Table 3
Donor rates and average annual donations, by immigrant status and personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2010

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Table 3
Donor rates and average annual donations, by immigrant status and personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, 2010
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of donor rates and average annual donations. This informaation is grouped by personal and economic characteristics (appearing as row header), and by distribution of population aged 15 and over, donor rate and average annual donation, Canadian­born and immigrants (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and dollars as units of measure.
Personal and economic characteristics Distribution of population aged 15 and over Donor rate Average annual donation1
Canadian-born† Immigrants Canadian-born† Immigrants Canadian-born† Immigrants
percentage dollars
Total 100 100 85 82 409 554
Age group
15 to 24 years 17 12* 71 74 114 F
25 to 34 years 17 17 82 71 293 382E
35 to 64 years 51 53 89 86 472 610*
65 years and over 15 18* 88 87 582 678
Language spoken most often at home
English and/or French 99 56* 85 87 412 629*
Other language 1 44* 78 76 154E 442*
Household income
Under $40,000 25 26 78 73 214 404E*
$40,000 to $99,999 43 47 86 84 375 452
$100,000 and over 31 27* 89 87 593 849*
Religion
No religion 26 21* 75 79 314 418
Does not attend religious services 29 22* 82 73 * 230 313E
Infrequent attendance2 32 29 91 84 * 327 531E*
Weekly attendance 14 28* 94 89 1,077 821*
Education
No university degree 79 61* 82 81 326 393
University degree 21 39* 94 85 * 684 796
Marital status
Not in a couple 37 33* 77 78 293 524E*
Married or common-law 63 67* 90 84 * 468 567
Presence of children in household
No children under age 18 63 56* 85 82 443 606*
Children under age 18 37 44* 85 83 353 488*
Labour force status
Unemployed or not in the labour force 33 35 78 76 328 427
Employed 67 65 88 86 422 597*
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
† reference group
* statistically significant difference (Small alpha=0.05) from the reference group
1. Estimates of average annual donations are calculated for donors only.
2. Includes the following responses: "attends at least once or twice a year", "at least 3 or 4 times a year" or "at least once a month".
Note: Due to rounding, totals may not add to 100%.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2010.
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