Table 1.
Participation (%) in Voluntary Work Across SHARE Waves 1 and 2a
| Country | Active in Wave 1b | Active in Wave 2b | Active in either wavec | Transition from inactive in Wave 1 to active in Wave 2c | Transition from active in Wave 1 to inactive in Wave 2c |
| Sweden | 17.8 | 21.0 | 28.6 | 12.0 | 38.0 |
| Denmark | 17.4 | 21.3 | 30.9 | 13.5 | 37.8 |
| Germany | 10.1 | 12.9 | 20.9 | 8.4 | 44.0 |
| The Netherlands | 20.8 | 25.6 | 34.1 | 12.4 | 32.3 |
| Belgium | 15.5 | 16.9 | 23.4 | 7.3 | 35.1 |
| France | 14.1 | 15.5 | 23.2 | 7.4 | 44.5 |
| Switzerland | 14.5 | 16.8 | 25.5 | 11.3 | 50.5 |
| Austria | 8.3 | 9.6 | 15.5 | 6.3 | 65.5 |
| Italy | 6.8 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 53.0 |
| Spain | 2.4 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 55.9 |
| Greece | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 64.6 |
| Israelc | 12.1 | — | — | — | — |
| Czech Republic | — | 3.0 | — | — | — |
| Poland | — | 2.0 | — | — | — |
| All countries | 10.0 | 10.8 | 20.0 | 7.2 | 41.4 |
Notes: SHARE = Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.
a
n (Wave 1) = 29,651; n (Wave 2) = 31,873 (including observations from refresher samples); n (Waves 1 and 2; longitudinal) = 18,057. See http://www.share-project.org, for a detailed breakdown of sample sizes by country, sex, and age.
b
Cross-sectional weights applied.
c
No weights applied.
Source: SHARE, Wave 1 (Release 2.0.1) and Wave 2 (Release 1.0.1), own calculations.