Estimating giving and volunteering: New ways to measure the phenomena

Ram A. Cnaan; Kathleen H. Jones; Allison Dickin; Michele Salomon

doi:10.1177/0899764010365741

Estimating giving and volunteering: New ways to measure the phenomena

Ram A. Cnaan, Kathleen H. Jones, Allison Dickin, Michele Salomon

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Abstract

Estimating the levels of giving and volunteering in the United States relies on a few different sources: Independent Sector (until 2001) as well as by Center on Philanthropy Panel Studies (COPPS; since 2004) and the United States Census Bureau. Each of these sources uses different methodologies to measure levels of giving and volunteering in the United States yielding significantly different results. The purpose of this article is to examine current methodologies for assessing U.S. levels and characteristics of giving and volunteering and to evaluate the extent to which online methods are reliable, concurrently valid, inexpensive, and offer a flexible survey approach. The authors used six waves of a Harris Interactive online survey known as Donor Pulse, conducted within a 3-year span, as the case example.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	497-525
Number of pages	29
Journal	Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Volume	40
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764010365741
State	Published - Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Internet based
giving and volunteering
national survey
research methods

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