Youth Attitude towards Volunteerism and its Association with their Civic Engagement

Abstract

Volunteerism is the corner stone of civic engagement, however, little has known about the attitude of youth towards volunteerism and its impact on their civic engagement. This study is conducted with the aim to ascertain the association between youth attitude towards volunteerism and their level of civic engagement at District Charsadda. A survey was conducted using structured questionnaire to collect data from students of Bacha Khan University Charsadda and its affiliated colleges. Data was analyzed using chi square statistics to measure the association between youth attitude towards volunteerism and their civic engagement. A highly significant association was found between various aspects of youth attitude towards volunteerism and the level of civic engagement. It is concluded that attitude towards volunteerism have a strong impact on the youth civic engagement in society. In order to develop positive attitude among youth in Pakistan, awareness raising on the spirit of volunteerism and youth involvement in volunteer activities are need to make then positively engaged in social sphere.