6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
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10.11.3 Comparative overview of youth workers<br />
Table 67: Overview about youth workers 87<br />
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<strong>Youth</strong> workers<br />
Austria Est<strong>on</strong>ia Germany Greece Ireland Italy<br />
the<br />
Netherlands Norway Romania Spa<strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Youth</strong> workers 12% no data 3,1% 52% no data no data 8% no data 25%<br />
female 60% no data 52% 60% 88% 75% 63%<br />
male 40% 48% 40% 12% 35% 37%<br />
Qualificati<strong>on</strong> no data no data no data no data no data no data no data<br />
higher educati<strong>on</strong> 53% 78% 31%<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>al school 5% 22% 44%<br />
no formal educati<strong>on</strong> 43% 0% 25%<br />
no answer 0% 80% 81%<br />
Status<br />
full-time 34% 60% 3% 88% 100% 60%<br />
part-time 6% 4% 6% 0% 8%<br />
other 59% 36% 91% 0% 18%<br />
no answer 0% 0% 0% 0% 82%<br />
Volunteers 88% no data 96,9% 48% no data no data 92% no data no data 75%<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 71% no data no data no data 37% no data no data no data<br />
In Austria the percentage of volunteers active <strong>in</strong> the field of youth work lies at 88% <strong>on</strong>ly 12%<br />
are paid youth workers. In Germany 97% of the youth workers were identified as volunteers.<br />
In Greece 52% of the youth workers are employees and 48% are volunteers. Volunteers<br />
engagement is high <strong>in</strong> youth associati<strong>on</strong>s but also <strong>in</strong> youth counsell<strong>in</strong>g and youth recreati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
In the Netherlands an Spa<strong>in</strong> the percentage of volunteers <strong>in</strong>volved at local level is obviously<br />
higher. In the Netherlands 92% of the youth workers are volunteers. This has to be seen<br />
aga<strong>in</strong>st the background that sports is the ma<strong>in</strong> youth work activity <strong>in</strong> some of the surveyed<br />
municipalities. In Spa<strong>in</strong> 75% of the youth workers at local level were identified as volunteers.<br />
They are active <strong>in</strong> the associati<strong>on</strong>s and participate <strong>in</strong> cultural, extracurricular and leisure<br />
activities. For Norway the number of volunteers is not traceable.<br />
In Austria there 60% female and 40% male youth workers. While <strong>in</strong> Greece the number of<br />
female and male employed youth workers is balanced, <strong>in</strong> the Netherlands and Spa<strong>in</strong> we<br />
have about 10% more female youth workers. In Romania youth work is above all a female<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>. The rati<strong>on</strong> between female and male employed youth workers is 3/1. In Norway<br />
the highest percentage of female youth workers with 88% has been found.<br />
In all countries – with the excepti<strong>on</strong> of the Netherlands and Germany, where many youth<br />
workers have temporary employment - most youth workers are full-time employees. In<br />
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this table lists the f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs of local surveys, thus the figures given depend <strong>on</strong> the selecti<strong>on</strong> of municipalities and the<br />
restricti<strong>on</strong>s declared <strong>in</strong> the nati<strong>on</strong>al local survey reports