Table 3. Volunteers by number of organizations for which volunteer activities were performed
and selected characteristics, September 2007
Percent distribution of the number of
organizations for which volunteer activities
were performed
Total
Characteristics in September 2007 volunteers
(thousands) Not
Five reporting
Total One Two Three Four or number of
more organiza-
tions
Sex
Total, both sexes.................. 60,838 100.0 68.8 19.7 7.3 2.5 1.4 0.3
Men............................. 25,724 100.0 69.7 19.2 7.1 2.3 1.3 .4
Women........................... 35,114 100.0 68.2 20.0 7.5 2.6 1.5 .3
Age
Total, 16 years and over........... 60,838 100.0 68.8 19.7 7.3 2.5 1.4 .3
16 to 24 years................... 7,798 100.0 74.8 17.4 4.8 1.3 1.0 .7
16 to 19 years................ 4,173 100.0 72.6 18.8 5.6 1.8 1.0 .3
20 to 24 years................ 3,625 100.0 77.4 15.7 3.9 .8 1.1 1.1
25 years and over................ 53,040 100.0 68.0 20.0 7.6 2.7 1.4 .3
25 to 34 years................ 9,019 100.0 75.1 17.6 5.3 1.2 .7 .3
35 to 44 years................ 12,902 100.0 65.2 21.9 8.2 3.0 1.4 .3
45 to 54 years................ 13,136 100.0 66.1 20.4 8.5 3.0 1.8 .3
55 to 64 years................ 9,316 100.0 67.7 19.6 7.6 3.3 1.4 .4
65 years and over............. 8,667 100.0 67.8 19.4 8.1 2.7 1.8 .2
Race and Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
White.............................. 52,586 100.0 67.4 20.5 7.7 2.7 1.5 .3
Black or African American.......... 5,010 100.0 78.3 14.4 4.1 1.6 1.1 .6
Asian.............................. 1,887 100.0 80.6 13.6 3.5 1.6 .6 .1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity....... 4,279 100.0 80.6 13.5 3.6 1.3 .7 .4
Educational attainment (1)
Less than a high school diploma.... 2,394 100.0 88.1 9.1 2.1 .4 .2 -
High school graduates, no
college (2)....................... 11,379 100.0 76.2 16.5 4.6 1.7 .6 .4
Some college or associate degree
................................... 15,468 100.0 70.5 19.6 6.8 2.1 .9 .2
Bachelor's degree and higher (3)... 23,799 100.0 60.4 23.0 10.2 3.8 2.3 .3
Marital status
Single, never married.............. 12,612 100.0 74.2 17.0 6.0 1.4 .9 .5
Married, spouse present............ 38,876 100.0 66.9 20.7 7.7 2.8 1.6 .2
Other marital status (4)........... 9,350 100.0 69.7 19.0 7.2 2.6 1.2 .3
Presence of own children under 18
years (5)
Men:
No own children under 18 years
old............................. 16,880 100.0 70.9 18.4 6.9 2.1 1.2 0.5
With own children under 18 years
old............................. 8,844 100.0 67.5 20.9 7.3 2.8 1.4 .2
Women:
No own children under 18 years
old............................. 21,616 100.0 70.1 18.8 6.9 2.5 1.3 .3
With own children under 18 years
old............................. 13,498 100.0 65.1 21.9 8.3 2.8 1.7 .2
Employment status
Civilian labor force............... 43,405 100.0 68.4 20.0 7.4 2.5 1.4 .3
Employed......................... 41,708 100.0 68.2 20.1 7.5 2.5 1.4 .3
Full time (6).................. 32,714 100.0 68.9 19.8 7.3 2.4 1.3 .3
Part time (7).................. 8,994 100.0 65.6 21.0 8.3 3.0 1.7 .4
Unemployed....................... 1,697 100.0 72.7 18.2 5.5 2.2 .7 .7
Not in the labor force............. 17,433 100.0 69.9 18.8 7.0 2.5 1.5 .3
1 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
2 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
3 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
4 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
5 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included
are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
6 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
7 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for
an organization at any point from September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September
2007. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not
sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is
identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
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