Table 1 Instrument questions and key study concepts and measures
The volunteer process | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Motivations to enter service | Experiences in service | Commitment | ||
I wanted to become a volunteer because/to… | List three things that prevent you from carrying out your caregiving work. | Do you intend to continue volunteering? | ||
1 = agree or 0 = disagree | 1 = yes or 0 = no | |||
Communitarian values | I fail to visit my clients because I… | |||
1 | People need a helping hand and I felt obligated | 1 = sometimes or frequently or 0 = rarely or never | List three things that would make you willing and able to perform more volunteer care giving in the future. | |
2 | I saw too much suffering in the community | |||
Religiosity | 1 | Do not have transport | ||
3 | People who believe in God should volunteer | 2 | Felt bad about going empty handed | |
4 | I would be doing the work of God | 3 | Lacked supplies and kits to do the job | |
Social change agent | 4 | Never receive money for the work | ||
5 | I wanted to change bad behaviours in the community | 5 | Do not have enough food or money at my own home | |
6 | Protect the rights of OVC and people with HIV | 6 | Am sick | OVC visitation rate: |
Learning opportunity | 7 | Do not have rain gear | Number clients visits last month/ | |
7 | I wanted to learn new things | 8 | People think I keep things provided by the project for myself instead of giving them to clients | Total number clients assigned |
8 | Learn about HIV and how to take care of people | |||
Empathy, reciprocity | PLHA visitation rate: | |||
9 | I empathize with people in the same situation as me | Open ended: Thinking about why you first wanted to become a volunteer, how have your expectations been met? | Total number clients visited last month/ | |
10 | A volunteer helped me and wanted to give back | total number clients assigned | ||
Social engagement | ||||
11 | Be part of a project | Open ended: How have your expectations not been met? | ||
12 | I have friends and family who volunteer | |||
Material gain, support from the project | ||||
13 | I needed assistance from the NGO/project | |||
14 | Receive things, allowances to help in my household | |||
Employment potential | ||||
15 | I thought it may channel me to a paying job | |||
16 | I have no job | |||
Open ended: If you had to pick just one reason why you wanted to become a volunteer, what would you say it is? | ||||
Economic motivation index | ||||
Empirically derived 11-point index reflecting the presence or absence of economic motive in respondent replies (see Table 2) | ||||