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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AmeriCorps 成员在退出服务后，受邀填写 AmeriCorps 成员退出调查（简称 AmeriCorps MES），以提供其服务体验的相关信息。通过收集成员的体验数据，AmeriCorps 及其合作伙伴能够更深入地理解如何支持其成员，同时，对成为成员感兴趣的个人也能了解到服务的益处。无论是完成整个服务期限后离开的成员，还是提前离开服务的成员，均需完成退出调查。该数据集包括成员的公民意识、社区参与度、文化适应能力以及培养的生活和职业技能（基于 AmeriCorps 成员变革理论）。此外，还包括成员的体验与培训、服务动机和离岗后的计划等方面的测量指标。任何在成员年满 18 周岁之前开始的数据均被排除在此数据集之外。自 2015 年 MES 开始以来，已有超过 360,000 名受访者参与。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可用选项中最积极两项的百分比。例如，问题 12 的可用答案包括：‘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 所选数据展示了回应‘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人百分比。请查阅此数据集附件部分下的“关于此数据集”下的 AmeriCorps 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，但仅完成部分调查内容，之后并未完成调查。未完成调查的成员的回应也被纳入 2019 年 MES 表格中比例的计算。因此，MES 每个问题的回答人数因问题而异，尽管部分完成调查的数量在给定时间段内分发的总调查数量中占比较小。已完成调查、部分完成调查以及从未开始调查的总数可在“MES 2019 总数”附件部分找到。

要查看 AmeriCorps 成员退出调查的完整副本，请参阅附件部分。本文件中未包含 AmeriCorps MES 中的所有开放式问题。

如需了解更多关于 AmeriCorps 成员退出调查的信息，请参阅以下内容：
1) AmeriCorps 成员退出调查事实说明书：https://www.americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES%20Fact%20Sheet_08282024_final_508.pdf
2) AmeriCorps 体验信息图表：https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES_Synthesis_Infographic_071924_final_508.pdf
3) AmeriCorps 成员退出调查分析：https://www.americorps.gov/evidence-exchange/highlights-americorps-member-exit-survey-2016-2020-dataset
4) AmeriCorps 成员退出调查技术研讨会：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPg4VKq5lo