Table 3
Percentage of people who are top donors and distribution of top donors, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2010

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Table 3
Percentage of people who are top donors and distribution of top donors, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of percentage of people who are top donors and distribution of top donors. This information is grouped by personal and economic characteristics (appearing as row header), and by people who are top donors, distribution of top donors, and distribution of population 15 years and over (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.

Personal and economic characteristics	People who are top donors	Distribution of top donors	Distribution of population 15 years and over
	percentage
Total	21	100	100
Age group
15 to 24 years	6*	5*	16
25 to 34 years	14*	11*	17
35 to 44 years †	22	18	17
45 to 54 years	25*	23*	19
55 to 64 years	29*	21	15
65 to 74 years	29*	13*	10
75 years and over	32*	10*	6
Sex
Men	21	49	49
Women †	21	51	51
Marital status
Married or common law †	25	75	64
Single, never married	10*	12*	26
Separated or divorced	20*	6*	7
Widow or widower	32*	7*	4
Education
Less than high school	11*	9*	17
High school diploma	16*	12*	16
Some postsecondary	17*	7*	8
Postsecondary diploma or certificate	20*	33*	34
University degree †	33	39	24
Labour force statusl
Employed †	23	74	66
Unemployed	8E*	1E*	2
Not in the labour force	16*	25*	32
Household income
Less than $20,000	8*	3*	9
$20,000 to $39,999	14*	11	17
$40,000 to $59,999	19*	16*	18
$60,000 to $79,999	19*	13	14
$80,000 to $99,999 †	23	13	11
$100,000 to $119,999	25	13	11
$120,000 or more	33*	31*	20
Presence of children in household1
No children †	23	67	61
Pre-school aged children only	18*	7*	8
Both pre-school and school-aged children	17*	5*	6
School-aged children only	18*	21*	25
Religious attendance
Does not attend services weekly†	16	64	84
Attends services weekly	46*	36*	16
Language most frequently spoken at home
English †	25	82	68
French	9*	10*	22
Other	17*	8*	9
Annual number of volunteer hours
None †	14	35	53
1 to 59 hours	22*	25*	24
60 hours or more	37*	40*	23
E use with caution † reference group * statistically significant difference (=0.05) from the reference group 1. "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, 2010.