The Citizenship Survey is a biennial survey of adults in England and Wales, covering a range of community based issues including views about the local area, racial and religious prejudice and discrimination. The 2005 survey was published on 27 June 2006.
The Government has completed three Citizenship Surveys, one in 2001, one in 2003 and the follow up in 2005.
- Copies of the surveys can be found on the Home Office web site
2003 Home Office Citizenship Survey
Headline statistics from 2003
In 2003, 18 per cent of employees in England and Wales worked for employers who had schemes for volunteering (18 per cent in 2001).
Among these employees, 37 per cent had volunteered as part of the scheme in the previous twelve months (39 per cent in 2001). In 2003 15 per cent of employees volunteered through an employer supported scheme at least once a month.
In terms of the total population, these figures represent 4 per cent and 1 per cent of all adults (1.5 and 0.6 million people in England and Wales) (same percentages for 2001).
People who had volunteered through an employer-supported scheme at least once in the previous twelve months had spent, on average, 3.4 hours on such activity in the previous four weeks. Assuming an even contribution throughout the year, this figure would represent about 44.1 hours per volunteer per year.
The 1.5 million people who volunteered through an employer-supported scheme in the twelve months before interview contributed approximately 66 million hours (the equivalent of around 36,000 full-time workers) and, at the national average way, their contribution was worth around £0.8 billion.
- A comparision of figures from the three can be found on the 2005 Survey page
