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 Results from the Local Statistical Surveys<br />
As youth work is provided at local level the c<strong>on</strong>cept of the study envisaged a survey of youth<br />
work structures <strong>in</strong> four municipalities <strong>in</strong> every country. Thus the locally collected data should<br />
allow to balance the available data at nati<strong>on</strong>al level.<br />
10.1 Austria<br />
Data base:<br />
The survey <strong>in</strong> Austria was c<strong>on</strong>ducted <strong>in</strong> four districts:<br />
70<br />
� Dornbirn, Vorarlberg; mid-sized city; <strong>in</strong> the western Austria;<br />
� Kirchdorf an der Krems, Upper Austria; a rural area of central Austria with small<br />
municipalities; <strong>in</strong> Central Austria;<br />
� Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, 15 th district of Vienna; characterised by a high number of<br />
immigrants; east<br />
� D<strong>on</strong>austadt, 22 nd district of Vienna; the largest district <strong>in</strong> terms of populati<strong>on</strong> and area;<br />
East<br />
In these districts 169 questi<strong>on</strong>naires were sent to all youth organisati<strong>on</strong>s. The rate of return<br />
at 37% was quite low. Some youth organisati<strong>on</strong>s apparently had to talk to their management<br />
to get the permissi<strong>on</strong> to fill out the questi<strong>on</strong>naire, so that some reluctance to give out data<br />
could be detected. Another possible reas<strong>on</strong> for not return<strong>in</strong>g the questi<strong>on</strong>naires could be the<br />
organisati<strong>on</strong> of rural youth work. Structures are often quite loose, with voluntary youth<br />
workers whose focus is – apart from the few hours a week <strong>in</strong> the youth associati<strong>on</strong> or group<br />
– <strong>on</strong> their ma<strong>in</strong> work<strong>in</strong>g life.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs:<br />
The picture of youth work that can be drawn at local level is that youth work is mostly<br />
provided by youth associati<strong>on</strong>s (53%) followed by open youth work (38%) youth activities<br />
accessible without associati<strong>on</strong> membership, and youth <strong>in</strong>itiatives (9%), which are activities<br />
provided by youngsters to youngsters without the <strong>in</strong>volvement of adults or organisati<strong>on</strong>s. The<br />
percentage of public organisati<strong>on</strong>s am<strong>on</strong>g is 18%.<br />
The ma<strong>in</strong> acti<strong>on</strong> field of youth work at local level is the provisi<strong>on</strong> of group-oriented leisure<br />
time activities. Nevertheless the range of activities is wide - as illustrated by the follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />
table: