For the past two decades, AmeriCorps and the U.S. Census Bureau have conducted the most robust national survey about volunteerism and other forms of civic engagement in the United States. This webinar provides an overview of the Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering supplement (CEV), including how the survey came to be, how it takes the pulse of the nation’s civic health every two years, and examples of how CEV data supports evidence-based decision making and efforts to understand how people make a difference in communities across the country and over time. It also offers practical guidance about how to access CEV data and topline findings from 2017, 2019, and 2021at Data.AmeriCorps.gov.
Learning Objectives
- Build knowledge on the history of the CPS Civic Engagement and Volunteering Supplement.
- Gain awareness of the constructs, domains, and types of questions that can be answered from the data and the types of analyses ORE can conduct with said data.
- Learn what ORE currently knows about historical trends in the CEV data and what analyses are on the horizon.
- Demonstrate familiarity with how the CEV data disaggregated by timeframe, demographics, programs, and more.
Resources
- AmeriCorps Open Data Portal
- AmeriCorps Impact Webinar: What is Civic Engagement? Exploring New Paradigms
- Volunteering and Civic Life in America Research
- U.S. Census Bureau’s America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
- 2017-2021 CEV Datasets and Full Documentation
- Spotlighting the CEV Series: Formal Volunteering and Informal Helping in America
- New Statistics on Volunteering & Civic Life with Dr. Mary Hyde Podcast
- Civic Engagement and Volunteering Supplement Measures Graphic
- Spotlighting the CEV Series: Work and Civic Life
- Spotlighting the CEV Series: Formal Volunteering Intensity
- Spotlighting the CEV Series: Engaging with Neighbors