Definition: Volunteer work

Category: Time-use statistics

Generally refers to unpaid work activities which can be SNA or non-SNA production as well as market or non-market. All volunteer work producing goods (including community-organized major construction such as of roads, dams, wells etc.) constitutes SNA production. Instances of unpaid volunteer work in non-household institutions producing services with employed workers constitute SNA production activities. Unpaid volunteer services to other households, the community (except organized major construction such as of roads, dams, wells), neighbourhood associations or other informal associations, are non-SNA production activities. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_93_EN.pdf