Table 3.9
Adjusted and unadjusted odds ratios showing the likelihood of medium to high skilled adults engaging in unpaid volunteer activities in the previous 12 months, Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) 2003 and 2008

Table 3.9 Adjusted and unadjusted odds ratios showing the likelihood of medium to high skilled adults engaging in unpaid volunteer activities in the previous 12 months, ALL 2003 and 2008
Table summary
 This table displays the results of adjusted and unadjusted odds ratios showing the likelihood of medium to high skilled adults engaging in unpaid volunteer activities in the previous 12 months. This information is grouped by prose literacy skills, document literacy skills, numeracy skills, problem solving skills (appearing as row headers) and by unadjusted, adjusted (appearing as column headers), calculated using odds ratio and standard error as a unit of measure.
  Unadjusted Adjusted
odds ratio standard error odds ratio standard error
A. Prose literacy skills  
Bermuda 2.22Note *** (0.12) 1.75Note ** (0.18)
Canada 2.13Note *** (0.05) 1.68Note *** (0.08)
Hungary 1.53Note *** (0.12) 1.32Note * (0.16)
Italy 1.60Note *** (0.12) 1.21 (0.12)
Netherlands 1.44Note *** (0.10) 1.24 (0.16)
New Zealand 1.86Note *** (0.06) 1.42Note *** (0.08)
Norway 1.51Note *** (0.08) 1.23Note * (0.12)
Switzerland 1.82Note *** (0.13) 1.65Note ** (0.17)
United States 2.26Note *** (0.10) 1.49Note *** (0.12)
B. Document literacy skills  
Bermuda 2.06Note *** (0.11) 1.82Note *** (0.18)
Canada 2.12Note *** (0.05) 1.67Note *** (0.07)
Hungary 1.50Note *** (0.09) 1.28 (0.18)
Italy 1.62Note *** (0.13) 1.24 (0.17)
Netherlands 1.41Note *** (0.09) 1.32Note * (0.14)
New Zealand 1.81Note *** (0.07) 1.42Note *** (0.10)
Norway 1.59Note *** (0.10) 1.33Note * (0.14)
Switzerland 1.56Note *** (0.13) 1.39Note ** (0.15)
United States 2.15Note *** (0.10) 1.43Note *** (0.12)
C. Numeracy skills  
Bermuda 1.84Note *** (0.12) 1.60Note *** (0.16)
Canada 1.78Note *** (0.08) 1.45Note *** (0.11)
Hungary 1.83Note *** (0.15) 1.62Note ** (0.22)
Italy 1.60Note *** (0.11) 1.24 (0.17)
Netherlands 1.42Note *** (0.09) 1.30Note * (0.15)
New Zealand 1.65Note *** (0.06) 1.30Note *** (0.08)
Norway 1.87Note *** (0.09) 1.55Note *** (0.12)
Switzerland 1.79Note *** (0.13) 1.56Note *** (0.14)
United States 2.11Note *** (0.09) 1.53Note *** (0.09)
D. Problem solving skills  
Bermuda 2.02Note *** (0.10) 1.62Note *** (0.17)
Canada 2.57Note *** (0.07) 2.11Note *** (0.07)
Hungary 1.48Note *** (0.15) 1.19 (0.25)
Italy 1.59Note *** (0.11) 1.38Note ** (0.14)
Netherlands 1.81Note *** (0.14) 1.69Note ** (0.21)
New Zealand 1.95Note *** (0.10) 1.58Note ** (0.16)
Norway 1.68Note *** (0.11) 1.40Note ** (0.15)
SwitzerlandNote 1 1.73Note *** (0.15) 1.49Note ** (0.18)
United States … … … …
… not applicable
* p<0.10, statistically significant at the 10 per cent level
** p<0.05, statistically significant at the 5 per cent level
*** p<0.01, statistically significant at the 1 per cent level
1. These models for Switzerland apply to the German and French speaking communities only, since they did not field the problem solving skills domain in the Italian speaking community.
Notes: Standard errors are of the logarithm of the odds ratios.
Odds are adjusted for age, gender, community size, children under age 16 present in the home, household income, parents' education, and educational attainment.
Models for Bermuda do not adjust for community size, since the entire population resides in urban areas.
The response variable dichotomizes the population into those who engaged in at least one unpaid volunteer activity in the previous 12 months (1) and those who did not (0).
Source: Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, 2003 and 2008.

 

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