Table 4
Rate and frequency of helping others directly, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2010

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Table 4
Rate and frequency of helping others directly, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of rate and frequency of helping others directly. This information is grouped by rate of helping others directly, frequency of helping others directly, daily or almost daily, at least once a week, at least once a month and a few times a year (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.

	Rate of helping others directly	Frequency of helping others directly
		Daily or almost daily	At least once a week	At least once a month	A few times a year
	percentage
Total	83	16	32	29	22
Age group
15 to 24 years†	87	23	35	26	16
25 to 34 years	87	15*	35	30	21
35 to 44 years	86	13*	26*	33*	29*
45 to 54 years	82*	14*	31	30	25*
55 to 64 years	82*	16*	35	29	19
65 years and over	71*	14*	34	29	23*
65 to 74 years	76*	16*	33	29	23*
75 years and over	64*	12*	36	29	23*
Sex
Men†	82	13	31	31	25
Women	83	18*	34*	28*	20*
Marital status
Married or common law†	83	13	31	31	25
Single, never married	84	21*	35*	26*	18*
Separated or divorced	83	17*	34	30	18*
Widow or widower	70*	17	41*	25*	17*
Level of education
Less than high school diploma†	73	19	36	26	19
Graduated from high school	80*	19	37	24	20
Some postsecondary	88*	18	33	27	22
Postsecondary diploma or certificate	86*	15*	32	31*	22
University degree	88*	11*	30*	33*	27*
Labour force status
Employed†	87	14	31	30	24
Unemployed	86	19E	29E	33E	20E
Not in the labour force	79*	19*	35*	27*	19*
Household income
Less than $20,000†	75	21	37	23	18
$20,000 to $39,999	76	18	33	27	22
$40,000 to $59,999	81*	18	32*	29*	21
$60,000 to $79,999	86*	16*	31*	33*	20
$80,000 to $99,999	87*	14*	35	27	24*
$100,000 and over	87*	12*	31*	31*	25*
$100,000 to $119,999	89*	12*	31*	32*	24*
$120,000 and over	85*	13*	31*	31*	25*
Presence of children in household1
No children in household†	81	16	33	29	22
Pre-school aged children only	88*	13	30	31	27*
Both pre-school and school-aged children	87*	19	28*	31	22
School-aged children only	84*	16	32	29	23
Religious attendance
Attends services weekly†	85	17	35	29	19
Does not attend services weekly	83	15	32	30	23*
E use with caution † reference group * statistically significant difference (=0.05) from 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). Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2010.