CCS: Charitable Giving Dataset
Description
The CCS data set has 1600 observations and 20 variables, and is from the
data is from the Britsh Columbia and Yukon region of a nationwide Canadian
charitable society. The data examine whether a donor joined the Monthly Giver
Program, in which he or she opts to make a pre-arranged monthly donation to the
charity by credit card. The actual monthly givers have been highly over-sampled.
In the charity's database they represent one percent of donors, but they
comprise 50 percent of this sample. This level of oversampling is common in data
mining applications.
Format
This data set contains the following variables:
- MonthGive
-
A factor indicating whether the donor joined the monthly giver program
in the last two annual campaigns with levels:
No
Yes
- Region
-
A factor indicating where in British Columbia or the Yukon the donor
resides with levels:
R1 (Vancouver Island)
R2 (Greater Vancouver)
R3 (The Fraser Valley)
R4 (The North Coast of BC)
R5 (The Central and Southern Interior of BC)
R6 (The Northern Interior of BC and the Yukon)
- YearsGive
-
The number of years the individual has given to the Canadian Cancer
Society.
- AveDonAmt
-
The average dollar amount of past donations by the donor.
- LastDonAmt
-
The dollar amount of the last donation by the donor.
- DonPerYear
-
The rate of donating to the Canadian Cancer Society measured as the
number of donations per year by the donor.
- NewDonor
-
A factor that indicates whether the individual is a first time
donor with levels.
No
Yes
- Age20t29
-
The percentage of people between age 20 and 29 residing in the Enumeration
Area in which the donor resides.
- Age20t39
-
The percentage of people between age 20 and 39 residing in the Enumeration
Area in which the donor resides.
- Age60pls
-
The percentage of people 60 years of age or older residing in the
Enumeration Area in which the donor resides.
- Age70pls
-
The percentage of people 70 years of age or older residing in the
Enumeration Area in which the donor resides.
- Age80pls
-
The percentage of people 80 years of age or older residing in the
Enumeration Area in which the donor resides.
- AdultAge
-
The average age of adult residents in the Enumeration Area in which the
donor resides.
- SomeUnivP
-
The percentage of adults in the postal code in which the donor resides
that have an educational attainment of some college or university
attendance.
- FinUnivP
-
The percentage of adults in the Enumeration Area in which the donor resides
that have a university degree.
- hh1t2mem
-
The percentage of households in the Enumeration Area in which the donor
resides that have only one or two members present.
- hh1mem
-
The percentage of households in the Enumeration Area in which the donor
resides that have only a single member present.
- AveIncEA
-
The average pre-tax income of households in the Enumeration Area in which
the donor resides.
- DwelValEA
-
The average dwelling value in the Enumeration Area in which
the donor resides.
- EngPrmLang
-
The percentage of households in the Enumeration Area in which the donor
resides that have have English as their primary language.
Source
An anonymous charity.