2019 AmeriCorps MES: AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey

Upon exiting service, AmeriCorps members are invited to complete the AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey (AmeriCorps MES) to provide information on their service experiences. By collecting data on member experiences, AmeriCorps and its partners can better understand how to support its members, while individuals interested in becoming a member can see the benefits of serving. Members that leave service after completing their full term or members that depart from service early both complete the exit survey. The data includes information on members’ civic-mindedness, community involvement, cultural competency, and developed life and career skills (based on the AmeriCorps Member Theory of Change). As well as measures of members’ experience and training, motivations to serve, and post-service plans. Any data on members that started prior to them turning 18 years of age is excluded from this data. Since the start of the MES in 2015, there have been over 360,000 respondents. In 2019, 49,179 surveys were completed out of 62,602, for a completion rate of 78%.

The dataset displays the decimal percentages of members in each program that answered with the two most positive selections of each question’s available options. For example, the available answers for Question 12 are: ‘Much less likely, Somewhat less likely, No effect, Somewhat more likely, and Much more likely’. The data selected for Question 12 thus displays the percentage of members that responded with ‘Somewhat more likely or Much more likely’, therein providing the percentage of individuals who responded favorably to the question. Please access the AmeriCorps MES Data Dictionary file in the Attachments section under About This Dataset for more information.

To note: some members begin the survey, complete only a selection of the survey, and never finish the survey after starting. The responses of members that do not finish the survey are included in the calculations of proportions in the 2019 MES table. As a result, the total number of individuals answering each question of the MES varies question to question, though the number of partially finished surveys represent a fairly small portion of the total overall number of surveys given out in a given timeframe. The total number of finished surveys, partially completed surveys, and surveys that were never started can be found in the attachments section under "MES 2019 Total Counts".

To view a full copy of the AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey, please see the attachments section. All Open-ended questions featured on the AmeriCorps MES are omitted from this file

For more information on the AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey, please see:
1) AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey Fact Sheet: https://www.americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES%20Fact%20Sheet_08282024_final_508.pdf
2) The AmeriCorps Experience Infographic: https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES_Synthesis_Infographic_071924_final_508.pdf
3) AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey Analysis: https://www.americorps.gov/evidence-exchange/highlights-americorps-member-exit-survey-2016-2020-dataset
4) AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey Technical Webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPg4VKq5lo
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在服务期满离岗后，美国公民社（AmeriCorps）成员被邀请完成美国公民社成员离岗调查（AmeriCorps MES），以提供其服务经历的信息。通过收集成员的经历数据，美国公民社及其合作伙伴能够更深入地理解如何支持其成员，同时，对于有意成为成员的个人而言，亦能了解到服务的益处。完成服务期限或提前离岗的成员均需完成离岗调查。数据内容涵盖了成员的公民意识、社区参与度、文化适应能力以及培养的生活与职业技能（基于美国公民社成员变革理论）。此外，还包括对成员经历与培训、服务动机以及离岗计划等方面的评估。任何在成员年满18岁之前开始的数据均被排除在外。自2015年MES启动以来，已有超过36万受访者参与。2019年，在62,602份调查中，共有49,179份调查完成，完成率为78%。

数据集展示了每个项目中成员对每个问题选项中两项最积极选择的十进制百分比。例如，问题12的可选答案包括：‘可能性大大降低，可能性略有降低，无影响，可能性略有增加，可能性大大增加’。因此，问题12的数据展示了选择‘可能性略有增加或可能性大大增加’的成员百分比，从而提供了对问题表示积极回应的个体百分比。请查阅此数据集“关于此数据集”部分下的附件中的“美国公民社MES数据字典文件”以获取更多信息。

需要注意的是，一些成员开始填写调查，但仅完成调查的一部分，并未完成整个调查。未完成调查的成员的回应被纳入2019年MES表格中比例的计算。因此，MES中每个问题的回答人数因问题而异，尽管部分完成的调查数量在特定时间段内发放的总调查数量中占比较小。完成调查的总数、部分完成调查数以及从未开始调查的数量可在“MES 2019总计数”附件中找到。

要查看完整的美国公民社成员离岗调查副本，请参阅附件部分。所有在 AmeriCorps MES 中出现的开放式问题均未包含在此文件中。

有关美国公民社成员离岗调查的更多信息，请参阅以下资料：
1) 美国公民社成员离岗调查事实说明书：https://www.americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES%20Fact%20Sheet_08282024_final_508.pdf
2) 美国公民社体验信息图：https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES_Synthesis_Infographic_071924_final_508.pdf
3) 美国公民社成员离岗调查分析：https://www.americorps.gov/evidence-exchange/highlights-americorps-member-exit-survey-2016-2020-dataset
4) 美国公民社成员离岗调查技术研讨会：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPg4VKq5lo