CPS Volunteer Supplement

Attachment A

September 2011 CPS

Volunteer Supplement

>PRESUP<

This month, we are interested in volunteer activities, that is activities for which people are not paid, except perhaps expenses.

We only want you to include volunteer activities that (you/NAME) did through or for an organization, even if (you/he/she) only did them once in a while.

<F1> Frequently asked questions [GO TO H_SUPP_FAQ]

<F1> Importance of responding [GO TO H_SUPP_I]

<1> Proceed with interview [GO TO NXTPR]

NXTPR

ENTER LINE NO: |__|__| FOR [fill name] I (also) need to talk with [fill name/READ LIST OF NEEDED PERSONS]. Is he/she at home now/Are either of them at home now/Are any of them at home now)? NO ONE ELIGIBLE, SKIP TO FIN (F10) IF ANSWERED, JUMP FORWARD (F3) GET SELF RESPONSE ONLY. WHEN DONE, F10 FOR CALLBACKS CALLBACK #: [fill number] ENTER LINE NUMBER FOR INTERVIEW: |__|__|

HOUSEHOLD ROSTER LN Q NEED NAME M AGE 01 (Person 1) 02 (Person 2) 03 (Person 3) : : 16 (Person 16)

***DO NOT READ, INTERVIEWER CHECK ITEM***

(ONLY TAKE A PROXY IF THIS IS THE 2ND CALLBACK, THE PERSON WILL NOT RETURN BEFORE CLOSEOUT OR THE HOUSEHOLD IS GETTING IRRITATED.)

>NXTPR3< Is this a Self or Proxy response?

<1> Self

<2> Proxy

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>EPROXY< *** DO NOT READ ***

*** POSSIBLE ERROR ****

You have picked PROXY for (name of person talking about) even though (name of respondent) is the current respondent.

Are you currently talking to (name of respondent)?

<1> Yes, SELF interview (Go to S1)

<2> No (Go to NXTPER5)

===>_

NXTPER5

DO NOT ASK ENTER LINE NUMBER OF CURRENT RESPONDENT |__|__|

HOUSEHOLD ROSTER LN NAME 01 (Person 1) 02 (Person 2) 03 (Person 3) : 16 (Person 16)

>S1<

Since September 1^st of last year, (have you/has NAME) done any volunteer activities through or for an organization?

<1> Yes [Go to S3]

<2> No [Go to S2]

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Blind <D> [GO TO S2]

Blind <R> [Proxy GO TO CK1, Self Response GO TO NXTPR or END]

>S2<

Sometimes people don’t think of activities they do infrequently or activities they do for children’s schools or youth organizations as volunteer activities. Since September 1^st of last year, (have you/has he/has she) done any of these types of volunteer activities?

<1> Yes [GO TO S3]

<2> No [GO TO S17]

==> _

Blind <D> [GO TO S17]

Blind <R> [Proxy GO TO CK1, Self Response GO TO NXTPR or END]

_____________________________________________________________________________

>S3<

How many different organizations (have you/has he/has she) volunteered through or for in the last year, that is, since September 1, 2010?

<1> 1

<2> 2

<3> 3

<4> 4

<5> 5

<6> 6

<7 > 7 or more

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Blind <D> [GO TO S4A]

Blind <R> [Go to S15]

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>S4A<

(What organization is it?/What organizations are they?)

ENTER NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION (1 PER SCREEN)

IF RESPONDENT DOESN’T KNOW NAME OF ORG., ASK “WHAT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION IS IT?” AND RECORD VERBATIM RESPONSE

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Blind <D or R> [Go to S15]

>S4A1<

ASK IF NECESSARY. DO NOT READ CATEGORIES ALOUD.

What type of organization is that?

<1> Religious org. <9> Hospital, clinic, or healthcare org.

<2> Children’s educational, sports, <10> Immigrant/refugee assistance

or recreational group <11>International org.

<3> Other educational group <12> Labor union, business or

<4> Social and community service professional org.

group <13> Political party or advocacy group

<5> Civic org. <14> Public safety org.

<6> Cultural or arts org. <15> Sports or hobby group

<7> Environmental or animal care org. <16> Youth services org.

<8> Health research or health <17> Some other type of org. [go to S4As]

education org.

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Blind <D> <R> [Go to PRE_S4B]

[If <17> GO TO >S4As ]

>S4As<

ENTER VERBATIM RESPONSE (TYPE OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION)

>PRE_S4B<

[Optional text] Any other organizations?

<1> Yes Go to S4B

<2> No Go to S5A

>S4(B-G)<

What other organization?

ENTER NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION (1 PER SCREEN).

IF RESPONDENT DOESN’T KNOW NAME OF ORG., ASK “WHAT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION IS IT?” AND RECORD VERBATIM RESPONSE.

==>________________________________________________________________

Blind <D> [Go to PRE_S5]

Blind <R> [Go to PRE_S5]

>S4(B_G)1<

ASK IF NECESSARY. DO NOT READ CATEGORIES ALOUD.

What type of organization is that?

<1> Religious org. <9> Hospital, clinic, or healthcare org.

<2> Children’s educational, sports, <10> Immigrant/refugee assistance

or recreational group <11> International org.

<3> Other educational group <12> Labor union, business or

<4> Social and community service professional org.

group <13> Political party or advocacy group

<5> Civic org. <14> Public safety org.

<6> Cultural or arts org. <15> Sports or hobby group

<7> Environmental or animal care org. <16> Youth services org.

<8> Health research or health <17> Some other type of org. [go to S4Bs]

education org.

==>__

Blind <D> <R> [Go to next in cycle, or PRE_S5]

[If <17> GO TO >S4Bs ]

>S4Bs<

ENTER VERBATIM RESPONSE (TYPE OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION)

=>___________________________________________________________________________

>PRE_S4C

[Optional text] Any other organizations?

<1> Yes Go to S4C

<2> No Go to S5A

S4C, S4D, S4E, S4F, and S4G format same as >S4B<

>S5(A-G)<

During how many different weeks in the last year did (you/he/she) do volunteer activities for (fill S4A - S4G)?

ENTER NUMBER OF WEEKS [1-52]. ENTER 52 IF EVERY WEEK.

<0> Less than one week [Go to S7]

==>__ [1-52] [Go to S6]

Blind <D> [Go to S7]

Blind <R>

>S6(A-G)<

In those (fill on-path entry for S5A - S5G) weeks that (you/he/she) volunteered for (fill on-path entry for S4A@a - S4G@a), how many hours per week did (you/he/she) do volunteer activities?

<0> Varies [Go to S7]

==> Verify if entry > 40

Blind <D> or <R>

>S7(A-G)<

How many hours did (you/he/she) do volunteer activities for (fill on-path entry for S4A-S4G) in the last year?

==> _

Blind <D> or <R>

Verify if entry > 99.

>S8<

Now I’m going to ask you about activities (you /NAME) might have done for (Fill #2) in the last year. For each activity that I mention, please tell me – yes or no – whether (you/he/she) did that activity for that organization in the last year. Since September 1, 2010, did (you/he/she) --

READ AND MARK ALL THAT APPLY.

<1> Coach, referee, or supervise sports teams

<2> Tutor or teach

<3> Mentor youth

<4> Be an usher, greeter, or minister

<5> Collect, prepare, distribute, or serve food

<6> Collect, make or distribute clothing, crafts, or goods other than food

<7> Fundraise or sell items to raise money

<8> Provide counseling, medical care, fire/EMS, or protective services

<9> Provide general office services

<10> Provide professional or management assistance including serving on a board or committee

<11> Engage in music, performance, or other artistic activities

<12> Engage in general labor; supply transportation for people

<13> Other (specify) [GO TO S8s]

=>__

Blind <D> OR <R> [GO TO S9]

>S8s<

ENTER VERBATIM RESPONSE (TYPE OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY)

=>______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

>Help screen<

<1> Coach, referee, or supervise sports teams

<2> Tutor or teach (includes reading to children or adults, assisting teachers, helping with homework or school projects)

<3> Mentor youth (includes being a Boy Scout/Girl Scout Leader, Big Brother/Big Sister, or engaging in other mentoring activities)

<4> Be an usher, greeter, or minister (includes showing people to their seats, giving directions, handing out programs and other materials)

<5> Collect, prepare, distribute, or serve food (includes serving meals in shelters, packaging meals for distribution)

<6> Collect, make or distribute clothing, crafts, or goods other than food (includes gathering clothes for a clothing drive, producing hand made items such as quilts, collecting furniture)

<7> Fundraise or sell items to raise money (includes manning concession booths, working in thrift stores, or at events for which the purpose is to raise money)

<8> Provide counseling, medical care, fire/EMS, or protective services

<9> Provide general office services (includes clerical, administrative activities, running errands, manning information booths)

<10> Provide professional or management assistance including serving on a board or committee, (DOES NOT INCLUDE medical or emergency care but INCLUDES providing legal, computer, or accounting services)

<11> Engage in music, performance, or other artistic activities (includes choir, musical, dance, theatrical performances, fine arts)

<12> Engage in general labor; supply transportation for people (includes building, repairing, or cleaning indoors or outdoors, driving school teams to games or practices, driving people to a political rally)

<13> Other (includes campaigning, registering people to vote, political activities, and any other activities which do not belong in one of the above categories)

>S8a<

Which of the activities that (you/he/she) performed did (you/NAME)

spend the most time doing for (Fill ) last year?

**READ ANSWERS IF NECESSARY**

[Fill_1]

[Fill_2]

[Fill_3]

[Fill_4]

[Fill_5]

[Fill_6]

[Fill_7]

[Fill_8]

[Fill_9]

[Fill_10]

[Fill_11]

[Fill_12]

[Fill_13]

<14> Equal time among all

=>__ Go to S9

Blind <D> <R> Go to S9

>S9<

Now I’d like to ask you how (you/he/she) first became a volunteer for (Fill #2). Did (you/he/she) approach the organization (yourself/himself/herself), (were you/was he/was she) asked by someone, or did (you/he/she) become involved in some other way?

<1> Approached the organization [Go to S15]

<2> Was asked [Go to S10]

<3> Some other way [GO TO S11]

==>_

Blind <D> or <R> [Go to S15]

>S10< Who asked (you/him/her) to become a volunteer for this organization?

<1> Friend [Go to S15]

<2> Relative [Go to S15]

<3> Co-worker [Go to S15]

<4> Someone in the organization/school [Go to S15]

<5> Boss or employer [Go to S15]

<6> Someone else/specify [Go to S11s]

==> _

Blind <D> or <R> [Go to S15]

>S11<

READ IF NECESSARY: PLEASE DESCRIBE HOW (YOU/HE/SHE) BECAME INVOLVED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION?

<1> Court-ordered community service

<2> Family member’s involvement in the organization/school

<3> Friend’s, co-worker’s, or roommate’s involvement in the organization

<4> Own involvement in organization/school

<5> Public housing requirement

<6> Referred to by volunteer organization

<7> Responded to public appeal in newspaper/radio/TV/flyer/Internet

<8> School requirement

<9> Other/ Specify [Go to S11s]

==> _

<1 – 8>, Blind <D> or <R> [Go to S15]

>S11s<

ENTER VERBATIM RESPONSE (HOW PERSON BECAME A VOLUNTEER)

=>_

[Go to S15]

________________________________________________________________________

>S15< Did any of the volunteer work (you have/he has/she has) done since September 1st of last

year take place in a foreign country, that is, outside the United States or any of its territories?

<1> Yes [Go to S15.5]

<2> No [Go to S16.3]

==> _

Blind <D> <R> [Go to S16.3]

> S15.5< Considering all of the volunteer work (you have/he has/she has) done since September 1^st of last year, about how much of it was done abroad? Would you say:

<1> All or almost all

<2> More than half

<3> About half

<4> Less than half

<5> Very little

==> _

Blind <D> <R>

All responses [Go to S16.3]

>S16.3< [Fill if S15 = 1: Other than (your/his/her) volunteering abroad,] Did any of the volunteer work (you have/NAME has) done since September 1^st of last year take place more than 120 miles from your home?

<1> Yes [Go to S16.4]

<2> No [Go to S17]

==> _

Blind <D> or <R> [GO TO S17]

> S16.4< Considering all of the volunteer work (you have/he has/she has) done [Fill if S15 = 1: in the United States] since September 1^st of last year, about how much of it was done more than 120 miles from your home? Would you say:

<1> All or almost all

<2> More than half

<3> About half

<4> Less than half

<5> Very little

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Blind <D> <R>

All responses [Go to S16.5]

>S16.5< In what state or states did it take place?

(Interviewer Note – Include the respondent’s home state if they traveled 120 miles or more to the site and were still within their home state.)

==> _

Blind <D> <R>

All responses [Go to S17]

______________________________________________________________________________

> S17<

Now I'd like to ask about some of (your/NAMES) involvement in (your/his/her) community. Since September 1^st, 2010, (have you/has he/has she) attended any public meetings in which there was discussion of community affairs?

<1> Yes [Go to S18]

<2> No [Go to S18]

==> _

Blind <D or R> [Go to S18]

__________________________________________________________________________

>S18<

Since September 1^st, 2010, (have you/has he/has she) worked with other people from (your/his/her) neighborhood to fix a problem or improve a condition in your community or elsewhere?

<1> Yes [GO TO S19]

<2> No [GO TO S19]

==> _

Blind <D or R> [GO TO S19]

_________________________________________________________________________

>S19<

Now I I'd like to ask just one question about donations to charitable and religious organizations. Charitable organizations focus on areas such as poverty and disaster relief, health care and medical research, education, arts, and the environment.

During the past 12 months, did (you/he/she) donate money, assets, or property with a combined value of more than $25 to charitable or religious organizations?

<1> Yes [GO TO CK1, Self Response GO TO NXTPR or END]]

<2> No [Proxy GO TO CK1, Self Response GO TO NXTPR or END]

==> _

Blind <D or R> [Proxy GO TO CK1, Self Response GO TO NXTPR or END]

CK1

***DO NOT READ**** Enter the line number of the person who answered the supplement questions for (NAME).

HOUSEHOLD ROSTER LN NAME 01 (Person 1) 02 (Person 2) 03 (Person 3) : : 16 (Person 16)

END

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