The volunteer survey

Summary

Strengths: The survey is part of the international Johns Hopkins University Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, which compares the size of the voluntary sector in as many countries as possible. It covers a wide range of types of volunteering, and the same questionnaire was applied in 2004 and 2012.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Telephone

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SAS, SPSS, tab-delimited file

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
In 2004, during the first round of data collection, there were 3,134 respondents. A new round of data collection has been completed in 2012, but the data is not available yet.

First year of collection
2004

Stratification if applicable
N.A.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
N.A.

Age range
15-85 years

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
In 2004, the survey included 63 questions about volunteering and background information. Questions about volunteering covered the following topics: (1) Culture, sports, education and research, health, social area, environment, local community, labour union, advising and legal advice, politics, international activities and religion or church. The survey also went into detail with the number of hours volunteering and the type of work. (2) Monetary gifts (3) Informal help. The 2012 survey additionally includes questions about internet-based voluntary work. The data collection further includes information about voluntary associations.

Linkage

Standardisation
N.A.

Possibility of linkage among databases

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
N.A.

Governance

Contact information

Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Islandsgade 10
5000 Odense Austria Phone: (+45)66113010
Email: mailbox(at)dda.dk
Url: http://samfund.dda.dk/ddakatalog//sdfiler/15600.htm

Timeliness, transparency
N.A.