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

AmeriCorps 成员在服务结束后，将被邀请完成 AmeriCorps 成员退出调查（AmeriCorps MES），以提供其服务体验的相关信息。通过收集成员体验数据，AmeriCorps 及其合作伙伴能够更深入地理解如何支持其成员，同时对于有意成为成员的个人来说，也能了解到服务的益处。完成规定任期或提前离开服务的成员均需完成退出调查。数据涵盖了成员的公民意识、社区参与度、文化适应能力和培养的生活及职业技能（基于 AmeriCorps 成员变革理论）。此外，还包括了成员的体验与培训、服务动机以及服务后的规划等方面的衡量指标。任何关于在成员年满18岁之前开始服务的数据均被排除在外。自2015年MES开始以来，已有超过360,000人参与调查。2021年，在57,445份调查中，共有46,233份完成，完成率为80%。 该数据集展示了每个项目中成员对每个问题可选答案中最积极两项的百分比。例如，问题12的可选答案包括：“大大降低可能性”、“稍微降低可能性”、“无影响”、“稍微提高可能性”和“大大提高可能性”。因此，问题12所选数据展示了选择“稍微提高可能性”或“大大提高可能性”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。请参阅“关于此数据集”部分下的附件中的 AmeriCorps MES 数据字典文件以获取更多信息。 需要注意的是，部分成员开始调查后，仅完成部分调查内容，并未完成整个调查。未完成调查的成员的回应被纳入2021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，尽管未完成调查的比例在给定时间框架内发放的总调查数量中占很小一部分。完成调查总数、部分完成调查数以及从未开始调查的数可以在“MES 2021 总计”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 上的所有开放式问题。关于 AmeriCorps 成员退出调查的更多信息，请参阅：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 经验信息图：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