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Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.

In Person: Volunteering

JVOL Volunteering Module

OVERVIEW

The Volunteering Module was first introduced in the 2004 collection wave and
was administered to a random 80% sub sample. This module included questions
regarding caregiving and blood donation, which were not included in this module
in the 2011 collection wave. The variables in the 2011 Volunteering Module
regarding volunteering were replicated exactly from the 2004 Volunteering
Module and the information was collected as follows:
	
	All participants were asked about their volunteering since their last
interview and if the participant reported volunteering since the last
interview, they were then asked if they had volunteered in the past 12 months.
If they had, they were then asked questions about the nature of their
volunteering, in other words, what type of organizations they volunteered for. 
They were then asked about the frequency of their volunteer work in the past 12
months as well as their satisfaction with the results of their volunteer work.
	
	Participants were then asked about the frequency of their religous attendance
in the past year, a question included in the Religion module in 2004. The
question regarding religious attendance was asked of all participants,
regardless of whether they reported volunteering in the past year or since the
last interview.
	
BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

    Variable ranges reference dataset/codebook order and are not necessarily 
    alphabetical.
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    Volunteering Questions
    
    HVOLSTAT-HVOLREL:   Module-Level Status Variables
    
    HV101RE:		Volunteer activity since last interview
    
    HV102RE:		Frequency of volunteer activity since last interview
    
    HV103RE:		Volunteer activity during last 12 months
    
    HV104RE-HV108RE:	Types of volunteer activities during last 12 months
    
    HV109RE:		Number of volunteer activities during last 12 months 
    
    HV110REA:		Other volunteer activities during last 12 months
    
    HV111RE:		Time spent volunteering
    
    HV114RE:		Volunteer satisfaction

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    Religious Attendance Questions

    HL002REC:		Raw numeric component for frequency of religious 
                        attendance in past year
                        
    HL003RED:		Units to go with numeric component for frequency of 
                        religious attendance. 
                        
    HL004REC:		Frequency of religious attendance converted from raw 
                        numeric component and units to total times in the 
                        past year

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