6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa

10.11.3 Comparative overview of youth workers
Table 67: Overview about youth workers 87
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Youth workers
Austria Estonia Germany Greece Ireland Italy
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Netherlands Norway Romania Spain
Youth workers 12% no data 3,1% 52% no data no data 8% no data 25%
female 60% no data 52% 60% 88% 75% 63%
male 40% 48% 40% 12% 35% 37%
Qualification no data no data no data no data no data no data no data
higher education 53% 78% 31%
professional school 5% 22% 44%
no formal education 43% 0% 25%
no answer 0% 80% 81%
Status
full-time 34% 60% 3% 88% 100% 60%
part-time 6% 4% 6% 0% 8%
other 59% 36% 91% 0% 18%
no answer 0% 0% 0% 0% 82%
Volunteers 88% no data 96,9% 48% no data no data 92% no data no data 75%
training 71% no data no data no data 37% no data no data no data
In Austria the percentage of volunteers active in the field of youth work lies at 88% only 12%
are paid youth workers. In Germany 97% of the youth workers were identified as volunteers.
In Greece 52% of the youth workers are employees and 48% are volunteers. Volunteers
engagement is high in youth associations but also in youth counselling and youth recreation.
In the Netherlands an Spain the percentage of volunteers involved at local level is obviously
higher. In the Netherlands 92% of the youth workers are volunteers. This has to be seen
against the background that sports is the main youth work activity in some of the surveyed
municipalities. In Spain 75% of the youth workers at local level were identified as volunteers.
They are active in the associations and participate in cultural, extracurricular and leisure
activities. For Norway the number of volunteers is not traceable.
In Austria there 60% female and 40% male youth workers. While in Greece the number of
female and male employed youth workers is balanced, in the Netherlands and Spain we
have about 10% more female youth workers. In Romania youth work is above all a female
profession. The ration between female and male employed youth workers is 3/1. In Norway
the highest percentage of female youth workers with 88% has been found.
In all countries – with the exception of the Netherlands and Germany, where many youth
workers have temporary employment - most youth workers are full-time employees. In
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this table lists the findings of local surveys, thus the figures given depend on the selection of municipalities and the
restrictions declared in the national local survey reports