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 7Note E: Use with caution 11Note 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 18Note E: Use with caution
Organizing activities or events 41 40 43 43 36 35
Office work 27 20Note * 30 25 23 12Note E: Use with cautionNote *
Coaching, refereeing, or officiating 5Note E: Use with caution 8Note * 6Note E: Use with caution 11Note * Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Counselling or providing advice 22 33Note * 24 35Note * 19 30Note *
Health care or support 22 22 22 21 23 24
Collecting, serving, or delivering goods 29 23Note * 28 23 32 24Note E: Use with caution
Maintenance, repair, or building 7 24Note * 8 28Note * 4Note E: Use with caution 17Note E: Use with cautionNote *
Volunteer driving 13 19Note * 12 21Note * 14Note E: Use with caution 16Note E: Use with caution
Providing first aid, fire-fighting, or search and rescue 2Note E: Use with caution 3Note E: Use with caution 2Note E: Use with caution 5Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Protecting the environment 11 17Note * 12 21Note * 7Note E: Use with caution 11Note 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.
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