Table 5
Volunteer rate and average annual number of hours volunteered, by immigrant status and personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2010

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Table 5
Volunteer rate and average annual number of hours volunteered, by immigrant status and personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2010
 This table displays the results of volunteer rate and average annual number of hours volunteered. This information is grouped by personal and economic characteristics (appearing as row header), and by distribution of population aged 15 and over , volunteer rate, average annual volunteer hours, Canadian-born and immigrants (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and hours as units of measure.
Personal and economic characteristics Distribution of population aged 15 and over Volunteer rate Average annual volunteer hours1
Canadian-born† Immigrants Canadian-born† Immigrants Canadian-born† Immigrants
percentage hours
Total 100 100 49 39* 155 162
Age group
15 to 24 years 17 12* 60 43* 115 261E
25 to 34 years 17 17 48 38 113 110E
35 to 64 years 51 53 49 40* 170 130*
65 years and over 15 18* 38 34 218 244
Language spoken most often at home
English and/or French 99 56* 49 45* 155 155
Other language 1 44* 51 31* 128E 175E
Household income
Under $40,000 25 26 35 33 169 238E
$40,000 to $99,999 43 47 51 38* 155 158
$100,000 and over 31 27* 60 46* 147 115
Religion
No religion 26 21* 49 35* 132 153
Does not attend religious services 29 22* 37 28* 145 97*
Infrequent attendance2 32 29 53 38* 145 173E
Weekly attendance 14 28* 71 51* 208 186
Education
No university degree 79 61* 45 39* 149 177
University degree 21 39* 65 44* 167 144
Marital status
Not in a couple 37 33* 49 40* 133 206E*
Married or common-law 63 67* 50 39* 167 141*
Presence of children in household
No children under age 18 63 56* 43 38* 176 189
Children under age 18 37 44* 61 40* 134 133E
Labour force status
Unemployed or not in the labour force 33 35 46 39* 175 222
Employed 67 65 53 40* 143 125
E use with caution
† reference group
* statistically significant difference (small alpha=0.05) from the reference group
1. Estimates of average annual volunteer hours are calculated for volunteers only.
2. Includes the following responses: "attends at least once or twice a year", "at least 3 or 4 times a year" or "at least once a month".
Note : Due to rounding, totals may not add up to 100%.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2010.
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