This statistic presents the proportion of adults who volunteered in the last year in England, between 2005 and 2020, by gender. Over the survey periods shown, the share of female respondents participating in voluntary activities tended to be slightly higher than male respondents. Around 30 percent of male and 34.6 percent of female respondents in 2019/20 said they had volunteered at least once in the previous year.
Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20*, by gender
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (September 23, 2020). Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20*, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/420081/volunteers-uk-england-by-gender/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20*, by gender." Chart. September 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/420081/volunteers-uk-england-by-gender/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2020). Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20*, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/420081/volunteers-uk-england-by-gender/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Share of Adults Who Volunteered in The Last 12 Months in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20*, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Sep 2020, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/420081/volunteers-uk-england-by-gender/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20*, by gender Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/420081/volunteers-uk-england-by-gender/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Share of adults who volunteered in the last 12 months in England from 2005/06 to 2019/20*, by gender [Graph], Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), September 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/420081/volunteers-uk-england-by-gender/