ABSTRACT
The household sector encompasses family, people who share accommodation or live on their own, and neighbours and friendship networks that run beyond the workplace or school. The household sector initiates much of the third sector and provides many of the resources that sustain it. These are the resources of money and time, made available through the acts of joining, giving and volunteering. Some organisations, including public-serving organisations such as Legacy or the St Vincent de Paul Society, depend to a very large degree on the volunteer labour of all their members. Religious organisations, mainly churches, were the recipient of almost 40 per cent of donated funds. This was despite only 14 per cent of the population making donations to religious organisations in any quarter. The effect of income on giving can be explored by grouping the population into deciles, or ten groups according to their level of income, and looking at the amount given by those groups.
