National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating 2000 (NSGVP) * "NOTE TO USERS OF THE 1997 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and * Participating MICRODATA FILES" * * In 1987 the Survey is called: * Survey of Volunteer Activity 1987 (vas) * l'Enquête sur le bénévolat 1987 (eb) * * OLC 89M0011XDB Information on our Products and Services * SDDS 3865 Statistical Data Documentation System Abstract: National Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating (NSGVP) which was undertaken to better understand how Canadians support individuals and communities on their own or through their involvement with charitable and nonprofit organizations. The NSGVP was conducted as a supplement to the Labour Force Survey. For this survey, thousands of Canadians aged 15 and over were asked how they: gave money and other resources to individuals and to organizations; volunteered time to help others and to enhance their communities; and participated in the practices which help give substance to active citizenship. The results from this survey allow this report to tell a story about who Canada's volunteers, charitable donors and civic participators are and the ways in which they contribute to our society. This survey collected information about: - the activities of volunteers, who benefit from these activities and the settings in which the activity take place; - the satisfaction people gain from volunteering; - the amount and patterns of time that people spend volunteering through organizations; - the training and supervision people receive during their volunteer experiences through organizations; - the out-of-pocket expenses connected with voluntary activities through organizations. OLC 89M0017XDB Information on our Products and Services SDDS 4430 Statistical Data Documentation System ========================================= THERE ARE THREE DATA FILES FOR THE NSGVP. The main answer file, the volunteer event file and the giver event file. To link between files use the variable MICRO_ID. main data file: This is the main answer file and contains one record per respondent. All questions except for those on the volunteer event files and giver event files are located here. In addition, summary derived variables have been created from the volunteer event and the giver event files and placed on the MAIN file. Use the MICRO_ID to link with other files. volunteer data file: This is the volunteer organization answer file. It will contain 1-3 records per person who volunteered (1 per organization the respondent volunteered with). This file contains information on the type of organization for which the individual volunteered, and the number of hours volunteered for the organization. giver data file: This is the charitable donation answer file. It will contain 1-55 records per person per solicitation method who made a charitable donation. Each record represents 1 donation made to a charitable organization. For each donation made, this file contains information on the type of organization to whom the donation was made as well as the value of the donation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SURVEY STRUCTURE FOR THE DLI COLLECTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File(s) Prefix nsgvp : National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating 00 : Survey Year...........(2000) main : main answer file .....(Giving, Volunteering and Participating) giv : giver event file......(Giving) vol : volunteer event file..(Volunteering) dat : Data rcl : Record Layout cbk : Codebook gid : Documentation and User's guide (U.G.) que : Questionnaire File(s) Suffix (extension) .pdf : Adobe Acrobat .wp : WordPerfect 6 and previous version .wpd : Wordperfect 7 .xls : Microsoft Excel .zip : WinZip compressed file(s) .exe : self extract .dat : Data file(s) .sas : SAS code .sps : SPSS code .txt : Text file(s) NOTE: -file(s) with extension .pdf, .wp, .wpd, .xls, .zip, .exe are Binary and -file(s) with extension .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt are Ascii ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIRECTORY: /dli/nsgvp/2000 /dli/nsgvp/2000/data /dli/nsgvp/2000/doc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- DATA FILE(S): ------------- DIRECTORY: /dli/nsgvp/2000/data/ filename size description nsgvp00maindat.zip 1 310 720 compressed Nsgvp00_Main_Micro.txt 497 Maximum line length (in file Nsgvp00_Main_Micro.txt), constant records 14724 Line feeds 7347276 Total characters ======== filename size description nsgvp00givdat.zip 348 160 compressed Nsgvp00_Gs_Micro.txt 28 Maximum line length (in file Nsgvp00_Gs_Micro.txt), constant records 56280 Line feeds 1688400 Total characters ======== filename size description nsgvp00voldat.zip 229 376 compressed Nsgvp00_Vd_Micro.txt 82 Maximum line length (in file Nsgvp00_Vd_Micro.txt), constant records 13067 Line feeds 1097628 uncompressed NOTE: -file(s) with extension .pdf, .wp, .wpd, .xls, .zip, .exe are Binary and -file(s) with extension .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt are Ascii =============================================================================== ----------------- DOCUMENTATION(S): ----------------- DIRECTORY: /dli/nsgvp/2000/doc/ filename description nsgvp00gid.pdf, wpd Documentation and User's guide (U.G.) ".pdf 179 pages", ".wpd 177 pages" nsgvp00que.pdf, wpd Questionnaire nsgvp00maincbk.pdf, wpd Codebook "main answer file" nsgvp00givcbk. pdf, wpd Codebook "giver event file......(Giving)" nsgvp00volcbk. pdf, wpd Codebook "volunteer event file..(Volunteering)" -------------------------------------- COMMAND FILE(S): SPSS code and/or SAS -------------------------------------- DIRECTORY /dli/nsgvp/2000/doc/ filename description nsgvp00main SPSS,SAS Code "main answer file" nsgvp00giv SPSS,SAS Code "Giving" nsgvp00vol SPSS,SAS Code "Volunteering" NOTE: -file(s) with extension .pdf, .wp, .wpd, .xls, .zip, .exe are Binary and -file(s) with extension .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt are Ascii ===============================================================================