Teens and Volunteerism

The most important issues affecting teenagers are comprehensively studied in the series "The Gallup Youth Survey: Major Issues and Trends".

Each volume is filled with relevant statistical information and fascinating stories and reports, most collected by the Gallup Youth Survey, an arm of the famed Gallup Organization, over the past four decades.

For more than 70 years, The Gallup Organization has studied human nature and behavior.

The Gallup Youth Survey was founded in 1977 to provide ongoing information on the opinions, beliefs, and activities of America's high school students, and to help society meet its responsibility to youth.

Most young people in the United States today are willing to give something back to their communities.

A recent report showed that each year an estimated 13 million teenagers donate more than 2.4 billion hours of their time to charitable causes, and the Gallup Youth Survey has found that 31 percent of all teens do volunteer work.

This volume examines the opportunities young people have for volunteering, and explores the controversial issue of school-mandated community service programs that are required for graduation.