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10 Results from the Local Statistical Surveys As youth work is provided at local level the concept of the study envisaged a survey of youth work structures in four municipalities in every country. Thus the locally collected data should allow to balance the available data at national level. 10.1 Austria Data base: The survey in Austria was conducted in four districts: 70 � Dornbirn, Vorarlberg; mid-sized city; in the western Austria; � Kirchdorf an der Krems, Upper Austria; a rural area of central Austria with small municipalities; in Central Austria; � Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, 15 th district of Vienna; characterised by a high number of immigrants; east � Donaustadt, 22 nd district of Vienna; the largest district in terms of population and area; East In these districts 169 questionnaires were sent to all youth organisations. The rate of return at 37% was quite low. Some youth organisations apparently had to talk to their management to get the permission to fill out the questionnaire, so that some reluctance to give out data could be detected. Another possible reason for not returning the questionnaires could be the organisation of rural youth work. Structures are often quite loose, with voluntary youth workers whose focus is – apart from the few hours a week in the youth association or group – on their main working life. Findings: The picture of youth work that can be drawn at local level is that youth work is mostly provided by youth associations (53%) followed by open youth work (38%) youth activities accessible without association membership, and youth initiatives (9%), which are activities provided by youngsters to youngsters without the involvement of adults or organisations. The percentage of public organisations among is 18%. The main action field of youth work at local level is the provision of group-oriented leisure time activities. Nevertheless the range of activities is wide - as illustrated by the following table:
Table 22: Activities of youth work in Austria Activities % youth recreation (group-oriented activities) 100% sports 93% youth information 81% cultural youth work 78% extracurricular youth work 72% youth counselling 71% advised or adventure playgrounds 54% international youth work 50% youth social services 39% youth education (within the formal system) 32% youth employment 30% mobile youth work 30% Mobile youth work has a special importance in the districts of Vienna. Most of the organisations state that their budget mainly derives from public spending (43%), membership fees (26%) and miscellaneous sources (21%). The occupational background of youth workers is quite diverse. The survey indicates that most of the youth workers come from the fields of teaching (32%) and pedagogy (28%). Many youth workers have also completed youth leader seminars (33%). Most of them have had no specific training (44%). In open youth work there seems to be a tendency to employ more professional youth workers, often from a social work background. The majority of youth associations (52%) employ up to three youth workers, and half of the associations have up to six volunteers. The participating youth organisations reported 111 female and 75 male professionals. The survey indicates that voluntary youth workers can be found in all youth work categories, but there are certain fields of youth work – sports in particular – where there are more voluntary youth workers than in others. The percentage of voluntary youth workers appears to be lower in mobile youth work and in the area of youth employment. There are more male than female youth workers: the youth organisations reported 620 male volunteer youth workers and 472 females. Most of the participating youth organisations (72%) offer training and further education for their voluntary youth workers. Regarding the participants in youth work – the young people themselves – the following trends could be detected. Most of the participating youth organisations offer youth work to 13- to 19-year-olds. The 13- to 14-year-olds make up the largest group, with up to 2,000 participants a month. However, 50% of the organisations have “only” up to 21 participants in 71
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