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Volunteer Behavior of Teens Who were Asked or Not Asked to Volunteer: 1996
 
  Asked Not Asked
Demographic characteristic Percentage who volunteered Percentage who volunteered
     
Total 93.4% 23.5%
     
Gender    
Male 93.2% 23.4%
Female 93.7 23.5
     
Race    
White 94.1% 26.8%
Nonwhite 90.3 14.1
Black 90.2 12.6
Other 85.8 16.9
Hispanic* 85.0 10.2
     
Age    
12 94.9% 23.5%
13 91.2 16.6
14 90.4 20.2
15 91.8 25.8
16 97.9 25.5
17 95.6 27.4

* Hispanics may be of any race.

Source: Volunteering and Giving Among American Teenagers, 1996.


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