Table A5
Individual and contextual characteristics associated with volunteering and civic engagement activities, census metropolitan areas of Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver, 2013

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Table A5
Individual and contextual characteristics associated with volunteering and civic engagement activities, census metropolitan areas of Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Individual and contextual characteristics associated with volunteering and civic engagement activities. The information is grouped by Individual and place of residence characteristics (appearing as row headers), Cultural or group activities, Analysis method - logistic regressions, Volunteering, Members of or participants in a school group or a community or neighbourhood association and Members of or participants in an immigrant or ethnic club or association, calculated using odds ratios units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Individual and place of residence characteristics Cultural or group activities
Analysis method - logistic regressions
Volunteering Members of or participants in a school group or a community or neighbourhood association Members of or participants in an immigrant or ethnic club or association
odds ratiosTable A5 Note 1
Sex  
Male (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Female 1.52Note ** 1.16 0.92
Age  
Age 0.98 0.95Note * 1.00
Age squared 1.08 1.47 1.29
Living alone  
No (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.93 1.69Note * 1.03
Language spoken most often at home  
Other (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
English or French 1.24 1.05 0.39Note **
Education  
High school diploma or less (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Post-secondary diploma 1.28 0.98 0.93
University degree 1.78Note ** 1.48 1.16
Has a job or is self-employed  
No (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.67Note ** 0.67Note * 0.93
Income  
Median income of households in neighbourhood of residence 1.27 1.04 0.67
Size of personal network      
15 people or fewer (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
More than 15 people 2.15Note ** 1.36 1.92Note **
Volunteering  
No (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes Note ...: not applicable 3.93Note ** 4.48Note **
Religious practice  
No (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 1.95Note ** 0.90 1.54
Victim of discrimination or unfair treatment  
No (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 1.39Note ** 1.60Note ** 2.05Note **
Census metropolitan area  
Montréal 0.60Note ** 0.53Note ** 1.23
Toronto (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Vancouver 1.59Note ** 0.94 1.18
Type of municipality  
Central (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Peripheral 1st ring 0.88 0.74 1.08
Peripheral 2nd ring 0.78 0.70 0.92
Demographic weight of immigrant population in neighbourhood  
Less than 50% (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
50% to less than 70% 0.79 1.08 2.09Note **
70% or greater 0.99 1.25 1.66
Period of immigration and generation  
Recent immigrant 0.75 1.18 1.59
Established immigrant (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Second generation 1.13 1.08 1.29
Region of birth  
North America 2.06Note * 0.88 0.13Note **
The Caribbean 1.50 1.31 1.19
Central and South America 1.21 1.19 0.49
Europe (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00
Africa 1.47 0.83 1.23
Middle East and West Asia 0.78 0.61 1.18
East Asia 1.32 1.04 0.93
South Asia 0.98 0.90 0.98
Southeast Asia and Oceania 0.88 0.92 0.92
... not applicable
Note *

significantly different from reference category (ref.) at p < 0.05

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Note **

significantly different from reference category (ref.) at p < 0.01

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Note 1.

strong> An odds ratio of 1 means that the likelihood of observing the phenomenon is 100%.

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Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Social Identity, 2013
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