| °Motivations for voluntary work | |||||||
| Motivations for voluntary work 2006, in % | |||||||
| General | By sex | ||||||
| Men | Women | ||||||
| Rather true | True | Rather true | True | Rather true | True | ||
| Usefulness for one's own career | 18.9 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 18.7 | 8.0 | 19.0 | |
| Managing one's own problems | 24.6 | 7.5 | |||||
| Activity gives pleasure | 33.0 | 61.9 | 58.0 | 36.8 | 66.9 | 28.3 | |
| Meeting nice people | 43.2 | 36.0 | |||||
| Religious motives | 17.4 | 18.0 | 13.3 | 16.0 | 23.9 | 19.1 | |
| Helping others | 41.1 | 44.2 | |||||
| By education | |||||||
| Low | Intermediate | High | |||||
| Rather true | True | Rather true | True | Rather true | True | ||
| Usefulness for one's own career | 5.9 | 20.5 | 7.1 | 18.5 | 4.8 | 18.4 | |
| Activity gives pleasure | 62.0 | 34.0 | 66.9 | 28.7 | 51.5 | 41.2 | |
| Religious motives | 23.0 | 19.5 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 12.6 | 15.5 |