Supporting Family Volunteers to Increase Retention and Recruitment

Table 2

Time in service as a volunteer compared with work status for both males (𝑀) and Females (𝐹) (𝑁=179).

Work status		Full time	Part time	Retired	Unemployed	Home duties
Time in service	Less than 2 years	34 (16%)	13 (6%)	28 (13%)	2 (1%)	18 (5%)
		𝐹=29 (88%)	𝐹=11 (85%)	𝐹=19 (68%)	𝐹=2 (100%)	𝐹=16 (89%)
		𝑀=5 (12%)	𝑀=2 (15%)	𝑀=9 (32%)		𝑀=2 (11%)
	2–5 years	9 (4%)	10 (5%)	29 (14%)	2 (1%)	10 (3%)
		𝐹=7 (78%)	𝐹=7 (70%)	𝐹=18 (62%)	𝐹=1 (50%)	𝐹=10 (100%)
		𝑀=2 (22%)	𝑀=3 (30%)	𝑀=11 (38%)	𝑀=1 (50%)
	5+ years	1 (0.5%)	3 (1%)	18 (6%)		2 (1%)
		𝐹=1 (100%)	𝐹=2 (67%)	𝐹=13 (72%)		𝐹=2 (100%)
			𝑀=1 (33%)	𝑀=5 (28%)