Trends in forms of civic involvement in the Netherlands between 2008 and 2020

Figures & data

Table 1. Regression Parameters of Years on Different Engagement Forms in Different Types of Organizations.

	Membership		Donating		Participation		Volunteering
	b	S.E.	b	S.E.	b	S.E.	b	S.E.
Humanitarian Organizations	−0.161***	0.034	−0.589*	0.216	0.035	0.021	−0.011	0.021
Environmental Organizations	−0.296***	0.035	−0.409*	0.134	0.053**	0.014	0.018*	0.008
Sports / Outdoor Clubs	−0.260**	0.061	−0.048*	0.020	−0.339***	0.070	−0.136*	0.047
Cultural / Hobby Clubs	−0.334***	0.038	−0.058	0.027	−0.241**	0.065	−0.079*	0.030
Trade Unions	−0.334***	0.037	−0.018	0.011	0.001	0.011	−0.008	0.007
Business / Professional / Agr.	−0.295**	0.069	−0.019*	0.007	−0.131**	0.035	−0.031*	0.013
Consumer / Automobile Clubs	−0.550***	0.074	−0.020	0.011	−0.045*	0.015	−0.011	0.009
Religious Organizations	−0.449***	0.045	−0.529***	0.076	−0.173***	0.031	−0.162***	0.011
Political Parties	−0.079**	0.023	−0.046*	0.018	0.007	0.016	−0.002	0.009
Science / Education etc.	−0.246***	0.034	−0.063*	0.025	−0.179*	0.068	−0.123**	0.032
Youth / Pensioners etc.	−0.226***	0.043	−0.018	0.010	−0.069	0.041	−0.099**	0.028
Other Organizations	−0.293***	0.033	−0.103*	0.039	−0.086**	0.023	−0.141***	0.021

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Source: LISS (2008–2020).

Figure 1. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in humanitarian organizations.

Figure 2. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in environmental organizations.

Figure 3. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in activist organizations.

Figure 4. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in sports and outdoor clubs.

Figure 5. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in cultural and hobby clubs.

Figure 6. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in leisure organizations.

Figure 7. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in trade unions.

Figure 8. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in business, professional and agrarian organizations.

Figure 9. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in consumer and automobile clubs.

Figure 10. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in interest organizations.

Figure 11. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in religious and church organizations.

Figure 12. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in political parties.

Figure 13. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in scientific, education, teachers’ and parents’ organizations.

Figure 14. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in youth, pensioners, women and friends’ clubs.

Figure 15. Longitudinal trends in forms of civic involvement in other organizations.

Table A1. Regression parameters of years on different engagement forms in different clusters of organizations.

	Membership		Donating		Participation		Volunteering
	b	S.E.	b	S.E.	b	S.E.	b	S.E.
Activist Organizations	−0.314***	0.048	−0.678*	0.227	0.069*	0.028	0.009	0.023
Leisure Organizations	−0.368***	0.054	−0.081	0.039	−0.465***	0.103	−0.190**	0.052
Interest Organizations	−0.771***	0.082	−0.053*	0.019	−0.205**	0.049	−0.066**	0.015

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

Source: LISS (2008–2020).

Table A2. Percentages of members of cluster of organizations that also volunteer.

	Activist organizations	Leisure organizations	Interest organizations
2008	8.0%	18.8%	3.5%
2009	7.5%	16.4%	2.9%
2010	6.5%	15.2%	2.2%
2011	9.6%	16.7%	2.7%
2012	8.9%	15.1%	2.7%
2013	8.8%	16.8%	2.4%
2014	10.0%	15.8%	2.5%
2015	11.0%	15.4%	3.0%
2016	10.1%	17.3%	2.8%
2017	11.9%	15.4%	2.6%
2018	8.8%	15.1%	2.7%
2019	10.4%	16.3%	2.4%
2020	10.0%	17.8%	2.7%

Source: LISS (2008–2020).