Table 1.11
Donor rate and distribution of donations, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and older, British Columbia, 2010

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Table 1.11
Donor rate and distribution of donations, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and older, British Columbia, 2010

Table summary
This table displays the results of donor rate and distribution of donations. This information is grouped by personal and economic characteristics and age groups (appearing as row headers) and by donor rate, average annual donations, median annual donations, total annual donations, population distribution, percentage of total donation value (appearing as column headers), calculated using percent, dollars and millions of dollars as a unit of measure.
Personal and economic characteristics and age groups Donor rate Average annual donations1 Median annual donations1 Total annual donations Population distribution Percentage of total donation value
percent dollars millions of dollars percent
Total 80.1 543 125 1,687.0 100.0 100.0
Age
15 to 24 67.1 F 30E F 15.5 F
25 to 34 75.1 306 100 146.5 16.5 8.7
35 to 44 86.9 494 178 276.9 16.6 16.4
45 to 54 84.7 686E 155E 424.6E 18.9 25.2E
55 to 64 84.7 856E 230E 438.8E 15.6 26.0E
65 and older 81.2 541 175 287.3 16.9 17.0
Sex
Male 77.8 645 125 961.5 49.4 57.0
Female 82.4 449 125 725.5 50.6 43.0
Marital status2
Married or common-law 84.4 619 166 1,306.0 64.5 77.4
Single. never married 69.0 283E 50E 185.3E 24.5 11.0E
Separated or divorced 82.8 560E 169E 121.3E 6.7 7.2E
Widow or widower 79.6 604E 150E 73.9E 4.0 4.4E
Education2
Less than high school 72.2 207 50E 65.7E 13.6 5.3E
Graduated from high school 70.3 F 120 F 17.2 F
Some postsecondary 82.1 353E 84E 93.1E 9.9 7.5E
Postsecondary diploma 81.8 453 130E 392.3 32.7 31.7
University degree 88.2 906 240 688.1 26.6 55.5
Labour force status2
Employed 85.3 641 150 1,059.3 62.9 78.6
Unemployed F F F F F F
Not in the labour force 72.9 361 110 287.6 35.5 21.4
Household income
Less than $20,000 61.5 252E 50 50.1E 8.3 3.0E
$20,000 to $39,999 67.4 351 90E 160.8 17.5 9.5
$40,000 to $59,999 84.5 468 152 270.5 17.7 16.0
$60,000 to $79,999 82.5 414 100 214.3 16.2 12.7
$80,000 to $99,999 88.3 609E F 246.7E 11.9 14.6E
$100,000 or more 86.0 786 205 744.5 28.4 44.1
Presence of children in household3
No children 79.5 553 150 1,064.2 62.4 63.1
Pre-school aged children only 88.8 F 160 F 7.5 F
Both pre-school and school aged children 85.2 276E F 59.5E 6.5 3.5E
School aged children only 77.7 575E 100 407.8E 23.6 24.2E
Religious attendance2
Weekly attendance 89.7 1,240 365E 547.8 15.3 37.7
Not weekly attendance 78.4 423 110 904.7 84.7 62.3
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
1. Estimates of average and median annual donations are calculated for donors only.
2. Respondents who did not provide this information are excluded from calculations. For this reason. the sum of annual donations by category does not add to the national total.
3. Pre-school aged is defined as ages 0 to 5, while school aged is defined as ages 6 to 17. Both pre-school and school aged
children indicates the presence in the household of at least one child from each age range (i.e., at least one child aged 0 to 5 and at least one child aged 6 to 17).
Notes: Distribution of donation, estimates do not include donations toward natural disaster relief reported elsewhere. Estimates may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2010.
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