APPENDIX 3: SUMMARY COMPARISON OF VOLUNTARY WORK COLLECTIONS
 | VOLUNTARY WORK 1995 | VOLUNTARY WORK 2000 | VOLUNTARY WORK SHORT MODULE 2002 | VOLUNTARY WORK 2006 | VOLUNTARY WORK QUESTION, CENSUS 2006 |
| Survey vehicle | Monthly Population Survey | Population Survey Monitor | General Social Survey | General Social Survey | Census 2006 |
| Type of questionnaire/ data collection method | Paper based forms for face-to-face interview | Paper based forms for face-to-face interview | Computer-assisted face-to-face interview | Computer-assisted face-to-face interview | Self completion form delivered and collected by Census collector, or electronically via the internet |
| Identity of persons asked to identify volunteers in the household | Any responsible adult but data were reprocessed in 2002 to refer only to those who answered the questions on their own behalf | Only selected individuals were asked to respond on their own behalf | Only selected individuals were asked to respond on their own behalf | Only selected individuals were asked to respond on their own behalf | Any household member including the individual concerned could respond |
| Age of persons for which volunteering data were collected | 15 years and over | 18 years and over | 18 years and over | 18 years and over | 15 years and over |
| Preamble used | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Definition re-enforced in Census User Guide |
| Work for the Dole/Mutual obligation exclusion condition applied | No (not applicable) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Other excluding conditions associated with the 'willingly undertaken' criterion applied | No | No | No | Yes | Instructions on some exclusions provided |
| Voluntary work overseas excluded | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Level of detail | Long question module | Long question module | Two questions only | Long question module | One question only |
| Details of organisational involvements collected | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Source: Voluntary Work Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4441.0)
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