Table 2

Descriptive statistics of perception of volunteering by older adults

ItemsMedianMeanSDSkewnessKurtosis
Volunteers offer something that paid professionals cannot provide3.003.351.15−0.18−0.71
Volunteering enables people to take an active role in a democratic society4.003.531.7−0.35−0.38
Volunteers help create a better world4.003.531.6−0.51−0.31
Volunteers show the way to transform a society based on selfishness4.003.621.9−0.41−0.56
Without volunteers, our society would not be able to function at all3.003.101.171.171.17
Emancipatory perspective17.0017.3417.34−0.26−0.15
If the state fulfilled all its responsibilities, volunteers would not be needed3.003.451.28−0.35−0.88
Source(s): Authors’ own work

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