Stress

30.5% of participants feel “neutral” about whether they regularly pay attention to their mental health or not, followed by 26.8% who “strongly agree.”

Participants were asked if doing community service has helped them relieve stress or not, and responses were fairly evenly distributed. 31% of participants felt neutral, 34% agreed, and 25% disagreed.

The majority of participants disagree that doing community service makes their busy schedules more stressful. 27.4% of participants “disagreed” while 13.1% “strongly disagreed.” 28.6% answered “neutral,” and 30.9% agreed.

The majority of participants agreed that the volunteer work they do is relatively easy to manage. 44% of participants “agree,” while 31% “strongly agree.” 21.4% answered “neutral,” and only 3.6% disagreed.

The majority of participants feel that doing community service is time well spent, even though it costs them time. 38.1% of participants “strongly agreed,” while 35.7% “agreed.” 17.9% answered “neutral,” and only 8.4% disagreed.

The majority of participants answered that the pandemic caused them to be more stressed. 45.2% of participants “strongly agreed,” 16.7% “agreed,” and 17.9% felt “neutral.” Only 20.3% disagreed.

56% of participants volunteered less during the pandemic, 25% said that their volunteer hours were not really affected by the pandemic, and only 19% did more volunteer work.

Most participants said that their stress was not affected much by volunteering during the pandemic. 37.3% said that volunteering helped them relieve stress during the pandemic, and only 7.5% said that it caused more stress.