Mapping what we know about the third sector, steve mc kay

Mapping what we know about the third sector workforce
Stephen McKay
Domenico Moro

Presentation
How we know about the sector (sources of data)
Information about those working in the sector
The recession and its continuing effects

Organisation-level data
Charity Commission data
Commercially supplied (‘Guidestar’)
OpenCharitieshttp://opencharities.org/charities.csv.zip
National Survey of Third Sector Organisations (banded employee data)
Employer Skills Surveys
Workplace Industrial Relations Study (WIRS) 2004: if 5+ employees
Ad hoc surveys

Sample surveys
LFS 1993-> (repeated quarterly, cross-sectional)
BHPS 1991-> (household panel, annual)
Various other studies
(e.g. NCDS-1958 Scottish Social Attitudes 2007; Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey)

Respondents are asked to self-classify
What kind of non-private organisation was it?
1. a public limited company/plc?
2. a nationalised industry/state corporation?
3. central government or civil service?
4. local government or council (including police, fire services and local authority controlled schools/colleges)?
5. a university or other grant funded education establishment (include 'opted-out' schools)?
6. a health authority or NHS Trust?
7. a charity, voluntary organisation or trust?
8. the armed forces?
9. or was it some other kind of organisation?
Tends to be regarded as a ‘narrow definition’ of the third sector.

Workers in the sector
Account for around 2.7% of total workers
Two thirds are women, although women represent under half the workforce
Almost 2 in 5 work part-time
Around 2 in 5 have degrees (average = 28%)
Are slightly older than average (43 years)

Work in the sector
Over 7 in 10 are working in ‘Public admin, education and health’ (3 in 10 overall)
Health and social work related activities are the most common industries
5% say ‘Activities of religious organisations’ [9491]
About 3 in 10 are managers or professionals – more than the private sector, somewhat less than the public sector

Work in the sector
Some evidence that levels of job satisfaction are converging with other sectors (Donegani, McKay and Moro, VSSN 2011)
No decline in average paid working hours since 2007 (despite overall decline)

Employment rate (16-64s) since 1993

This recession is different?
Source: Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 2010 Q1
Large dropin output – but more ‘adjustment’ via wages and hours compared to before.
Largest effects on young people, and on specific sectors (manufacturing, finance, construction).
2008-10 = private sector recession; 2011 = public and third sector recession …?

Changes elsewhere 2007-
Private sector
Public sector

Changes in employment – third sector

Under-employment and pay

Conclusions
A small sector: a period of stable growth followed by recent (and future?) decline

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