Table 3. Volunteers by number of organizations for which volunteer activities were performed and
selected characteristics, September 2012
                                                                                                         
                                                           Percent distribution of the number of         
                                                       organizations for which volunteer activities      
                                                                     were performed                      
                                            Total                                                        
   Characteristics in September 2012     volunteers                                               Not    
                                         (thousands)                                           reporting 
                                                                                        Five   number of 
                                                     Total   One    Two   Three   Four   or    organiza- 
                                                                                        more     tions   
                                                                                                         
                  Sex                                                                                    
                                                                                                         
Total, both sexes.......................   64,513    100.0   70.5   19.1   6.8    2.2   1.2        0.2   
   Men..................................   27,238    100.0   71.8   18.7   6.4    1.9   1.1         .1   
   Women................................   37,274    100.0   69.5   19.5   7.1    2.4   1.3         .2   
                                                                                                         
                  Age                                                                                    
                                                                                                         
Total, 16 years and over................   64,513    100.0   70.5   19.1   6.8    2.2   1.2         .2   
  16 to 24 years........................    8,776    100.0   77.2   14.8   5.3    1.8    .8         .1   
     16 to 19 years.....................    4,644    100.0   74.1   17.2   5.6    2.2    .9         .1   
     20 to 24 years.....................    4,132    100.0   80.8   12.0   5.0    1.3    .6         .2   
  25 years and over.....................   55,737    100.0   69.4   19.8   7.0    2.2   1.3         .2   
     25 to 34 years.....................    9,513    100.0   75.0   17.4   5.5    1.3    .7         -    
     35 to 44 years.....................   12,527    100.0   69.8   19.9   7.2    2.0   1.0         .1   
     45 to 54 years.....................   12,777    100.0   67.5   20.1   8.0    2.6   1.6         .2   
     55 to 64 years.....................   10,619    100.0   67.1   21.5   7.2    2.5   1.5         .2   
     65 years and over..................   10,301    100.0   68.6   20.0   6.9    2.6   1.6         .2   
                                                                                                         
 Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                                   
                                                                                                         
White...................................   53,778    100.0   69.2   19.7   7.3    2.3   1.3         .2   
Black or African American...............    6,316    100.0   78.4   14.6   4.4    1.3   1.1         .2   
Asian...................................    2,524    100.0   78.4   15.9   4.3     .7    .6         .2   
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............    5,635    100.0   82.5   11.6   3.9    1.2    .7         .1   
                                                                                                         
       Educational attainment (1)                                                                        
                                                                                                         
Less than a high school diploma.........    2,177    100.0   87.8    9.6   1.9     .3    .2         .2   
High school graduates, no college (2)...   10,527    100.0   79.3   14.9   4.5     .7    .5         .1   
Some college or associate degree .......   15,832    100.0   71.8   19.2   5.7    2.0   1.1         .2   
Bachelor's degree and higher (3)........   27,202    100.0   62.8   22.9   9.2    3.1   1.8         .1   
                                                                                                         
             Marital status                                                                              
                                                                                                         
Single, never married...................   14,920    100.0   75.7   15.7   5.8    1.8    .9         .2   
Married, spouse present.................   39,290    100.0   68.5   20.4   7.3    2.3   1.3         .1   
Other marital status (4)................   10,302    100.0   70.6   19.3   6.2    2.2   1.3         .3   
                                                                                                         
Presence of own children under                                                                           
  18 years (5)                                                                                           
                                                                                                         
Men:                                                                                                     
  No own children under 18 years old....   18,248    100.0   72.2   18.5   6.3    1.8   1.2         -    
  With own children under 18 years old..    8,991    100.0   71.2   19.1   6.8    2.0    .8         .1   
Women:                                                                                                   
  No own children under 18 years old....   23,857    100.0   70.2   18.9   6.8    2.5   1.2         .3   
  With own children under 18 years old..   13,417    100.0   68.3   20.4   7.5    2.2   1.5         .1   
                                                                                                         
           Employment status                                                                             
                                                                                                         
Civilian labor force....................   44,974    100.0   69.5   19.8   7.1    2.2   1.2         .2   
  Employed..............................   42,083    100.0   69.4   19.9   7.1    2.2   1.2         .2   
    Full time (6).......................   32,568    100.0   69.8   19.6   7.1    2.2   1.1         .2   
    Part time (7).......................    9,515    100.0   68.1   20.7   7.3    2.4   1.4         .1   
  Unemployed............................    2,891    100.0   71.4   18.1   6.4    2.6   1.3         .3   
Not in the labor force..................   19,539    100.0   72.7   17.7   6.2    2.0   1.3         .2   

   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, 2011, through the survey period in September 2012.
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.