Perceived Effects of International Volunteering - Center for Social ...

Table 1: Respondent Characteristics by Sending Organization (N=291)
CCS (N = 97) WorldTeach (N = 194)
Demographic Category Frequency Percentagei Education
Frequency Percentage
Some college or less 12 16.7% 6 4.4%
Bachelors degree 31 43.1% 82 60.3%
Masters degree 21 29.2% 41 30.1%
PhD MD or other professional degree
Individual income
8 11.1% 7 5.1%
Less than $5,000 3 4.3% 30 22.5%
$5,000-$14,999 9 12.8% 24 18%
$15,000-$24,999 4 5.7% 15 11.3%
$25,000-$39,999 8 11.5% 16 12.1%
$40,000-$59,999 10 14.3% 21 15.7%
$60,000-$99,999 13 18.5% 4 3.1%
$100,000 or more 8 11.5% 5 3.8%
Don’t know or refused
Marital status
15 21.4% 18 13.5%
Married 18 25.4% 25 18.4%
Single never married 37 52.1% 102 75.0%
Widowed or divorced 9 12.7% 4 2.9%
In a domestic partnership
Race
7 9.9% 5 3.7%
Black or African American 3 4.2% 4 3.0%
White or Caucasian 56 78.9% 111 82.8%
Asian 7 9.9% 10 7.5%
Other
Gender
5 7.0% 9 6.7%
Female 83 85.6% 141 72.7%
Male
Year of service
13 13.4% 53 27.3%
2002 28 28.9% 46 23.7%
2006 68 70.1% 148 76.3%
Total weeks lived internationally ii 73.2 (1.4 years) 102.1 (2 years)
Mean age at year of service 32.9 iii 24.5
Total weeks volunteering with program 6.1 43.1
Mean occupational experience (years)
i
Valid percentage (does not include missing values)
15.0 4.3
ii
Number reflects total time lived internationally, volunteering, or otherwise.
iii
The mean age of the CCS sample is significantly higher than the average alumni population in 2002 and
2006 (CCS μ = 27.6, WorldTeach μ = 24.3), indicating a possible response bias. Other demographics such as
the gender ratio, however, are representative.
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