Participation of Youth in Volunteer Programs of the European Union
Journal Title: Соціологічні студії - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
Research of the experience of participation of youth in the European Volunteer Service (part of the «Erasmus +: Youth in Action» program) is based on the results of the online questionnaire among volunteers which took part in EVS in 2016–2017 years (N = 175; Δ ≤ 0,065; the reach of the respondents was 0,46; data collection is November 2017; the sample is representative of the gender). According to the analysis, women are more active participants than men (61 and 39 %). Also, the most active participants are young people under age 22–25 (55 %); among Ukrainian volunteers, this indicator is 87,5 %. Students of higher educational institutions (37,3 %), full-time employees (20 %), part-time (14,7 %) and trainees (10,7 %) are dominant in social status. The largest number of the volunteers is from Turkey (22,7 %), Ukraine (10,7 %), Georgia (9,3 %) and Russia (9,3 %). Fewer participants are from Portugal (6,7 %), Estonia (5,3 %), Spain (5,3 %) and others. The largest number of the volunteers is from Turkey (22,7 %), Ukraine (10,7 %), Georgia (9,3 %) and Russia (9,3 %). Fewer participants are from Portugal (6,7 %), Estonia (5,3 %), Spain (5,3 %) and others. There are statistically significant differences in the socio-demographic structure of volunteers from different countries. The main sources of information about international volunteer programs and their opportunities are friends / relatives (33,3 %) and social networks (29,3 %) The main motivating factors for participating in EVS are: «the desire to get a new, specific experience» – 52 %, and «explore new cultures and lifestyles» – 50,6 %. Considering the previous experience of participators (64 %), the expectations of volunteers from the program were confirmed (80 %); and 88 % of participants were satisfied with their activities during EVS, also many volunteers (88 %) would like to continue this activity. The high level of satisfaction is evidence of the effectiveness of the EVS and Erasmus + Youth in Action programs in general since the first and foremost goal of these programs is the training and development of the volunteers themselves.
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Olga Koretska
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