Wales
Non-participation
Key points
- The proportion of people with below-average incomes participating in social, political, cultural or community organisations is much less than that for people with above-average incomes: 35% compared with 55%.
- Levels of participation in social, political, cultural or community organisations are higher among owner-occupiers than among renters.
Graph 1: By income
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Graph 2: By tenure
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Definitions and data sources
The two graphs shows proportion of adults who report themselves as being active in none, one or two or more social and other organisations. In the first graph, the data is shown separately for adults in households with different income levels. In the second graph, the data is shown separately for adults in households in different housing tenures.
The data source for both graphs is 2004 Living in Wales Survey from the Local Government Data Unit - Wales (the equivalent question was not asked in the 2005 or 2006 surveys). The data appears to be for the Household Reference Person in each household only. Note that the grouping of households into income bands uses actual household income and is not adjusted for household size or composition. Also note that the questions are actually only asked of one of the adults in the household and the graphs necessarily assume that the answers of these individuals fairly reflect the views of the household as a whole.
Overall adequacy of the indicator: limited. With only one year of data, the sample sizes are relatively small. Also, many people do not answer the income question and the estimated household incomes have not been adjusted for household size and composition.