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NATIONAL SURVEY OF GIVING, VOLUNTEERING
AND PARTICIPATING (2000)
AND PARTICIPATING (2000)
The purpose of the survey was to ask Canadians 15 years of age and over about the ways in which they support one another and their communities through their involvement in giving, volunteering and participating. The survey, given its scale, provides the most comprehensive assessment of giving, volunteering and participating ever undertaken in Canada or, to the best of our knowledge, in the world. The 2000 survey replicates the 1997 survey and enables us to begin to track both changes in contributory behaviours and changes in the characteristics of those Canadians making contributions. Any trend in these behaviours has important implications for Canadian society. The results from the survey allow this report to paint a portrait of the ways Canadians contribute to society through their monetary and voluntary support of others.
DOCUMENTATION:
- User guide, provided as a PDF file, for use with Adobe Acrobat viewer
- Main Codebook, provided as a PDF file, for use with Adobe Acrobat viewer
- "Giving" Codebook, provided as a PDF file, for use with Adobe Acrobat viewer
- "Volunteering" Codebook, provided as a PDF file, for use with Adobe Acrobat viewer
- Questionnaire, provided as a PDF file, for use with Adobe Acrobat viewer
The codebook is also available in print form in the Government Documents, Maps and Data Department on the third floor of the Harriet Irving Library.
DATA FILES:
MAIN FILE (SVGP)
The main file contains one record per Respondent. All questions (except for those on the VOLNTR and GIVER files) are located here. In addition, summary derived variables from the VOLNTR and GIVER have been created on the SVGP file. There are 14,724 cases, with 279 variables in the file.
DATA:
NSGVP 2000 sav file, provided as a zipped file for use with SPSS
DATA:
VOLNTEER sav file, provided as a zipped file for use with SPSS
The charitable donation answer file contains 0-n records per person who made a charitable donation. Each record represents 1 donation made to a charitable organization. For each donation made, this file contains information on the type of organization to whom the donation was made as well as the value of the donation. Summary variables from this file have been derived and are located on the SVGP file. Use the variable IDNUM to link with other files. There are 56,280 records, and 8 variables in the file.
DATA:
GIVE sav file, provided as a zipped file for use with SPSS
Links to electronic versions of documentation and SPSS or SAS command
files are provided where they exist. 1. Click on the file you require to download the datafile to your hard
drive. This will take you to the Statistics Canada DLI license under which
the files are provided to UNB Libraries. After entering your email account,
an authorization screen will appear. 2. You must enter your PIN number and your email address to obtain the
file A dialogue box will appear with the note: "unknown file type"
at the top. 3. Click on SAVE FILE, and indicate where on your hard drive you wish
the data file saved. For example, you may wish to save your file to c:\temp
and you would indicate this in the dialogue box which will appear when
you click on SAVE FILE.
VOLUNTEER FILE (VOLNTR)
NSGVP 2000 data file, ascii file provided as a zipped file for use with SPSS or SAS syntax file
SPSS syntax file for NSGVP, provided as a zipped file for use with ascii data file.
The volunteer organization answer file contains 0-3 records per person who volunteered (1 per organization the respondent volunteered with). This file contains information on the type of organization (by 3 digit codes) for which the individual volunteered and the number of hours volunteered for the organization. Summary variables from this file have been derived and are located on the SVGP file. Use the variable IDNUM to link with other files. There are 13,067 records and 36 variables in this file.
DONATION FILE
(GIVE):
VOLNTR data file, ascii file provided as a zipped file for use with SPSS or SAS syntax file
SPSS syntax file for VOLNTR, provided as a zipped file for use with ascii data file.
GIVE data file, ascii file provided as a zipped file for use with SPSS or SAS syntax file
SPSS syntax file for GIVE, provided as a zipped file for use with ascii data file.
Steps to Obtain Data Files Electronically:
Government Documents, Data and Maps Department
E-mail address: Hamilton@unb.ca
Last update: 02/10/10
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