Staff and Volunteer Resources During Previous Week (13.2)
Agencies were asked how many paid staff and volunteers they had and how many volunteer hours they had received during the previous week. Table 13.2.1 presents the results.
Table 13.2.1
STAFF AND VOLUNTEER RESOURCES DURING PREVIOUS WEEK
> See also, Estimated Number of Volunteers and Volunteer Hours During Previous Week (Table 13.2.2N)
Staff and Volunteer Resources |
Pantry Programs |
Kitchen Programs |
Shelter Programs |
Other Programs |
Number of paid staff a |
|
|
|
|
None |
66.2% |
40.5% |
10.8% |
n.a. |
1 |
15.6% |
17.9% |
6.6% |
n.a. |
2 |
7.7% |
12.4% |
6.4% |
n.a. |
3 |
3.5% |
7.7% |
5.9% |
n.a. |
4 |
1.9% |
4.9% |
5.4% |
n.a. |
5 |
1.2% |
3.3% |
4.9% |
n.a. |
6-10 |
2.4% |
7.1% |
23.6% |
n.a. |
More than 10 |
1.4% |
6.2% |
36.4% |
n.a. |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average number of paid staff among valid responses |
1 |
3 |
11 |
n.a. |
Median number of paid staff among valid responses |
0 |
1 |
7 |
n.a. |
|
|
|
|
|
Number of volunteers b |
|
|
|
|
None |
10.1% |
13.6% |
28.6% |
27.4% |
1 |
6.1% |
3.5% |
6.5% |
5.5% |
2-3 |
19.1% |
12.5% |
18.6% |
13.7% |
4-6 |
23.0% |
18.6% |
15.3% |
15.1% |
7-10 |
18.0% |
16.7% |
11.9% |
11.5% |
11-20 |
15.5% |
16.9% |
8.2% |
12.8% |
21-50 |
6.8% |
12.4% |
8.2% |
9.1% |
More than 50 |
1.4% |
5.8% |
2.8% |
4.9% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Average number of volunteers among valid responses |
9 |
15 |
9 |
19 |
Median number of volunteers among valid responses |
5 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
Estimated total number of network volunteers c |
113,381 |
38,866 |
9,978 |
141,745 |
|
|
|
|
|
Number of volunteer hours d |
|
|
|
|
None |
10.1% |
13.6% |
28.6% |
27.4% |
1-5 |
21.4% |
12.6% |
9.3% |
8.6% |
6-10 |
16.4% |
13.6% |
11.1% |
9.3% |
11-25 |
20.7% |
18.4% |
16.0% |
16.0% |
26-50 |
14.8% |
16.6% |
13.6% |
13.9% |
51-100 |
9.9% |
12.0% |
9.4% |
10.2% |
More than 100 |
6.8% |
13.5% |
12.2% |
14.8% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Average number of volunteer hours among valid responses (hours) |
35 |
58 |
51 |
35 |
Median number of volunteer hours among valid responses (hours) |
35 |
58 |
51 |
4 |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
18,436 |
4,514 |
2,704 |
28,810 |
Source:
This table was constructed based on usable responses to
questions 15, 16, and 27 of the agency
survey
.
Notes:
The percentages presented in this table are based only on
usable responses, excluding missing, don’t know, and refusal responses.
All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3
and in the Technical Appendix
volume to represent all emergency food programs of the A2H National Network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.
For number of paid staff, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 10.9% for pantry programs, 14.6% for kitchen programs, and 11.7% for shelter programs.
For number of volunteers, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 6.9% for pantry programs, 12.6% for kitchen programs, 14.3% for shelter programs, and 59.8% for other programs.
For number of volunteer hours, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 6.9% for pantry programs, 12.6% for kitchen programs, 14.3% for shelter programs, and 59.8% for other programs.
a For pantries and kitchens, responses greater than 50 paid staff members were recoded as 50 paid staff members. For shelters, responses greater than 75 paid staff members were recoded as 75 paid staff members.
b For pantries, kitchens, and shelters, responses greater than 200 volunteers were recoded as 200 volunteers. For other programs, responses greater than 3,500 volunteers were recoded as 3,500 volunteers.
c The number of volunteers in a week were estimated by multiplying the number of programs of each type times the median number of volunteers for agencies in the program types. (We used the median rather than the mean out of concern that the higher averages may reflect incorrect high “outlier” observations.) Then, to account for nonparticipating Network members, we multiply by a factor of 1.23.
d For pantries, kitchens, and shelters,
responses greater than 1,000 volunteer hours were recoded as 1,000 volunteer
hours. For other programs, responses greater than 7,000 volunteer hours
were recoded as 7,000 volunteer hours.
As Table 13.2.1 shows, 66.2% of the pantries, 40.5% of the kitchens, and 10.8% of the shelters had no paid staff in their workforce during the week prior to this study. The median number of paid staff was 0 for the pantries, 1 for the kitchens, and 7 for the shelters. More results include:
- The median number of volunteers in a week was 5 for the pantries, 7 for the kitchens, and 3 for the shelters, and 4 for the other programs.
- The median number of volunteer hours during the previous week of this study was 35 for the pantries, 58 for the kitchens, and 51 for the shelters, and 4 for the other programs.
- 10.1% of the pantries, 13.6% of the kitchens, and 28.6% of the shelters, and 27.4% of the other programs had no volunteers in their workforce during the previous week of this study.
- The midpoint ($7.90) of the current minimum wage ($5.15) and the average hourly earning from service occupations ($10.65) can be used to obtain a dollar value of volunteer hours 1. This factor is used in the next table.