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  Ageism and Ageing, Republic of Ireland - 2008


Year: 2008

Module: Attitudes_to_Older_People
Variable: UNPAID1 - UNPAID19


Question:
The next question in this section is about time given freely and without pay to any activity which has the aim of benefiting people (outside your immediate family), the community or a particular cause.
Please could you tell me if you have done any of these kinds of unpaid work during the last 12 months? Please exclude giving money and anything that was a requirement of your job.

These tables shows the percentage of respondents identifying each activity.

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages

Overall Results %
Raising or handling money 14
Leading the group/member of a committee/trustees 8
Organising or helping to run an activity or event 18
Visiting people 30
Befriending or mentoring people 12
Coaching 6
Giving advice/information/counselling 8
Secretarial, administration or clerical work 5
Providing transport/driving 15
Representing 5
Promotion 14
Campaigning 5
Other practical help eg shopping, gardening, building, meals on wheels 13
Helping in church or religious organisation 12
Collecting/making things to be sold for charity 10
Teaching or training 4
Selling tickets 20
Working with young people 11
Working in a charity shop 2


Results for men and women
%
  Male Female
Raising or handling money 10 17
Leading the group/member of a committee/trustees 8 7
Organising or helping to run an activity or event 17 19
Visiting people 29 30
Befriending or mentoring people 10 13
Coaching 7 6
Giving advice/information/counselling 7 8
Secretarial, administration or clerical work 3 6
Providing transport/driving 17 14
Representing 6 5
Promotion 10 17
Campaigning 6 5
Other practical help eg shopping, gardening, building, meals on wheels 14 13
Helping in church or religious organisation 9 14
Collecting/making things to be sold for charity 8 12
Teaching or training 3 5
Selling tickets 19 21
Working with young people 11 11
Working in a charity shop 1 3


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
  18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Raising or handling money 11 11 12 20 12 16
Leading the group/member of a committee/trustees 4 4 9 12 11 8
Organising or helping to run an activity or event 10 12 18 27 19 20
Visiting people 19 25 25 36 35 38
Befriending or mentoring people 7 8 10 14 17 15
Coaching 6 8 10 8 3 3
Giving advice/information/counselling 4 7 9 7 10 8
Secretarial, administration or clerical work 6 6 5 6 4 4
Providing transport/driving 9 12 18 21 19 11
Representing 2 6 4 9 5 4
Promotion 11 11 12 20 12 16
Campaigning 4 5 6 8 4 6
Other practical help eg shopping, gardening, building, meals on wheels 7 15 16 18 15 9
Helping in church or religious organisation 2 5 8 19 17 19
Collecting/making things to be sold for charity 2 9 10 14 14 10
Teaching or training 7 5 4 3 3 2
Selling tickets 14 16 23 31 19 20
Working with young people 10 11 14 18 9 4
Working in a charity shop 1 2 3 3 4 1


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