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Volunteer Surveys
Honorary involvement in Germany.Date(s) of Data Collection: 18.03.2019 - 16.11.2019
GESIS, Cologne. ZA5714 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14132
GESIS, Cologne. ZA5714 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14132
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Content: 1. Personal details: year of arrival in Germany; household size; persons under 18 in household; household composition; if children in household: own children; marital status; stable partnership; living with partner; employment status; employment full-time, part-time or part-time; type of current voluntary service; type of current education; type of current type of school; country of last school attendance (Germany, other country); school attendance in Germany: highest school-leaving qualification; school attendance abroad: Type of school-leaving qualification; completed vocational training or studies; country of vocational training and/or studies; highest educational qualification in Germany; highest educational qualification abroad; weekly working hours; compatibility of work and family responsibilities; occupational status; migration background: German nationality; German nationality since birth; acquired German nationality through naturalization, through recognition as Aussiedler, other; came to Germany as a refugee or asylum seeker; performed compulsory military service, voluntary military service or civilian service; performed voluntary service (e. g., Voluntary Social Year). Voluntary service (e.g. voluntary social year); type of voluntary service performed; support persons available if assistance is needed; belonging to a denomination or religious community; denomination; church affiliation; place of residence: length of residence in the place of residence; assessment of social cohesion in the neighborhood; membership in a nonprofit association or organization; membership in selected associations or organizations; influencing political decisions (political participation).
2. Recording volunteer activities and motivational factors: Active participation in 14 social activity or engagement areas (e.g., sports and exercise, culture and music, leisure and socializing, etc. ); volunteering in areas of active participation; number of activities; age at which first volunteered; motivation for volunteering (helping to shape society through my involvement, meeting others through my involvement, gaining prestige and influence, gaining qualifications, extra income, fun, doing something for the common good, giving back good because I have experienced involvement myself, helping others).
3. Structural characteristics of the volunteer activity: volunteered in the last 4 weeks; frequency of performing the entire commitment; time spent on entire commitment (hours, minutes per day/ week/ month/ 12 months); information on the most time-intensive activity: Which region or country the activity benefits; group of people involved (target group); organizational setting; membership in this organization; full-time staff in the organization; contact person for volunteers; sufficient opportunities to have a say; main content of one´s activity; elective office; leadership or board function; requirements of the activity (specific training/ further training required); to what extent important skills acquired; Internet use for the activity; forms of Internet use for the activity (e. g. E.g., participation in social networking, homepage maintenance; creating newsletters, etc. ); share of Internet in the activity; ever participated in courses or seminars for further education; time spent on the activity (frequency); time spent per day/ week/ month/ 12 months (in hours and minutes); costs incurred from the activity; possibility of reimbursement for financial expenses; use of reimbursement; received money for the activity in the last 12 months; amount of remuneration per month; received non-cash benefits for the activity in the last 12 months; duration of the most time-consuming voluntary work; impetus for taking up the activity; own initiative or been recruited; employer supports voluntary commitment; desire for employer support; evaluation of proposals for improving the framework conditions for voluntary commitment by the organizations themselves and by the state.
4. Potential for volunteering among non-volunteers: previously engaged in volunteering; if previously engaged: engaged in the last 5 years on behalf of refugees/asylum seekers; age at first volunteering; personal reasons for stopping; reasons for non-engagement; willingness for future engagement.
5. Informal support services (including monetary donations): Private and unpaid care of children; child care for relatives, neighbors, friends, acquaintances, or others; frequency of child care; time spent on child care per day/ week/ month/ 12 months in hours and minutes; private and unpaid care of persons; caregiving tasks (basic care, housekeeping, supervision of person); care for relatives, neighbors, friends, acquaintances, or others; frequency of care for these persons; time spent on care per day/ week/ month/ 12 months in hours and minutes; cared for person lives in respondent´s household; respondent mainly cares for this person in the household him/herself; legal care provided for another person; assistance provided to persons outside the household; assistance provided outside the household to relatives, neighbors, friends, acquaintances, or others; frequency of assistance provided to persons outside the household; time spent on assistance per day/ week/ month/ 12 months in hours and minutes; monetary donations in the past 12 months; amount of monetary donations (open, categorized); purpose of donation.
6. Life situation and personal details: parents´ involvement during the respondent´s childhood/youth (up to age 20); both parents born in Germany; German citizenship of mother and father; sense of belonging to society in Germany; assessment of current health status; trust in institutions (police, Bundestag, political parties, judiciary, federal government, European Parliament); satisfaction with democracy; assessment of democracy as a form of government in general; assessment of own financial situation; monthly net household income (open, categorized).
Demography: sex; age.
Additionally coded: Respondent ID; weighting factors; projection factors.
Generated and fed variables: Mobile or landline subsample; starting language, interview language; federal state; dummy new or old states; municipality size BIK; region type urban and rural, dummy, county type and region type new according to BBSR; age; age groups; sex, dummy; highest school degree; monthly household net equivalent income; activity level; number of voluntary activities; internet use: Number of reported uses; area of most time-consuming activity; engagement, dummy; engaged with refugees in the past 5 years; engaged with refugees in the past 5 years, by engagement status; duration of most time-consuming volunteer activity in years, engagement status multilevel; willingness to engage, dummy; employment status graduated, employment status dummy; federal volunteer service: current or completed, dummy; Volunteer service: current or completed, dummy; Volunteer service: completed, dummy; Youth volunteer service: current or completed, dummy; other volunteer service: current or completed, dummy; born in Germany, dummy; country and region of birth of respondent; country and region of birth of mother, country and region of birth of father; cash and in-kind contributions, recoded; frequency of volunteering; monthly household net income categorical and metric; household constellation; intensity of internet use for volunteering; educational level according to ISCED 1997; ISCED three-level: low, medium, high educational level; reimbursement and use; migration background: 5-level according to Federal Statistical Office, migration background, dummy; internet use for volunteering, dummy; all engaged: organizational framework of volunteering; all respondents: Organizational framework of volunteering; political participation, dummy; count index: intensity of political participation; religious affiliation summarized, donation amounts all respondents; hours for total volunteering per year; hours for second most time-consuming volunteering per year; amount of compensation per month; length of residence at place of residence in years; time spent 1. activity per week, target group: refugees/asylum seekers, basis all engaged; informal support service in general; hours for informal support service in total per year; IUL in general: for neighbors, friends, acquaintances, others; IUL: assistance; hours for assistance (IUL) per year; IUL: Assistance provided to neighbors, friends, acquaintances, others; IUL: Child care; Hours for child care (IUL) per year; IUL: Child care provided to neighbors, friends, acquaintances, others; IUL: Caregiving service; Hours for caregiving (IUL) per year; IUL: Caregiving provided to neighbors, friends, acquaintances, others.
Topics: Social behaviour and attitudes, Time use
Date(s) of Data Collection: 18.03.2019 - 16.11.2019
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Resident population aged 14 and over
Number of Units: 27762
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
The sampling is based on a dual-frame approach: Around 70 percent of the interviews were conducted via fixed network and just under 30 percent via mobile phone.
The sampling frame was randomly generated in each case using the Häder/Gabler method in accordance with the ADM standard.
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft, Bonn
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 379
Notes: Please cite the following publication when publishing on the basis of the German Survey on Volunteering:
Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294 target=´_blank´>10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Berlin
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.4232/1.14132
Study number: ZA5714
Contributor, Institution, Role: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA) - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2023-06-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14132
Version history:
| Version number | Date, Name, DOI |
|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | 2023-06-01 first archive edition (current version) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14132 |
Publications: Schiel, Stefan; Ruiz Marcos, Jonathan; Fahrenholz, Moritz: Methodenbericht : Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2019.
Bonn: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft, 2020
, Erdmann-Linge, A.; Kuschmierz, S. (2021): Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2019. Codebuch
und Grundauszählung SUF FWS 2019, Version 1.0.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen., Hameister, Nicole; Karnick, Nora; Kausmann, Corinna (2021): Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey
2019. Kurzbeschreibung des Scientific Use Files: SUF FWS 2019, Version 2.0.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen., Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: 10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Study group: Volunteer Surveys, GESIS Community Data
Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.1999 - 12.11.2014
GESIS, Cologne. ZA5715 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14133
GESIS, Cologne. ZA5715 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14133
Abstract: This study is the trend data set of the German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) 1999-2014. The Scientific Use File (SUF) FWS Trend 1999-2014 includes information from the fou ... more
Abstract: This study is the trend data set of the German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) 1999-2014. The Scientific Use File (SUF) FWS Trend 1999-2014 includes information from the fou ... more
Content: Household constellation: household size; persons in household under 6 years and from 6 to under 14 years, dummy;
Employment and occupational status: employment status; hours worked per week; current/former occupational status; occupational status of those employed at the time of interview;
Migration background: German citizenship; German citizenship since birth; acquisition of German citizenship through naturalization, through recognition as Aussiedler, other;
Social network: support persons available if help is needed; help from outside the household possible from relatives, neighbors, friends, acquaintances (dummy);
Religion: belonging to a denomination or religious community, dummy; denomination or religious community; denominational affiliation;
Place of residence: length of residence at current place of residence; assessment of social cohesion in residential area;
size of circle of friends and acquaintances at place of residence;
Association membership: membership in an association or non-profit organization;
Political activity: interest in politics;
Activity in 14 social areas: Active participation in 14 social activity or engagement areas (e.g., sports and exercise, culture and music, leisure and socializing, etc.); volunteering in areas with active participation;
Subjective importance of volunteering: age at which first became involved in volunteering; importance of involvement;
motivation for volunteering (helping to shape society through my involvement, meeting other people through my involvement, gaining reputation and influence, advancing professionally, gaining qualifications);
Time frame of engagement overall: time spent in hours for total engagement per week;
Characteristics of the organization: organizational framework; organizational form of the volunteer activity; full-time staff in the organization; contact person specifically for volunteers;
Content characteristics of the activity: characterization of the activity; main content of the activity, dummy; leadership or board function;
Knowledge acquisition and transfer: requirements of the activity; coping with the requirements of the activity; internet use for the activity, dummy; ever participated in courses or seminars for further education;
Time frame: Activity with regular time commitments; time spent on the activity (frequency); time spent in hours on the most time-consuming activity per day (metric, categorical); time limit on the activity;
Expenses and reimbursement: reimbursement for financial out-of-pocket expenses with documentation; regular or occasional use of reimbursement;
Compensation and substantive proximity to main activity: money received for activity, dummy; benefits in kind received for activity, dummy; amount of compensation per month (up to 350 euros or more); activity is performed in similar form by others professionally; interest in performing this activity professionally; connection of volunteer activity with professional activity;
Starting the activity: importance of the expectations associated with the volunteer activity; duration of the volunteer activity in years (metric, categorical); impetus for taking on the activity (e.g., by senior people, own experiences, etc.), dummy; own initiative or been asked;
Framework conditions: Evaluation of suggestions for improving the framework conditions for volunteer engagement by the organizations themselves as well as by the state, dummy);
Previous involvement: previously involved in volunteering; evaluation of involvement at that time from today´s perspective;
Reasons for termination: Reasons for termination, dummy;
Monetary donation: Monetary donation in the last 12 months; amount of monetary donation in the last year (up to 500 euros and more, up to 1000 euros or more);
Values: Value orientations;
Financial situation: classification of financial situation.
Demography: age; born in Germany; year of moving to Germany;
Additionally coded: Respondent ID; year of survey; weighting factors; federal state; new or old states, dummy; community size BIK 1-10.
Generated variables: Age groups (4-level and 13-level); sex; highest school degree; employment status graded; employment status dummy; respondent´s country and region of birth; mother´s country and region of birth, father´s country and region of birth; engagement dummy; activity level; number of areas of engagement; area of most time-consuming activity; engagement interest of engaged and disengaged.
Topics: Social behaviour and attitudes, Time use
Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.1999 - 12.11.2014
Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.1999 - 07.1999, W1, 22.04.2004 - 15.07.2004, W2, 28.04.2009 - 30.07.2009, W3, 28.04.2014 - 12.11.2014, W4
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Resident population aged 14 and over
Number of Units: 78617
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: Infratest Burke Sozialforschung, München
TNS Infratest, München
infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft, Bonn
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 221
Notes: Please cite the following publication when publishing on the basis of the German Survey on Volunteering:
Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294 target=´_blank´>10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Berlin
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.4232/1.14133
Study number: ZA5715
Contributor, Institution, Role: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA) - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS
External links: project page
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2023-06-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14133
Version history:
| Version number | Date, Name, DOI |
|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | 2023-06-01 first archive edition (current version) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14133 |
Publications: BMFSFJ (Hrsg.). (2005). Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland 1999–2004. Ergebnisse der repräsentativen Trenderhebung zu Ehrenamt, Freiwilligenarbeit und bürgerschaftlichen Engagement.
Berlin: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend. Zugriffsdatum 17. Dezember 2018. Download unter: http://www.dza.de/fileadmin/dza/pdf/fws/BMFSFJ_2005_FWS_2004_Freiw_Eng_1999-2004.pdf. , BMFSFJ (Hrsg.) (2010). Hauptbericht des Freiwilligensurveys 2009. Zivilgesellschaft, soziales Kapital und freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland 1999–2004–2009.
Berlin: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend. Zugriffsdatum 17. Dezember 2018. Download unter:
https://www.dza.de/fileadmin/dza/pdf/fws/BMFSFJ_2010_FWS_2009_Hauptbericht.pdf.Hameister, N., Kausmann, C., & Müller, D. (2017): Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2014. Kurzbeschreibung des Scientific Use Files: SUF FWS 2014, Version 1.2.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. DOI: 10.5156/FWS.2014.D.004. , Hameister, N., Müller, D., Kausmann, C., Vogel, C., Ziegelmann, J.P., & Simonson, J. (2019). Der Deutsche Freiwilligensurvey 2009, 2004 und 1999. Kurzbeschreibung der Scientific Use Files: SUF FWS 2009, 3.2, SUF FWS 2004, 3.2 und SUF FWS 1999, 3.2.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. DOI: 10.5156/FWS.2009.D.011. , Hameister, N., Kausmann, C., & Müller, D. (2019). Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey
2014. Kurzbeschreibung des Scientific Use Files: SUF FWS 2014, Version 1.3.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. DOI: 10.5156/FWS.2014.D.006. , Hameister, N., & Vogel, C. (2017). Geldspenden, Spendenbeträge und freiwilliges Engagement. In J. Simonson, C. Vogel & C. Tesch-Römer (Eds.), Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland: Der Deutsche Freiwilligensurvey 2014 (S. 217-234).
Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Open Access. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-12644-5. , Kausmann, C., Hameister, N., & Müller, D. (2019). Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2014. Codebuch und Grundauszählung SUF FWS 2014, Version 1.3.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. Download unter: https://www.dza.de/fileadmin/dza/pdf/fdz/FWS_Codebuch_SUF2014_v1.3.pdf. , Kausmann, C., Maurer, S., Hameister, N., Vogel, C., Müller, D., Simonson, J., & Ziegelmann, J. P. (2019a). Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2009. Codebuch und Grundauszählung SUF FWS 2009, Version 3.2. Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. Download unter: https://www.dza.de/fileadmin/dza/pdf/fdz/FWS_Codebuch_SUF2009_v3.2.pdf., Schmälzle, M., Hameister, N., Kelle, N., Kausmann, C., Simonson, J., Daktariunaite, R, & Heckmann, J. (2019): Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey. Kurzbeschreibung des Scientific Use File FWS Trend 1999–2014, Version 1.0.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. DOI: 10.5156/FWS.2014.D.008. , Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: 10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Study group: Volunteer Surveys, GESIS Community Data
Date(s) of Data Collection: 28.04.2014 - 12.11.2014
GESIS, Cologne. ZA5713 Data file Version 1.3.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14131
GESIS, Cologne. ZA5713 Data file Version 1.3.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14131
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Content: 1. Personal data: sex; country of birth of respondent/ Germany; year of moving to Germany; household size; persons under 18 in household; household composition; if children in household: Own children; respondent is caregiver of child(ren); marital status; stable partnership; living with a partner; employment status; employment full-time, part-time, or part-time; type of volunteer service currently performed; duration of employment status in years; receiving unemployment benefit 1 or unemployment benefit 2 (Hartz IV); type of current education; type of current school type; high school diploma planned; planned high school diploma after grade 13. or 12; country of last school attendance (Germany, other country); school attendance in Germany: highest school-leaving qualification; school attendance abroad: number of school years and type of school-leaving qualification; completed vocational training or studies; country of vocational training and/or studies; highest educational qualification in Germany; highest educational qualification abroad; if currently unemployed and not gainfully employed: regular or occasional pursuit of any paid activity; marginal employment; weekly working hours; previously employed full-time; occupational status; characteristics blue-collar workers, white-collar workers, civil servants; number of employees if self-employed; migration background: German citizenship; German citizenship since birth; acquired German citizenship through naturalization, through recognition as Aussiedler, other; performed compulsory military service, voluntary military service or civilian service (men); performed voluntary military service (women); performed voluntary service (e.g., voluntary social year); type of voluntary service performed. Voluntary social year); type of voluntary service performed; social network: feeling close to enough people; support persons available when help is needed; support services received from persons outside the household; (relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, friends or other persons); membership in a denomination or religious community; denomination; church affiliation; place of residence: length of residence in place of residence; assessment of social cohesion in place of residence; membership in a nonprofit association or organization; membership in selected associations or organizations; political participation; participation in the 2013 federal election.
2. Recording of voluntary activities and motivational factors: Active participation in 14 social activity or engagement areas (e.g., sports and exercise, culture and music, leisure and socializing, etc.); volunteer involvement in areas with active participation. ); volunteering in areas with active participation; number of activities; willingness to take on further volunteer tasks; subjective importance of volunteering: age at which one first became involved in volunteering; motivation for volunteering (helping to shape society through my involvement, meeting other people through my involvement, gaining prestige and influence, advancing professionally, acquiring qualifications, additional income, fun, meeting people of other generations).
3. Structural characteristics of the volunteer activity: volunteered in the last 4 weeks; frequency of performing the entire commitment; time spent on entire commitment (hours, minutes per day/ week/ month/ 12 months); information on the most time-intensive activity: Which region or country does the activity benefit; developing country; group of people involved (target group); organizational framework; carrying out the activity as part of the voluntary service; full-time staff in the organization; contact person specifically for volunteers or volunteers; sufficient opportunities for co-determination and co-decision-making; majority of people with a migration background in the organization; main content of own activity; leadership or board function; requirements of the activity (specific training/ further training required); to what extent important skills acquired; Internet use for the activity; interactive use of Web 2. 0 (social networks, blogs, forums or wikis); activity takes place exclusively or predominantly online; ever participated in courses or seminars for further education; time spent on the activity (frequency); time spent per day/ week/ month/ 12 months (in hours and minutes); time limit of the activity; costs incurred from the activity; reimbursement for financial expenses; regular or occasional use of reimbursement; received money for the activity in the last 12 months; amount of remuneration per month; received benefits in kind for the activity in the last 12 months; interest in carrying out this activity professionally; connection of the voluntary activity with the professional activity; personal motivations for involvement (my activity makes me feel better about myself, my circle of acquaintances shares an interest in the activity, people close to me place a high value on the activity, the activity allows me to learn things through hands-on experience, my activity allows me to learn about my strengths); duration of the most time-consuming voluntary activity in years; impetus for taking on the activity; own initiative or recruited/asked; employer supports voluntary commitment;; desire for employer support; assessment of proposals for improving the framework conditions for voluntary commitment by the organizations themselves and by the state and the public.
4. Potential for volunteering among non-volunteers: previously engaged in volunteering; age at first volunteering; personal reasons for stopping volunteering; reasons for preventing or not engaging; willingness to engage in volunteering in the future; already more specific ideas; potential area of volunteering.
5. Informal support services (including monetary donations): private and unpaid care of children; child care for relatives, neighbors, friends, acquaintances, or others; frequency of child care; time spent on child care per day/ week/ month/ 12 months in hours and minutes; private and unpaid care of persons; caregiving tasks (basic care, housekeeping, supervision of person); care for relatives, neighbors, friends, acquaintances, or others; frequency of care for these persons; time spent on care per day/ week/ month/ 12 months in hours and minutes; cared-for person lives in respondent´s household; respondent mainly cares for this person in the household him/herself; legal care provided for another person; assistance provided to persons outside the household; assistance provided outside the household to relatives, neighbors, friends, acquaintances, or others; frequency of assistance provided to persons outside the household; time spent on assistance per day/ week/ month/ 12 months in hours and minutes; monetary donations in the past 12 months; total amount of monetary donations.
6. Life situation and quality of life, personal data: Sense of belonging to society in Germany; majority of people with immigrant background in circle of friends; assessment of German language skills (being able to get by when shopping, being able to converse in German, being able to follow TV or radio shows without problems, being able to handle matters with authorities); language mainly spoken when volunteering; parents´ involvement during respondent´s childhood/youth; both parents born in Germany; German citizenship of mother and father; enough free time besides everyday obligations; general personal confidence; self-efficacy expectation (no difficulties in achieving goals, know how to deal with new things, can cope with problems by own efforts); life satisfaction; assessment of current state of health; permanently restricted in everyday tasks due to illness; value orientations; assessment of own financial situation; monthly net household income.
Demography: sex; age; year of birth.
Additionally coded: Respondent ID; weighting factors.
Generated and fed variables: Mobile or landline subsample; starting language, interview language; federal state; dummy new or old federal states; region size class according to BIK; region type, county type, urban and rural area according to BBSR; age groups; sex; highest educational attainment; educational level according to ISCED 1997; employment status graded; employment status dummy; secondary employment of non-employed; occupational status; household constellation; monthly net household income; country and region of birth of respondent; country and region of birth of mother, country and region of birth of father; migration background according to Federal Statistical Office 2013; migration background: Dummy, own migration experience in 1. Generation, migration background: dummy, migration experience in 1st and/ or 2nd generation; engagement dummy; activity level; number of voluntary activities; area of most time-consuming activity; engagement interest of engaged and non-engaged; hours for second most time-consuming activity per year; hours for total engagement per year; amount of compensation per month; informal support service in general; informal support service: Child care, caregiving; assistance; hours for informal support service total per year; hours for child care, for caregiving, and for assistance per year; amount of monetary donation in last year; voluntary service: current or completed (dummy); voluntary service: completed, dummy; federal voluntary service: current or completed, dummy, youth voluntary service: current or completed, dummy; other voluntary service: current or completed, dummy.
Topics: Social behaviour and attitudes, Time use
Date(s) of Data Collection: 28.04.2014 - 12.11.2014
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Resident population aged 14 and over
Number of Units: 28690
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
The sampling is based on a dual-frame approach: Around 70 percent of the interviews were conducted via fixed network and just under 30 percent via mobile phone.
The sampling frame was randomly generated in each case using the Häder/Gabler method in accordance with the ADM standard-
Boosting sample fixed network only, target n=3,600 interviews.
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft, Bonn
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 404
Notes: Please cite the following publication when publishing on the basis of the German Survey on Volunteering:
Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294 target=´_blank´>10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Berlin
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.4232/1.14131
Study number: ZA5713
Contributor, Institution, Role: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA) - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS
External links: project page
Current Version: 1.3.0, 2023-06-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14131
Version history:
| Version number | Date, Name, DOI |
|---|---|
| 1.3.0 | 2023-06-01 Release 1.3.0 (current version) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14131 |
Publications: Schiel, Stefan; Quandt, Sylvia; Häring, Armando; Weißpflug, Anna; Gilberg, Reiner; Kleudgen, Martin: Methodenbericht : Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2014.
Bonn: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft, 2015
, Kausmann, C., Hameister, N., Müller, D. (2019). Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2014.
Codebuch und Grundauszählung SUF FWS 2014, Version 1.3.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen.
, Hameister, Nicole; Kausmann, Corinna; Müller, Doreen (2019): Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2014. Kurzbeschreibung des Scientific Use Files: SUF FWS 2014, Version 1.3.
Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. DOI: 10.5156/FWS.2014.D.006
, Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: 10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Study group: Volunteer Surveys, GESIS Community Data
Date(s) of Data Collection: 28.04.2009 - 30.07.2009
GESIS, Cologne. ZA5433 Data file Version 3.2.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14130
GESIS, Cologne. ZA5433 Data file Version 3.2.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14130
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Content: 1. Living situation: Employment status; desire to work; receipt of unemployment benefit 1 or unemployment benefit 2 (Hartz IV); 1-Euro job; type of current education; type of school; all-day school or half-day school; regular use of all-day school; nine-year high school (G9) or eight-year high school (G8); length of residence in the place of residence (since birth, for more than 10 years, for more than 10 years, for 3 to 10 years, for less than 3 years); assessment of social cohesion in the neighborhood; size of local circle of friends and acquaintances; membership in a nonprofit club or organization; membership in selected clubs or organizations (only to 14- to 24-year-olds); leisure activities; household size and household composition; age of youngest child in household; respondent is caregiver of child(ren); enough time for other things besides child care and housework; person in household in need of care; person in need of care is respondent or other person; respondent is primary caregiver; enough time for other things besides care and housework; support persons available when help is needed; support services received from persons outside the household; (relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, friends, or other persons); support services/neighborly help provided by oneself; persons outside the household supported by oneself; political interest; political participation; belonging to a religious denomination or Religious community; denomination; church affiliation.
2. Recording of voluntary activities: Active participation in 14 possible activity or engagement areas (e.g., sports and exercise, culture and music, leisure and socializing, etc.); volunteer involvement in areas with active participation. ); volunteering in areas with active participation; time spent on volunteering per week; willingness to take on further volunteering tasks; age at which one first became involved in volunteering; significance of volunteering in one´s own life; agreement with statements about volunteering (helping to shape society through my involvement, meeting other people through my involvement, gaining prestige and influence, advancing professionally, acquiring qualifications).
3. Structural characteristics and motivating factors of voluntary activity: area of voluntary activity with the greatest time commitment; characterization of the activity; group of people involved; commitment to children and young people: Groups of people (young children up to 5 years old, school children from 6 to 13 years old, young people from 14 years old or mixed ages); commitment to own children; engagement for elderly people: groups of people (age groups); own family members belong to one of these groups of people; engagement in connection with school/college activities; sufficient support in school/college; organizational framework; if involvement in foundation: community foundation; full-time staff in organization; contact person specifically for volunteers; sufficient opportunities for co-determination and co-decision-making; main content of own activity; leadership or board function; demands of activity; always meeting the demands of activity vs. sometimes feel overwhelmed; to what extent important skills acquired; Internet use for activity; importance of various forms of Internet use for activity (obtaining information, building and maintaining networks, drawing attention to organization or group, sharing information, expressing opinions, organizing and handling ongoing work); ever participated in courses or seminars for continuing education; activity involves regular time commitments; amount of time spent on activity (frequency); amount of time spent per month (in hours); reimbursement for financial expenses with proof; regular or occasional use of reimbursement; type of compensation; regular or occasional compensation; evaluation of compensation as reasonable, too low, or too high; amount of compensation per month; time limit of activity; activity is performed in a similar form by other persons for compensation; interest in performing this activity professionally; connection of volunteer activity with professional activity; volunteer activities in the environment that were formerly performed on a full-time basis; importance of the expectations associated with the voluntary activity; exercise of the activity since when; impetus for taking on the activity; own initiative or recruited/ asked; impetus for voluntary activity through own experiences or experiences in the family sphere; impetus for voluntary activity through the school; concrete impetus or suggestions (e.g. through social or charitable projects in the classroom, etc.); employer supports volunteering; type of support provided by the employer (e.g. time off for volunteering, use of infrastructure, etc.); evaluation of proposals for improving the framework conditions for volunteering by the organizations themselves as well as by the state and the public.
Analogous query of the structural characteristics of the second voluntary activity.
4. Potential for volunteering among the non-committed: previously engaged in volunteering; evaluation of the engagement at that time from today´s perspective; personal reasons for ending the activity; interest in engaging in volunteering in the future; willingness to use the Internet to find out about opportunities for engagement; already more specific ideas; potential area of volunteering; awareness of information and contact points on opportunities for volunteering; expectations of possible volunteering (motives).
5. Contact points, occupation, income, migration, education and value orientations: already had contact with an information or contact point for voluntary commitment; interest in information; questions about occupational activities: if currently unemployed and not employed: regular or occasional exercise of some paid activity; weekly working hours; occupational position; ability to plan free time because of occupational obligations; ability to plan free time because of obligations in school, training, studies; sufficient free time in addition to school or in addition to besides jobbing and studying; assessment of own financial situation; monetary donations in the last 12 months; amount of monetary donations in total; knowledge of the possibility to donate assets to a foundation for charitable activities; donating assets to a foundation would be an option; migration: German citizenship; German citizenship since birth; acquisition of German citizenship by naturalization, by recognition as Aussiedler, other; born in Germany; country of birth (open); year of moving to Germany; region of birth; both parents born in Germany; country of birth of mother (open); country of birth of father (open); country of birth of parent coming from abroad (open); region of birth of mother, region of birth of father; region of birth of parent coming from abroad; military service or civilian service performed; voluntary social year performed; highest educational attainment; value orientations; importance of time for family, friends, hobbies, and travel, and for education and training.
Demography: sex; age; year of birth.
Additionally coded: Respondent ID; ID of first and second activity; weighting factors; activity weighting first and second voluntary activity; federal state; New or Old Federal States; region size class according to BIK, area status 2009; settlement structure district types according to BBSR, area status 2008; school education (low, medium, high school education); employment status graded; employment status dummy; migration background 1st generation; engagement dummy; activity level; number of areas in which an activity is pursued; engagement interest of engaged and non-engaged.
Topics: Social behaviour and attitudes, Time use
Date(s) of Data Collection: 28.04.2009 - 30.07.2009
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: German-speaking resident population aged 14 and over
Number of Units: 20005
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Representative random sample according to the Infratest Telephone Master Sample Method (ITMS) on the basis of the ADM telephone sample with the telephone number master list of the Federal Network Agency (BNA) and the current telephone directory.
Disproportionate sample for federal states and booster for 14 to 24 year olds.
The selection of the target person was based on the Swedish key.
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: TNS Infratest, München
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 341
Notes: Please cite the following publication when publishing on the basis of the German Survey on Volunteering:
Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294 target=´_blank´>10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Berlin
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.4232/1.14130, 10.4232/1.10407, 10.4232/1.10235
Study number: ZA5433
Contributor, Institution, Role: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA) - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS
External links: project page
Current Version: 3.2.0, 2023-06-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14130
Version history:
| Version number | Date, Name, DOI |
|---|---|
| 3.2.0 | 2023-06-01 Release 3.2.0 (current version) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14130 |
| 2.0.0 | 2011-05-02 open questions "native country" added https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10407 |
| 1.0.0 | 2010-12-14 first archive edition https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10235 |
Publications: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend:
Hauptbericht des Freiwilligensurveys 2009: Ergebnisse der
repräsentativen Trenderhebung zu Ehrenamt, Freiwilligenarbeit
und Bürgerschaftlichem Engagement.
München: TNS Infratest Sozialforschung 2010
, Gensicke, Thomas:
Monitor Engagement: Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland
1999-2004-2009.
Berlin: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend 2010
http://www.bmfsfj.de/RedaktionBMFSFJ/Broschuerenstelle/Pdf-Anlagen/Monitor-Engagement-Nr-2, Gensicke, Thomas; Geiss, Sabine: Frewilligensurvey 2009. Methodenbericht, In: BMFSFJ (Hrsg.). (2010). Hauptbericht des Freiwilligensurveys 2009. Zivilgesellschaft, soziales Kapital und freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland 1999-20042009. (Anhang, S. 1-37). Berlin: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Vogel, C., & Gensicke, T. (2013). Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2009. Dokumentation des Erhebungsdesigns und Instruments der dritten Befragungswelle des Freiwilligensurveys (FWS 2009). DZA-Diskussionspapier (Nr. 53). Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. DOI: 10.5156/FWS.2009.D.001. , Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: 10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Study group: Volunteer Surveys, GESIS Community Data
Date(s) of Data Collection: 22.04.2004 - 15.07.2004
GESIS, Cologne. ZA4331 Data file Version 3.2.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14129
GESIS, Cologne. ZA4331 Data file Version 3.2.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14129
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Content: 1. Living situation: employment status; type of current education; type of school; full-day school or half-day school; length of residence at place of residence (since birth, for more than 10 years, for less than 10 years); number of years if less than 10 years at current place of residence; housing satisfaction; assessment of social cohesion in neighborhood; size of local circle of friends and acquaintances; living with others or alone; household size and composition; respondent is caregiver of child/children; enough time for other things besides childcare and housework; number of preschool children; age of these preschool children; for youngest, second youngest, third youngest child was asked: Care outside the family for pay; type of care; full-day or half-day care; number of school-age children up to age 14; age of these school-age children; full-day care outside the family; person in need of care in the household; person in need of care is respondent or other person; respondent is main caregiver; enough time for other things besides care and housework; support persons available when help is needed; support services received from persons outside the household; (relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, friends, or other persons); support services/neighborly help received by oneself; belonging to a religious denomination or religious community; denomination; church affiliation; political interest.
2. Recording of voluntary activities: Active participation in 15 possible activity or engagement areas (e.g., sports and exercise, culture and music, leisure and socializing, etc.); volunteer involvement in areas with active participation. ); volunteering in areas with active participation; time spent on volunteering per week; willingness to take on further volunteering tasks; age at which one first became involved in volunteering; significance of volunteering in one´s own life; agreement with statements about volunteering (getting together with other people through my involvement, a task that needs to be done, helping to shape society through my involvement, my involvement is a form of political commitment).
3. Structural characteristics and motivating factors of volunteer activity: area of volunteer activity with the greatest time commitment; term that best describes the commitment; group of people involved; commitment to children and young people: Group of persons preschool children, school children up to 14 years, young people over 14 years or mixed age; engagement for own children; engagement in connection with school/ with activities at the college; exercise of the activity in an inpatient/ partly inpatient facility for children and young people; open offer/ outpatient service for children and young people; engagement for disabled persons: inpatient/partial inpatient facility; open offer/outpatient service; engagement for elderly inpatient/partial inpatient facility; open offer/outpatient service; organizational framework; number of association members; membership in this association (association, trade union, party); full-time staff in the organization/facility/group; contact person specifically for volunteers or voluntary workers; sufficient opportunities for co-determination and co-decision-making; main content of own activity; elective office; leadership or board function; demands of the activity; always up to the demands of the activity vs. sometimes feeling overwhelmed; to what extent important skills acquired; continuing education opportunities, ever participated in courses or seminars for continuing education; Internet use for activity; importance of various forms of Internet use for activity (obtaining information, building and maintaining networks, drawing attention to organization or group, sharing information, expressing opinions, organizing and handling ongoing work); activity involves regular time commitments; time location for activity; time commitment for activity (frequency); time limit of the activity; reimbursement of financial expenses against proof; regular or occasional use of reimbursement of expenses; type of remuneration; activity is carried out in a similar form by other persons against payment; interest in carrying out this activity professionally; connection of the voluntary activity with the professional activity; importance of the expectations associated with the voluntary activity; carrying out the activity since when; impetus for taking on the activity; own initiative or recruited/ asked; employer supports voluntary commitment; type of support by the employer (e. g. time off for volunteering, use of infrastructure, etc.); assessment of proposals for improving the framework conditions for volunteering by the organizations themselves and by the state and the public.
Analogous query of the structural characteristics of the second voluntary activity.
4. Potential for volunteering among the non-committed: previously engaged in volunteering; volunteering ended x years ago; evaluation of engagement at that time from today´s perspective; personal reasons for ending the activity; problems of the activity such as time expenditure, financial expenditure, tensions and difficulties, etc. as reasons for ending the activity; interest in engaging in volunteering in the future.
5. Contact points, occupation, income, migration, education and value orientations: Awareness of information and contact points on opportunities for volunteering, self-help or voluntary work; information or contact point in the city or region; type of information or contact point; already had contact with an information or contact point; interest in information; questions on occupational activities: if currently unemployed and not employed: regular or occasional exercise of any paid activity; weekly working hours; marginal employment; previous employment if currently without paid activity; occupational status; economic sector; if non-profit/non-profit: Type of institution/association; type of private enterprise (industrial enterprise, service enterprise, craft enterprise, other); number of employees in the enterprise (size of enterprise); assessment of own financial situation; net household income (grouped); monetary donations in the last 12 months; total amount of monetary donations; German nationality; born in Germany, in which part of Germany born (Old Federal Republic, GDR, former German eastern territories); country of birth; region of birth; migration background: Both parents born in Germany; year of moving to Germany; military or civilian service performed; voluntary social year performed; highest educational attainment; value orientations.
Demography: sex; age; year of birth.
Additionally coded: Respondent ID; ID of first and second activity; weighting factors; activity weighting first and second volunteer activity; federal state; New or Old States; employment status graded; schooling (low, middle, high school); employment status, dummy; engagement dummy; activity level; number of areas of engagement; engagement interest of engaged and non-engaged.
Topics: Social behaviour and attitudes, Time use
Date(s) of Data Collection: 22.04.2004 - 15.07.2004
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Resident population in Germany aged 14 and over
Number of Units: 15000
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: TNS Infratest, München
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 386
Notes: Please cite the following publication when publishing on the basis of the German Survey on Volunteering:
Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294 target=´_blank´>10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Berlin
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.4232/1.14129, 10.4232/1.4331
Study number: ZA4331
Contributor, Institution, Role: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA) - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS
External links: project page
Current Version: 3.2.0, 2023-06-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14129
Version history:
| Version number | Date, Name, DOI |
|---|---|
| 3.2.0 | 2023-06-01 Release 3.2.0 (current version) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14129 |
| 1.0.0 | 2010-04-13 Version number created automatically (implementation of a uniform versioning policy) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.4331 |
Publications: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend:
Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland 1999-2004: Ergebnisse der
repräsentativen Trenderhebung zu Ehrenamt, Freiwilligenarbeit und
bürgerschaftlichem Engagement.
München: TNS Infratest Sozialforschung 2005, Priller, Eckhard; Sommerfeld, Jana:
Wer spendet in Deutschland? Umfang und Ausmaß.
In: WZB-Mitteilungen, Juni 2005, Heft 108, S. 36-39, Priller, Eckhard:
Beschäftigung und sozialer Zusammenhalt - Ältere zwischen
Markt und Staat.
In: Prager, Jens U.; Schleiter, André (Hrsg.):
Länger leben, arbeiten und sich engagieren: Chancen werteschaffender
Beschäftigung bis ins Alter.
Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung 2006, S. 51-66, Vogel, C., & Gensicke, T. (2013). Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey 2004. Dokumentation des Erhebungsdesigns und Instruments der zweiten Befragungswelle des Freiwilligensurveys (FWS 2004). DZA-Diskussionspapier (Nr. 54). Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen. DOI: 10.5156/FWS.2004.D.001. , Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: 10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Study group: Volunteer Surveys, GESIS Community Data
Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.1999 - 07.1999
GESIS, Cologne. ZA3350 Data file Version 3.2.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14128
GESIS, Cologne. ZA3350 Data file Version 3.2.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14128
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Abstract: The German Survey on Volunteering (FWS) is a representative survey on volunteering in Germany, aimed at people aged 14 and older. Voluntary activities and willingness to ... more
Content: The first wave was conducted during the survey period from early May to late July 1999. The 1999 Survey on Volunteering focused on the following topics: volunteering, the individual, and the context of volunteering.
1. Living situation: employment status; type of current education; length of residence at current residence (since birth, for more than 10 years, for less than 10 years); number of years if less than 10 years at current residence; satisfaction with residence; size of local circle of friends and acquaintances; living with others or alone; household size and composition; age of youngest child in household; child´s caregiver; person in household in need of care; person in need of care; respondent is primary caregiver; support persons available if help is needed; support services received from persons outside household; (relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, friends, or other persons); support services/neighborly help received by self; membership in a religious denomination or religious community; denomination; church affiliation; political interest.
2. Recording of voluntary activities: active participation in 15 possible activity or engagement areas (e.g., sports and exercise, culture and music, leisure and socializing, etc.); volunteering in areas with active participation; time spent volunteering per week; willingness to take on additional volunteer tasks; age at which one first became involved in volunteering; significance of volunteering in one´s life.
To the unemployed only: duration of unemployment since year x; volunteer involvement before unemployment began or after; volunteer involvement increased or decreased since unemployment began.
3. Structural characteristics and motivating factors of the voluntary activity: area of voluntary activity with the greatest time commitment; term that best describes the commitment; group of people involved; organizational framework; type of self-help group, initiative/project (members with similar problem, goals independent of personal problems); local or supraregional orientation of the grouping/organization; if supraregional: also active supraregionally oneself; main content of one´s own activity; activity in accident or rescue service or in the voluntary fire department as a substitute for military service or civilian service; elective office; leadership or board function; exercise of the activity mainly alone or in a team; qualification requirements for the exercise of the activity; requirements of the activity; always up to the requirements of the activity vs. sometimes feel overwhelmed; further training opportunities , already participated in courses or seminars for further training; interest in proof of voluntary activity; activity is associated with regular time commitments; time situation for the exercise of the activity; time spent on the activity (frequency and hours per month); reimbursement for financial expenses against proof; regular or occasional use of reimbursement; type of remuneration; remuneration regularly or only occasionally; assessment of remuneration as appropriate, too low or too high; remuneration per month (grouped); activity is exercised in a similar form by other persons against payment; interest in carrying out this activity professionally; connection of the voluntary activity with the professional activity; importance of the expectations associated with the voluntary activity; fulfillment of these expectations; carrying out the activity since when; impetus for taking on the activity; own initiative or having been recruited/asked; time limit of the activity; difficulty of giving up the task; own preference for extending, limiting or giving up the activity; evaluation of proposals for improving the framework conditions for voluntary commitment by the organizations themselves and by the state or employers.
Identical questioning of the structural characteristics of the second voluntary activity (without the questions about expectations and fulfillment of these expectations, impetus for taking on the activity and initiative, evaluation of suggestions for improving the framework conditions of voluntary commitment).
4. Potential for voluntary work among the non-committed: previously involved in voluntary work; area of voluntary work; voluntary work ended x years ago; evaluation of the involvement at that time from today´s perspective; personal reasons for ending the activity; other reasons for ending the activity; interest in becoming involved in voluntary work in the future; already more specific ideas; potential area of voluntary work; information centers that would be contacted; expectations of possible voluntary work (motives); reasons against voluntary work
5. Awareness of information and contact points on opportunities for voluntary work, self-help or volunteering; information or contact point in the city or region; already had contact with an information or contact point; interest in information; questions on professional activities: if not currently employed: Pursuit of any paid activity; weekly working hours; marginal employment; previous gainful employment if currently without paid activity; professional position; economic sector; if non-profit/non-profit: Type of institution/association; membership in works council/staff council; assessment of own financial situation; net household income (grouped); monetary donations in the last 12 months; total amount of monetary donation; German citizenship; military or civilian service performed; voluntary social year performed; highest level of education; value orientations.
Demography: sex; age; year of birth.
Additionally coded were: Respondent ID; ID of first and second activity; weighting factors; activity weight first and second volunteer activity; federal state; New or Old States; region size class by BIK; schooling (low, middle, high school); employment status graded; employment status dummy; engagement dummy; activity level; number of areas of engagement; engagement interest of engaged and disengaged.
Topics: Social behaviour and attitudes, Time use
Date(s) of Data Collection: 05.1999 - 07.1999
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Resident population in Germany aged 14 and over
Number of Units: 14922
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Representative random selection (RLD procedure).
Temporal Research Design: Cross-section
Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Telephone interview with standardized questionnaire.
Data Collector: Infratest Burke Sozialforschung, Muenchen
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 391
Notes: Please cite the following publication when publishing on the basis of the German Survey on Volunteering:
Nicole Hameister, Nadiya Kelle, Corinna Kausmann, Nora Karnick, Céline Arriagada & Julia Simonson (2023). Monitoring Civil Society. The German Survey on Volunteering 1999–2019. Soziale Welt, 74(2), 294-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294 target=´_blank´>10.5771/0038-6073-2023-2-294
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Berlin
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.4232/1.14128, 10.4232/1.3350
Study number: ZA3350
Contributor, Institution, Role: Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA) - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS
External links: project page
Current Version: 3.2.0, 2023-06-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14128
Version history:
| Version number | Date, Name, DOI |
|---|---|
| 3.2.0 | 2023-06-01 Release 3.2.0 (current version) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14128 |
| 1.0.0 | 2010-04-13 Version number created automatically (implementation of a uniform versioning policy) https://doi.org/10.4232/1.3350 |
Publications: Rosenbladt, Bernhard von (Hrsg.):
Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland - Freiwilligensurvey 1999:
Ergebnisse der Repräsentativerhebung zu Ehrenamt, Freiwilligenarbeit und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement.
Band 1: Gesamtbericht.
Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2001 (2. korr. Aufl).
(Schriftenreihe des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Band 194.1)., Braun, Joachim; Klages, Helmut:
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Study group: Volunteer Surveys, GESIS Community Data
