| Youth Helping America. Building Active Citizens: The Role of Social Institutions in Teen Volunteering
Corporation for National and Community Service. November 2005, 24 p
"This national study, conducted by the Corporation for National and Community Service in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau and Independent Sector, found that 15.5 million teenagers volunteered during 2004, contributing more than 1.3 billion hours of service. That translates into a rate of 55 percent compared to the adult volunteer rate of 29 percent as established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics... According to the new survey, approximately 10.6 million youth – or 38 percent of the youth population -- have engaged in community service as part of a school activity. Of those, 65 percent have also participated in related activities typically associated with service-learning, such as planning the service project or writing about it in class. The survey found that only 5 percent of youth attributed their volunteer activities to a mandatory school requirement."
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