Table 2
Donor rate, average and median annual donations, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2007 and 2010

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Table 2
Donor rate, average and median annual donations, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2007 and 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of donor rate, average and median annual donations. This information is grouped by personal and economic characteristics (appearing as row header), and by donor rate, average annual donation, median annual donation, 2010 and 2007 (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and dollars as units of measure.

Personal and economic characteristics	Donor rate		Average annual donation1		Median annual donation1
	2010	2007	2010	2007	2010
	percentage		dollars		dollars
Total	84	84	446	457	123
Age group
15 to 24 years	73*	71*	143*	148*	30E*
25 to 34 years	80*	83*	305*	333*	100*
35 to 44 years †	89	87	431	462	127
45 to 54 years	88	89	477	570*‡	150
55 to 64 years	87	88	626*	521‡	175*
65 to 74 years	88	89	592*	602*	200*
75 years and over	86	87	725*	699*	231*
Sex
Men	82*	82*	465	473	120
Women †	86	87	428	441	125
Marital status
Married or common law †	88	89	492	531	150
Single, never married	73*	75*	254*	237*	55*
Separated or divorced	84*	84*	419	428*	124*
Widow or widower	89	86	753*	611	200
Education
Less than high school	74*	72*	229*	225*	55*
High school diploma	77*	80*	373*	351*	100*
Some postsecondary	83*	83*	366*	405*	92*
Postsecondary diploma or certificate	88*	89*	361*	444*‡	125*
University degree †	91	91	715	743	220
Labour force status
Employed †	87	87	454	474	130
Unemployed	76*	81	176E*	338E‡*	60*
Not in the labour force	77*	77*	360*	383*	100*
Household income
Less than $20,000	67*	71*	248E*	219*	50*
$20,000 to $39,999	81*	81*	257*	309*‡	80*
$40,000 to $59,999	83*	84*	380	367*	114*
$60,000 to $79,999	86	88	403	460	107*
$80,000 to $99,999 †	89	88	427	474	126*
$100,000 to $119,999	91	90	473	515	150*
$120,000 or more	87	90	744*	834*	228
Presence of children in household2
No children †	84	85	491	477	135
Pre-school aged children only	88*	88*	343*	426	111E
Both pre-school and school-aged children	86	82	433	444	100*
School-aged children only	82	83	370*	418*	100*
Religious attendance
Does not attend services weekly†	83	82	313	308	100
Attends services weekly	93*	94*	1,004*	1,085*	350*
Language most frequently spoken at home
English †	85	86	523	550	150
French	86	85	184*	207*	75*
Other	76*	72*	414	366*	124
Annual number of volunteer hours
None †	79	79	288	290	90
1 to 59 hours	89*	88*	422*	432*	124*
60 hours or more	91*	93*‡	784*	816*	235*
E use with caution † reference group * statistically significant difference (=0.05) from the reference group ‡ statistically significant difference (=0.05) from 2010 1. Estimates of average and median donations are calculated for donors only. 2. "Pre-school aged" is defined as ages 0 to 5, while "school-aged" is defined as ages 6 to 17. "Both pre-school and school-aged children" indicates the presence in the household of at least one child from each age range (i.e., at least one child aged 0 to 5 and at least one child aged 6 to 17). Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2007 and 2010.