Week 11

Question 1

Trends in level of engagement in groups and organizations compared with five years earlier, by age group

Answer 1

• Most people’s level of engagement has remained the same, but with with slight decrease in with age

Question 2

Trends between people who voted by age group and level of education

Answer 2

People with university degree vote the most, regardless of age group
People with less than a high school diploma vote the least, regardless of age group
Voting increases as you age, regardless of education level

If you are more interested in politics, you are more likely to vote

Question 3

Trends between interest in politics, frequency of following news and current affairs, and sense of belonging, by age group

Answer 3

Overall upward trend between all of them

Question 4

Participation in political activities by age group

Answer 4

• Political activities seem to decline with age

Question 5

Frequency of participation in group activities or meetings, by age group

Answer 5

more people not a member or not a participant in a group
More people meeting at least once a week

Question 6

Trends between formal volunteer rate, by generation within gender

Answer 6

• Volunteer rates decrease with age
• Volunteer rates decrease in millennials because starting to have kids and increased responsibility
• Women volunteer more, regardless of generation

Question 7

Trends between rate of helping others directly (types of tasks), by generation

Answer 7

• Baby boomers are more likely to help with housework
• Baby boomers and matures least likely to help with teaching, coaching, tutoring
• Overall, older adults don’t help as much as younger adults

Question 8

Trends between rate of those who improved the community directly (and tasks), by generation

Answer 8

• Decreased precent compared to direct help
• Older people help more than younger for participating in public meetings
• Younger people help more in disseminating information
• For the most part, older people are still lower than younger

Question 9

Distribution of volunteer type within each generation

Answer 9

• Overall volunteering decreases with age
• Millennials do the most informal volunteering
• When young, more likely to volunteer than older populations, but increases when you reach retirement, and decreases as you reach old-old and become less physically able

Question 10

Trends of distribution of volunteers, by age group

Answer 10

• Although the proportion of older volunteers is less, they have more total hours
• Less younger people are volunteering throughout the years
• More older people are volunteering throughout the years
• More younger people search for volunteering opportunities, but don’t actually do

Question 11

Distribution of donors, by age group

Answer 11

• More older people become donors throughout the years
• Less younger people become donors throughout the years
• Older adults donate more money than younger

Question 12

Trend of internet use and age

Answer 12

Overall, every age group used more internet over the years
Highest in 18-29 y.o. group
Use of internet decreases with age

Question 13

What do older adults use internet for?

Answer 13

1. Email
2. news
3. Online banking
4. Social networking

Question 14

Reasons for not volunteering by age

Answer 14

15-34 y.o.: Did not have the time
35-54 y.o.: Did not have the time
55 and older: Prefer to give money instead
ie. time constraint is not a barrier

Question 15

Occupation profile of people working full time

Answer 15

25-54 y.o.: Business, finance and administration occupations, lowest in natural resources, agriculture and related occupation
65 and older: Management occupations, lowest in art, culture, recreation and sport