Charts by Topic: Volunteer activities
Findings from the 2010 survey:
- On days they volunteered, Americans age 15 and over spent an average of 2.0 hours doing volunteer activities.
![Percent of population who volunteered on an average day, by age](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007064530im_/http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/chart18.gif) [Chart in PDF]
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- Men and women ages 25 to 34 were less likely to volunteer than were men and women in any other age group. (These data are
averages for 2006 to 2010).
![Percent of population who volunteered on each day of the week](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007064530im_/http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/chart19.gif) [Chart in PDF]
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- People were more likely to volunteer on Sundays (8.0 percent) than on Saturdays (6.2 percent). (These data are averages for 2006 to 2010).
![Percent of persons who volunteered that did selected volunteer activities on an average day](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007064530im_/http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/chart20.gif) [Chart in PDF]
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- Men and women who volunteered participated in different volunteer activities. Men were more than twice as likely to do
indoor and outdoor maintenance, building, and clean-up activities on an average day than were women. Women were more
likely than men to do food preparation, presentation, and cleanup activities. (These data are averages for 2006 to 2010).
![Percent of population who volunteered and hours spent volunteering, by educational attainment](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007064530im_/http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/chart21.gif) [Chart in PDF]
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- Persons age 25 and over with at least a bachelor's degree were the most likely to volunteer on an average day (10.6 percent).
However, among volunteers, those with at least a bachelor's degree spent the least time volunteering on days they volunteered.
(These data are averages for 2006 to 2010).
![Percent of persons who volunteered, by presence and age of youngest child](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007064530im_/http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/chart22.gif) [Chart in PDF]
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- On an average day, women and men ages 25 to 54 whose youngest child was 6 to 12 years old were more likely to volunteer than
were women and men with older, younger, or no children. (These data are averages for 2006 to 2010).
Last Modified Date: December 2, 2011
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