2020 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 2020, 46,080 surveys were completed out of 58,427, for a completion rate of 79%.

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 2020 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 2020 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

在服务期满离退后， AmeriCorps 成员被邀请完成 AmeriCorps 成员离退调查 (AmeriCorps MES)，以提供有关其服务体验的信息。通过收集成员体验数据，AmeriCorps 及其合作伙伴能够更好地理解如何支持其成员，同时有意成为成员的个人能够了解服务的益处。完成规定期限服务或提前离退服务的成员均需完成离退调查。数据包括成员的公民意识、社区参与度、文化胜任力以及发展生活与职业技能（基于 AmeriCorps 成员变革理论）。此外，还包括衡量成员经验和培训、服务动机以及离退后计划的指标。排除任何在成员年满 18 周岁之前开始的数据。自 2015 年 MES 开始以来，已有超过 360,000 名受访者。2020 年，在 58,427 份调查中完成了 46,080 份，完成率为 79%。该数据集展示了每个项目中回答每个问题所有选项中两个最积极选项的成员的百分比。例如，问题 12 的可用答案为：“大大减少可能性、稍微减少可能性、无影响、稍微增加可能性、大大增加可能性”。因此，问题 12 选择的数据显示了回答“稍微增加可能性或大大增加可能性”的成员百分比，从而提供了对问题表示赞同的个体百分比。更多信息请参阅“关于此数据集”部分的附件中的 AmeriCorps MES 数据字典文件。请注意：一些成员开始调查，仅完成调查的部分内容，而未完成调查。未完成调查的成员的回答包含在 2020 年 MES 表格中比例的计算中。因此，MES 每个问题的回答人数各不相同，尽管部分完成的调查在给定时间段内分配的总调查数量中占比较小。已完成调查、部分完成调查和未开始调查的总数可在“MES 2020 总计”部分的附件中找到。要查看 AmeriCorps 成员离退调查的完整副本，请参阅附件部分。本文件省略了 AmeriCorps MES 中的所有开放式问题。有关 AmeriCorps 成员离退调查的更多信息，请参阅以下内容：1) AmeriCorps 成员离退调查事实说明书：https://www.americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES%20Fact%20Sheet_08282024_final_508.pdf；2) AmeriCorps 体验信息图：https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES_Synthesis_Infographic_071924_final_508.pdf；3) AmeriCorps 成员离退调查分析：https://www.americorps.gov/evidence-exchange/highlights-americorps-member-exit-survey-2016-2020-dataset；4) AmeriCorps 成员离退调查技术研讨会：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPg4VKq5lo。