Accessible versions of graphs showing relationship between volunteering engagement, birth cohort, and mental health and wellbeing
Figure 1: Volunteering engagement and mental distress by birth cohort
| Birth cohort | Mental distress (GHQ-12) scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteered | Did not volunteer | |||||
| Mean | 95% Confidence Interval | Mean | 95% Confidence Interval | |||
| Pre-1945 | 1.80 | 1.78 | 1.82 | 1.84 | 1.83 | 1.85 |
| Baby Boomers | 1.86 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.94 | 1.93 | 1.95 |
| Gen X | 1.94 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.94 | 1.93 | 1.95 |
| Millennials | 1.97 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 1.95 | 1.93 | 1.96 |
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Figure 2: Volunteering engagement and health-related quality of life by birth cohort
| Birth cohort | Health-related quality of life (SF-12) scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteered | Did not volunteer | |||||
| Mean | 95% Confidence Interval | Mean | 95% Confidence Interval | |||
| Pre-1945 | 3.79 | 3.76 | 3.82 | 3.55 | 3.53 | 3.58 |
| Baby Boomers | 3.88 | 3.86 | 3.89 | 3.69 | 3.68 | 3.71 |
| Gen X | 3.88 | 3.85 | 3.90 | 3.82 | 3.80 | 3.83 |
| Millennials | 3.86 | 3.83 | 3.89 | 3.85 | 3.83 | 3.87 |
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