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Scottish Household Survey 2020 - key findings: Volunteering

Scottish Government 11 May 2022

Note: The results of the SHS 2020 telephone survey are not directly comparable to SHS results for previous years.

64% of adults had taken part in formal or informal volunteering in the last year. 56% of adults took part in informal volunteering, and 26% took part in formal volunteering.

See Volunteer Scotland for additonal commentary and analysis: https://www.volunteerscotland.net/about-us/news-blog/news/scottish-household-survey-2020-results/

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Published on 11 May 2022

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