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-six percent) over the past five years.

Figure 3

Volunteers By Annual Hours of Volunteer Activities
Figure 3. Volunteers by annual hours of volunteer activities. Adapted from 'Volunteering in the United States,' Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Figure 3 shows the results from the CPS's volunteer supplements for 2007 through 2011. In the survey participants were asked to fill in their average hours spent on volunteer activities for the year. The data was then coded into the categories: not reporting hours, 1 to 14 hours, 15 to 49 hours, 50 to 99 hours, 100 to 499 hours and 500 or more hours (Current Population Survey (CPS), 2011). This graph represents the percentage results of their responses. The results show that the greatest majority of volunteers, at about twenty-nine percent, are spending between 100 to 499 hours on their activities. However, it significantly drops from 500 or more hours. Figure 3 also shows that from 2007 to 2011 each category of reported hours has stayed fairly constant.

Figure 4

Figure 4. Main volunteer activity for organization. Adapted from 'Volunteering in the United States,' Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Figure 4 represents the percentage of main volunteer activities for organizations. The results were collected from the CPS's volunteer supplement for 2007 through 2011, in particular the questions that dealt with the type of volunteer activities conducted at their main organization. The main organization is defined as the organization where the volunteer worked the greatest amount of hours during the year (Current Population Survey (CPS), 2011). The results show which activities had the greatest percentage of volunteers over the past five years, with the highest percentage being in the category of other activities, and the next highest in fundraising or selling items to raise money. Over the past five years each category, except collecting food and teaching/tutoring, has stayed at the same percentage of participation from volunteers. Collecting/serving food has seen a slight increase, while teaching/tutoring has seen a slight decrease from 2007 to 2011.

Note. Distribution of Responses to Volunteer Motivation Inventory. Adapted from 'Developing the Volunteer Motivation Inventory to Assess the Underlying Motivational Drives of Volunteers in Western Australia,' by P.J. Esmond & P. Dunlop, 2004

Table 2 represents the percentage of responses from some motivational questions that were pulled from the Developing the Volunteer Motivation Inventory to Assess the Underlying Motivational Drives of Volunteers in Western Australia. The responses to questions related to volunteer motivational factors were coded on a one to five scale, with one being 'strongly disagree', two 'disagree', three 'undecided', four 'agree' and five 'strongly agree' (Esmond & Dunlop, 2004). Table 2 shows the percentage of responses to the selected survey questions, with strongly disagree and disagree combined into one category, and the same with agree and strongly agree, while undecided was a separate category.

The results indicate that most of the respondents are motivated by their values, self-esteem, personal growth, and recognition. It also indicates that social interaction and career development have significantly lower impact on their motivat