those in previous cohorts, when age was controlled for.

"Whilst membership of voluntary organisations is not equivalent to volunteering, it is a useful indication of involvement in the third sector, and the findings raise concerns about whether such involvement will fall as more engaged earlier generations are replaced by less engaged cohorts."