Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 53, Chart 1

Indicator 53. Victims of Violent Crime

Percent of high school seniors who participate in community affairs or volunteer work at least once per week by race: 1980 to 1994

SOURCE: University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Monitoring the Future, various years.

The proportion of seniors participating in volunteer work has grown in recent years. After showing little change during the 1980s the proportion of seniors who participated in volunteer activities at least once a month rose from 22 percent in 1990 to 28 percent in 1994. About 10 percent of seniors reporting participating in volunteer activities at least once per week, including 14 percent of blacks and 10 percent of whites.