Independent Sector

TEENAGE VOLUNTEERING AND GIVING

	1995	1991
Volunteers (percentage in population)	59.3%	60.6%
Volunteers (in millions)	13.3	12.4
Average weekly hours per volunteer	3.5	3.2
Average annual hours per volunteer	182.0	166.4
Annual hours volunteered (in millions)	2,420.6	2,063.4
Assigned hourly wage for teenage volunteers*	$4.25	$4.25
Total assigned dollar value of volunteer time (in billions)**	$7.7	$7.0

Percentage of teens contributing to charity	41.4%	49.9%
Average contribution***	$82	$56

* The federal minimum hourly wage rate in effect, as reported in the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

** Value of volunteer time for one year based on the assigned hourly wage for teenage volunteers.

*** Based on teenagers reporting contributions.

Source: Volunteering and Giving Among American Teenagers, 1996.