Community Involvement Indicators for Canada and the Provinces, 1997
September 2001
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Abstract
Community Involvement Indicators for Canada and the
Provinces, 1997, presents tables and charts for each of 49 indicators of
community involvement. It is intended for community leaders (especially
indicators of membership in civic organizations, and donating to the
homeless, for example), politicians (voting indicators, membership in
political organizations), heads of voluntary organizations (several
indictors of charitable giving and volunteer activity), journalists
(regular following of news), teachers (donating to, and volunteering in
educational organizations; informal teaching), ministers and religious
leaders (attendance at religious services, donating to, and volunteering in
religious organizations), and the informed public (several kinds of
informal volunteering). Please also refer to the Religious Commitment Notes
4-7, which are based on information in this monograph. Most of the
indicators provide answers to questions such as the following:
- What percentage of Canadians aged 20 and over are involved in the activity?
- Is participation relatively high or low in my province?
- What is the community participation rate in my faith community?
- Are those with a religious background but not currently affiliated with a faith more involved in the community than those without a religious background?
- Is participation higher or lower among the weekly attendees at religious services, than among the less frequent or non-attendees in each faith and province?
- How dependent is the voluntary organization in which I volunteer on volunteers and charitable giving from the people of one faith community?
- What share of the community involvement is provided by each province and faith community?
- What provinces and faith communities provide more than their share of the involvement?