Table 3.
Experience in the voluntary sector of the sample (n = 38).
| Variables | Sample of Volunteers |
|---|---|
| Years of volunteer service, M (SD) | 6.5 (7.9) |
| Years of volunteer service (%) | |
| <1 year | 11 (28.9) |
| 1 to 9 years | 18 (47.4) |
| 10 to 20 years | 6 (15.8) |
| >20 years | 3 (7.9) |
| First experience as a volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic (%) | |
| Yes | 13 (34.2) |
| No | 25 (65.8) |
| Territories of volunteer experiences (%) (n = 25) | |
| In region of Abruzzo | 13 (52) |
| In the Italian territories | 10 (40) |
| Outside Italy | 2 (8) |
| Type of emergency (%) (n = 25) | |
| Earthquakes | 21 (84) |
| Fires | 20 (80) |
| Floods | 14 (66.6) |
| Avalanches | 4 (16) |
| Temperature extremes/ Snow emergencies | 3 (12) |
| Service during the COVID-19 emergency (%) | |
| No service | 8 (21.1) |
| <1 month | 5 (13.2) |
| 2–3 months | 12 (31.3) |
| 4–6 months | 13 (34.4) |
| Activities conducted during the COVID-19 emergency (%) (n = 30) | |
| Organizational, secretarial, and monitoring interventions | 15 (50) |
| Activities “on the field” (driving ambulances, transporting food, distributing individual protection disposals) | 15 (50) |
| Impact of volunteering on private work/study (%) (n = 30) | |
| No impact | 10 (33.3) |
| Occasional difficulties | 1 (3.3) |
| Some difficulties | 11 (36.7) |
| Many difficulties | 4 (13.3) |
| Major difficulties | 4 (13.3) |
| Willing to share experiences of volunteering during the COVID-19 emergency with (%) (n = 30) | |
| Friends/colleagues | 17 (56.7) |
| A professional | 9 (30) |
| No need to talk about/no answer | 4 (13.3) |
| Certification of specific training courses (%) | |
| Yes | 28 (73.7) |
| No | 10 (26.3) |
| Training needs (%) | |
| Courses related to specific natural disaster | 21 (55.3) |
| Training to better manage distress/anxiety | 7 (18.4) |
| Information technology courses | 2 (5.3) |
| Courses for driving specific vehicles (bobcat) | 1 (2.6) |
| Missing | 7 (18.4) |