Survey of Volunteer Activity, 1987 [Canada]: Screening, Person File

• Main Author: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Group
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Borealis 1990
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Care; Charitable organizations. Child care needs; Children; Companionship; Consulting; Culture; Education; Elderly; Employment; Ethnic groups; Family; Hours; Housing; Income; Job; Language; Literacy; Postsecondary education; Religion; Seniors; Skills; Social services; Unemployment; Volunteers; Volunteer organizations; Youth; Canada; Indian; Northwest Territories; Yukon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/KKV0WT

The Survey of Volunteer Activity (VAS) was undertaken by Statistics Canada to profile the characteristics of individual volunteers. This survey provides previously unavailable information regarding the activities of volunteers, the organizational settings in which these activities take place, reasons for becoming volunteers, the amount and pattern of time spent on these activities, the cost of volunteering as well as personal opinions on aspects of voluntary experience. The Screening/Person File includes data useful in estimating the number and demographic characteristics of formal, informal and non-volunteers in the population. The Survey of Volunteer Activity was conducted as a supplement to Statistics Canadas November 1987 Labour Force Survey (LFS). Coverage includes all Canadian individuals aged 15 and over excluding residents of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, inmates of institutions, full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces and residents of Indian reserves.