Charitable Giving for HIV and AIDS: Results from a Canadian National Survey

Dan Allman, Liviana Calzavara, Catherine Worthington, Mark Tyndall, Alix Adrien, Melissa Walters, Samantha White and Marcella K Jones

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 8, 1-10

Abstract: Background: For the first time, a national survey of adults in Canada posed questions on charitable giving for HIV and AIDS. The objective of this analysis was to explore the behaviour and attitudes of this population in terms of charitable giving. Methods: In 2011, individuals in Canada 16 years of age or older were recruited for a survey from an online panel supplemented by random digit dial telephone interviewing. The margin of error was +/−2.1 percentage points (95%). Chi-square tests were used to detect bivariate associations. A multivariate logistic regression model was fit to compare those who had donated to HIV and AIDS in the past 12 months with those who had donated to other disease or illness charities. Results: 2,139 participated. 82.5% had donated to a charitable cause in the past 12 months. 22.2% had ever donated to HIV and AIDS, with 7.8% doing so in the past 12 months. Individuals who had donated to HIV and AIDS versus other disease or illness charities tended to be younger (p

Date: 2014
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