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Senior Corps Tuesday Talk: Senior Corps Volunteer Research Synthesis August 15, 2017 3:30pm ET Housekeeping All lines on mute This session is being recorded Audio problems? Try calling in. Video problems? Try disconnecting and

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Senior Corps Tuesday Talk:

Senior Corps Volunteer Research Synthesis

August 15, 2017 3:30pm ET

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Housekeeping

  • All lines on mute
  • This session is being recorded
  • Audio problems? Try calling in.
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reconnecting.

  • Questions
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Our Guests

Adrienne DiTommaso

Senior Evidence and Data Use Specialist Office of Research and Evaluation CNCS

Joseph Breems

Policy and Programs Analyst Office of Research and Evaluation CNCS

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Agenda

  • Look at demographic data to get a clearer picture of

the average Senior Corps volunteer.

  • Investigate what typically motivates the average Senior

Corps volunteer to serve.

  • Review psycho social data to understand the health

and wellbeing of the average Senior Corps volunteer.

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Research and Data Used

  • Senior Corps Study: Foster

Grandparents and Senior Companions (2014)

  • First Report of the National

Evaluation of RSVP Volunteers (2015)

  • Senior Corps Longitudinal Study:

Impact of Service on Volunteers and Beneficiaries (ongoing)

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Who are our volunteers?

Volunteer Demographics Data

Designed by Freepik

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Senior Corps volunteers by state

New York, California, Florida, Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania highest percentages of Senior Corp Volunteers among the 50 States and Territories have the

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Current concentration of seniors by state

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Growth in number of seniors by state

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Age

Average age of a Senior Corps volunteer is 73 younger (appx. 66). ; however, median age is

Average Age of Senior Corps Volunteers

71.809 71.82 74.13

70 71 72 73 74 75

SCP FGP RSVP

Age in years

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Age

Average Volunteer Age By Program SCP/FGP All Volunteers versus New Volunteers

71.8 66.1 71.8 66.0 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 Full Program New Members

SCP FGP

All volunteers New volunteers

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Gender

Across Senior Corps volunteers are overwhelmingly female.

Gender Participation By Program

16 9 26 84 91 74

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

SCP FGP RSVP Percent

Male Female

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Race

Significant differences can be seen comparing FGP/SCP to RSVP.

Race Distribution by Program

45 45 87 41 38 4 2 2 1 3 3 3 4 6 6 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

FGP SCP RSVP Percentage White AFAM AIAK ASPI Other

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Ethnicity

These differences carry through when looking at Hispanic/non Hispanic percentages.

  • Hispanic Origin of Senior Corps Volunteers

14.9 12.6 3.1 81.9 84.5 96.9 3.2 2.9 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0

SCP FGP RSVP Percentage Hispanic Not Hispanic Don't Know

Ethnicity

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Education Levels

More highly educated volunteers trend toward RSVP as opposed to FGP and SCP.

Percent of Education Level by Program

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

RSVP FGP SCP Percentage

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Education Levels

Education Levels By Program SCP/FGP All Volunteers versus New Volunteers

26.1 31.6 24.0 13.6 10.7 30.7 41.4 17.3 21.3 36.4 25.6 12.3 13.3 29.1 44.0 13.6 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Less Than HS HS Diploma Some College BA or Higher Less Than HS HS Diploma Some College BA or Higher Full Program New Member Percentage

SCP FGP

All volunteers New volunteers

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Questions/Comments

  • What questions do you have?
  • What surprised you?
  • How does your specific program differ? Why?
  • What, if anything, would you like to see different?
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Why do our volunteers serve?

Volunteer Motivations Data

Designed by Freepik

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Motivation to Volunteer – SCP/FGP

Motivation To Volunteer

Percentage

12 4 5

Not at all A little Somewhat A lot A great deal

7 6 8 11

17 6 3 5 8 7 8 3 3 9 4 37 19 15 18 28 20 24 14 16 28 30 16 32 34 29 29 29 27 29 31 25 66 17 40 46 40 29 40 33 52 49 27

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

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Learning about Service – SCP/FGP

The most frequent ways volunteers learned about service opportunities were:

  • “From a friend” - 65%
  • “Word of mouth” - 30%
  • “Printed brochure or poster” - 15%
  • “Community outreach talks” - 10%
  • “Church” - 7%

FGP more likely “From a friend”; SCP more likely “Word of mouth”

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Questions/Comments

  • What questions do you have?
  • What surprised you?
  • How does your specific program differ? Why?
  • What, if anything, would you like to see different?
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How healthy are our volunteers?

Volunteer Psycho-Social Data

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Volunteering can improve the health

  • f older Americans because…
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Life Satisfaction

FGP and SCP show strong similarities across most measures.

Satisfied With Life as a Whole

.5 1.7 19.7 45.2 33.0 .4 1.6 18.6 45.6 33.6 .0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0 45.0 50.0

Not at all satisfied Not very satisfied Somewhat satisfied Very satisfied Completely Satisfied SCP FGP Percentage

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Life Satisfaction cont.

Life Satisfaction By Program

20 19 38 35 45 46 37 44 33 34 17 15 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

SCP FGP SCP FGP Cross-Sectional- All Volunteers Longitudinal Baseline- New Volunteers

Percentage

Not at all satisfied Not very satisfied Somewhat satisfied Very satisfied Completely Satisfied

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Health Status

Self Reported Health Status

1 17 43 31 9 1 16 43 31 9 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent SCP FGP Percentage

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Health Status cont.

Self Rated Health By Program

17 16 21 13 43 43 44 47 31 31 25 32 9 9 10 7 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

SCP FGP SCP FGP Cross-Sectional- All Volunteers Longitudinal Baseline- New Volunteers

Percentage

Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent

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Connectivity

Again we see the gap between RSVP and SCP/FGP over several measures.

There Are People You Feel Close To

2 29 69 2 27 71 4 15 80 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Hardly ever or never Some of the time Often SCP FGP RSVP Percentage

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Companionship

Feel That You Lack Companionship

47 42 11 46 44 10 71 22 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Hardly ever or never Some of the time Often SCP FGP Percentage

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Self-Efficacy

Can do the things that I want to do

6 8 6 11 31 38 7 8 6 11 31 38 2 2 2 6 24 64 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Strongly disagree Somewhat disagree Slightly disagree Slightly agree Somewhat agree or Strongly agree SCP FGP RSVP Percentage

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Highlights from FGP/SCP Longitudinal Study After one year of service with FGP/SCP:

  • 46% of studied volunteers reported improved health and

wellbeing

– More than one third who began in “good” health reported improvements

  • 63% of studied volunteers reported a decrease in feelings of

isolation

– 67% who began “often” lacking companionship reported improvements

  • Studied volunteers reported fewer symptoms of depression

– 63% who began with three or four symptoms reported fewer – 70% who began with five or more symptoms reported fewer

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Questions/Comments

  • What questions do you have?
  • What surprised you?
  • How does your specific program differ? Why?
  • What, if anything, would you like to see different?