Volunteer rate of population

Definition

Volunteer rate refers to the percentage of people in the population who volunteered in a specified time period. Volunteering refers to engaging in activities done without pay on behalf of a group or organization and includes, for example, unpaid help to schools, religious organizations and community association.

Population refers to the total membership, based on specific characteristics, of a group of people, objects or events at a given time and within a particular geographic area.

Measurements

• Percentage March 16, 1998 to current

Relation to previous version

• Volunteer rate of population February 08, 2017 to current

  This is the current version.

• Volunteer rate of population March 10, 2016 to February 07, 2017