Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1998

Variable Details

VariableVOLACT2
LabelVOLUNTARY CHARITABLE ACTIVITY
Question text Have you done any voluntary activity in the past twelve months in any of the following areas? Voluntary activity is unpaid work, not just belonging to an organisation or group. It should be of service or benefit to other people or the community and not only to one's family or personal friends. During the last 12 months did you do volunteer work in any of the following areas? Charitable activities (helping the sick, elderly, poor, etc.) (Please circle the appropriate number on each line)
Responses
1 NO 617
2 YES,ONCE OR TWICE 111
3 YES,3-5 TIMES 24
4 YES,6 OR MORE TIMES 54
8 CANT CHOOSE 6
-1 VER B SECTION SKIP 813
Sysmiss 175
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 1998
Interviewer InstructionsIf the same voluntary activity falls under two or more of the categories listed above, please report it only once under the first relevant category. For example, if you were involved in political campaigning for a candidate endorsed by a church or religious group, you would report it under a. Political activities not under c. Religious and church-related activities.
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 and over in Northern Ireland during 1998
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study