2021 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 2021, 46,233 surveys were completed out of 57,445, for a completion rate of 80%.

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 2021 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 2021 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

在服务期满离岗之际，美国志愿服务团（AmeriCorps）成员被邀请完成美国志愿服务团成员离岗调查（AmeriCorps MES），以提供关于其服务经历的信息。通过收集成员经历的数据，美国志愿服务团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，也能直观地了解服务的益处。无论是完成全部服务期限离岗的成员，还是提前离岗的成员，均需完成离岗调查。数据中包含了成员的公民意识、社区参与度、文化适应能力以及培养的生活与职业技能（基于美国志愿服务团成员变革理论）。此外，还包括了成员的经历与培训、服务动机以及离岗后的计划。排除在此数据之外的是那些在18岁之前开始服务的成员的数据。自2015年MES项目启动以来，已有超过36万受访者。2021年，在57,445份调查中，共有46,233份调查完成，完成率为80%。该数据集展示了每个项目中成员对每个问题选项中最积极两个选择的十进制百分比。例如，问题12的可选答案包括：“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所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正面回应的个体百分比。欲了解更多信息，请访问“关于此数据集”部分下的附件中的 AmeriCorps MES 数据字典文件。请注意：一些成员开始填写调查，但仅完成调查的部分内容，并从未完成调查。未完成调查的成员的回答被包含在2021年MES表格中比例的计算中。因此，MES每个问题的回答人数因问题而异，尽管未完成调查的数量在给定时间段内发放的总调查数量中仅占一小部分。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 2021 总计数”部分的附件中找到。要查看美国志愿服务团成员离岗调查的完整副本，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。有关美国志愿服务团成员离岗调查的更多信息，请参阅以下内容：1）美国志愿服务团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）美国志愿服务团经历信息图：https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/MES_Synthesis_Infographic_071924_final_508.pdf；3）美国志愿服务团成员离岗调查分析：https://www.americorps.gov/evidence-exchange/highlights-americorps-member-exit-survey-2016-2020-dataset；4）美国志愿服务团成员离岗调查技术研讨会：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPg4VKq5lo。