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Statistical data about volunteering

Australian Social Trends 2002 Report into voluntary work
This informative summary of volunteering trends in Australia is produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Exploring the economic and social value of present patterns of volunteering in Australia

This research paper was released by the Social policy Research Centre at the Uni of NSW in 2006. The paper explores a number of issues to do with volunteering trends in Australia and again argues that current definitions need to be explored and expanded.

Keeping the Statiticians Honest

This Hot Topic, writen by OzVPM Director Andy Fryar in December 2006, looks at some of the issues surrounding the way we collate and keep volunteering statistics

 

The Value of Volunteering

This is a paper delivered by Ruth Gardner from Canterbury Volunteer Centre in NZ in 2000. It contains many good statistics about the rate of volunteering amongst women in NZ

Voluntary Work, Australia - 2001
This is a summary of the official Australian Bureau of Statistics survey into voluntary work, conducted in 2000. This report gives a really good breakdown into demographical trends in volunteering in Australia

Voluntary Work, Australia - 2006
This is a summary of the official Australian Bureau of Statistics survey into voluntary work, conducted in 2006. This report gives a really good breakdown into demographical trends in volunteering in Australia

 

Who Cares?

A series of audio files produced by Linda Graff and Paul Reed, examining the decline of volunteering participation rates in Canada

International Resources on Volunteerism Statistics
Additional links and information on this topic from around the world courtesy of our friends at Energize

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