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this age group. The modus is 15 participants per month. 15- to 19-year-olds account for 1150 participants a month, and about 59% of organisations have up to 20 participants in this age group. For the 20- to 24-year-olds, 51.7% of the youth organisations have up to 10 participants. There are up to 873 young people of that age group participating in some organisations. The lowest number of participants can be found in the age group of 25- to 30year-olds. Here there are only up to 200 participants, with 60% of the organisations claiming to have up to 10 participants a month in that age group. Comments: 1. Differences between national and local level The conducted survey in four communities showed once again that there is reluctance to give out data or to contribute to research concerning youth work in Austria. Much like at national level, it was not possible to obtain representative data on the topic at local level either. The categories used in the local questionnaire are applicable for the Austrian situation. Although they are commonly used in youth work and youth policy, they are not clearly defined and have different meanings for those involved in youth work. As at national level, the categories used at local level to identify providers and activities were not selective enough. 2. Differences at local level Regional differences and differences between youth work activities make it rather difficult to paint a precise picture of the situation of youth work in Austria. Youth work in Vienna – especially open youth work – can’t really be compared to what goes on in the other states of Austria. The differences between Vienna and the rest of the country or between urban and rural areas in general seem to be supported by the local survey, although the findings have to be treated with reservations because they are not representative. The most striking differences appear to be in the organisation of youth work. There are more youth associations in the rural areas with more volunteers that have no specific training. Generally speaking, there is an obvious lack of networking and exchange in youth work. While searching for all the youth organisations in the respective communities, it was difficult to get a complete list. Even if some kind of youth information is available, informants were often unable to tell how much and which kind of youth work is provided in their communities. 72
10.2 Estonia Data base: In Estonia the municipalities selected were: � Kuusalu, a municipality of some 6,900 inhabitants located in Harju county in northern Estonia; � Narva, a town in eastern Estonia with approximately 68,000 inhabitants (80% of the population are Russians and only 4% are Estonians); � Pärnu, a town in the western Estonia with approximately 44,000 inhabitants; and � Tartu, Estonia’s second largest city, situated in the south of the country and with approximately 100,000 inhabitants. The data was not easily accessible; although we managed to get some data about youth work, there are still many blanks. It was quite impossible to get data from the municipalities because officials in most municipalities claimed that they did not have time to collect it. In one case, the person responsible for collecting data in the municipality said that she did not have time to collect and process data because she had several jobs and was also active as a youth worker herself. Nevertheless we did get some relevant information about local youth work from the Estonian Youth Work Centre, but this data is of the same low quality as the data obtained for the national level. Findings: In some municipalities it is possible to track down the total number of youth work providers, for instance in Tartu. In the cases of Narva and Pärnu, the total number of youth work providers is not completely reliable because the data does not include the providers of open youth work. The only data available in these municipalities was about the hobby school or the hobby centres. There is also no reliable information about non-public youth work providers in Narva, but it seems very unlikely that there are no non-public providers at all. And surprisingly there is no data about public organisations in Kuusalu. Table 23: Youth work providers and associations in Estonian municipalities Youth work providers Public % Non-public % Kuusalu No data - 6 - Narva 8 100 0 0 Pärnu 6 25 18 75 Tartu 5 15 15 85 Some data is available about types of activities, but it is rather disputable. Some of the providers offer such a wide range of different youth work activities that it is hard to decide 73
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