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Table 8
Volunteer activities among seniors who volunteered in the last 12 months, by sex, Canada, 2013 Table 8
Volunteer activities among seniors who volunteered in the last 12 months, by sex, Canada, 2013

Table 8
Volunteer activities among seniors who volunteered in the last 12 months, by sex, Canada, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Volunteer activities among seniors who volunteered in the last 12 months. The information is grouped by Volunteer activity (appearing as row headers), Total – 65 years and over, 65 to 74 years , 75 years and over, Women and Men, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Volunteer activity	Total – 65 years and over		65 to 74 years		75 years and over
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
	percentage
Canvassing	9	12	10	12	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^{Note E: Use with caution}
Fundraising	36	32	37	34	35	27
Comittee or board	43	44	46	45	37	42
Teaching or mentoring	21	23	25	26	15	18^{Note E: Use with caution}
Organizing activities or events	41	40	43	43	36	35
Office work	27	20^Note *	30	25	23	12^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *
Coaching, refereeing, or officiating	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^Note *	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^Note *	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Counselling or providing advice	22	33^Note *	24	35^Note *	19	30^Note *
Health care or support	22	22	22	21	23	24
Collecting, serving, or delivering goods	29	23^Note *	28	23	32	24^{Note E: Use with caution}
Maintenance, repair, or building	7	24^Note *	8	28^Note *	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	17^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *
Volunteer driving	13	19^Note *	12	21^Note *	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	16^{Note E: Use with caution}
Providing first aid, fire-fighting, or search and rescue	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Protecting the environment	11	17^Note *	12	21^Note *	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^{Note E: Use with caution}
Other	28	24	29	25	27	22
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from women, within age group, at p < 0.05 Return to note * referrer Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2013.

Date modified:: 2016-03-30