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Table 6 Statistical Comparison of Volunteers’ Reasons to Stop Volunteering (n (%) reporting ‘very influential’) by School Street Site

From: Promoting children’s health through community-led street interventions: analyzing sustained voluntarism in Canadian School Streets

Survey Question

Category

Pooled Total

(n=56)

SS A (n=31)

SS B (n=25)

Chi-Square Statistic

Fisher's Exact Test (2-sided)

p-value

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

How infuential were the following factors in your decision to stop volunteering for the SS initiative?

My availability changed

19 (86)

11 (79)

8 (100)

1.985

0.273

Moved away from the area

6 (27)

4 (29)

2 (25)

0.033

1.000

Poor weather

2 (9)

2 (14)

0 (0)

1.257

0.515

Program was too far from my home

1 (5)

1 (7)

0 (0)

0.599

1.000

Program was not what I expected

1 (5)

1 (7)

0 (0)

0.599

1.000

Shifts were too long

0

0

0

Constant

Constant

Shifts were too frequent

0

0

0

Constant

Constant

Conflicts with motorists

0

0

0

Constant

Constant

Felt unappreciated

0

0

0

Constant

Constant

  1. The p-values represent differences between volunteers of School Street A and School Street B
  2. SS School Street