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["** A Client's**"] 2001: Detailed Findings - Part One

Introduction

Computer aided telephone interviews (CATI) were completed with 111 respondents.  The results were tabulated, and percentages and means (averages) were calculated for all questions (or variables).  Demographic questions (Q27 through Q35) are presented first, followed by the remainder of the survey questions in the order they appeared in the survey instrument. Categories for demographic questions are collapsed in cases where collapsing improves clarity of interpretation and enhances a question's usefulness for analyzing other questions.  This is primarily due to questions with a high number of response categories having low numbers of respondents in several of those categories.  This combination results in cross-tabulations with a high number (50% or more) of cells that are either empty or contain very low numbers of cases (5or less).  In these situations the Chi-Square sampling distribution can produce unreliable results.⁽¹⁾   The collapsed tables are presented in these detailed findings and provide the basis for discussion.  The originals can be found in Appendix 1.

The results for questions 5, 6, 7 through 13, 16, 21, and 22 are presented in single condensed tables. Full frequency tables for each question can be found in Appendix 1. Text and tables highlighting statistically significant relationships among demographic questions and between demographic questions and the remaining survey questions are presented immediately following the relevant section. Text and tables highlighting statistically significant relationships among the remaining survey questions are presented in "Detailed Findings - Part Two." These tests use the Chi-Square, F, Z, and student's t sampling distributions where each is appropriate.. The category referred to as "other" in the text and tables presented here indicates the respondent had an option to voice an opinion which the interviewers recorded as a verbatim response. These can be found in Appendix 2 along with respondent comments to all other verbatim response questions.

⁽¹⁾.  In most cases, collapsing response categories remedies this situation. However, even after collapsing, the heterogeneity of this particular sample requires that care be taken in placing too much emphasis on the cross-tabulation results that are presented here. A number of significant cross-tabulation results not presented here can be found in Appendix 3.     

Q27 through Q35 (Demographics)

The respondents in this sample are not well distributed on demographic characteristics which is to be expected when the sample is pre-selected.  For example, 94.5% of the respondents in this sample were married; 96.3% owned their own home; 32.4% were white-collar professionals; 66.7% were between the ages of 36 and 45; 91.7% had at least "some college"; 98.1% were Caucasian; 61.1% reported incomes of $75,000 or more; and finally, 80.0% of these respondents were female (see Tables Q27 through Q35 below).

Q1 through Q5

A majority (57.7%) of these respondents reported having two children from 9 to 16 living at home (Q1). Two-thirds of these respondents sent one child to camp, while 31.5% sent two children to camp, and two people sent three children to camp (Q2). This was the first year for 39.6% of the children respondents reported as the first child (Q3), and 18.9% of the children respondents reported as the second child (Q4). When asked why they chose "**a client**", 62.2% said "Recommendation or referred by someone else" (Q5). This response was about 6 times greater than any other choice.

Q1 through Q5 by Q27 through Q35 (Demographics)

Significantly more professional white collar workers chose "**a client**" based on someone else's recommendation or referral than respondents in the other occupational categories.

		Occupation
Q5_12 Recommendation or referred by someone else		Service/sales/ Secretarial /support staff	Technical/Semi-  professional/ Skilled labor	Professional/  white collar	Home- maker	Total
Not chosen	Count	8	16	7	7	38
	% within	40.0%	61.5%	19.4%	30.4%	36.2%
Chosen	Count	12	10	29	16	67
	% within	60.0%	38.5%	80.6%	69.6%	63.8%
Total	Count	20	26	36	23	105
	% within	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

	Value	Sig.
Pearson Chi-Square	12.061	.007
Gamma	.288	.048

 

Q6 through Q13

Feedback from their children led respondents to report "fishing" (Q6_4) as the most interesting and "archery" as (Q6_6) least interesting (Q6). Feedback from their children also led parents to rate their children's satisfaction with a fairly high mean of 4.59 on a scale of 1-5 (Q7). When asked to rate elements of the "**a client**" experience that they were involved in, the parents rated registration, transportation, and mail 1,2,3 (4.34, 4.33, 4.31), while rating cost and communications much lower (3.92, 3.57).

 

Programs Rated by Interest Level of Children	Valid	Missing	Mean
Q6_1 Swimming	94	17	3.69
Q6_2 Sailing	93	18	3.78
Q6_3 Horseback riding	93	18	3.69
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Q6_9 Homestead Program	99	12	3.67
Q6_10 Hiking	99	12	3.91
Q6_11 Crafts	97	14	3.84

 

Question	Valid	Missing	Mean
Q7 How satisfied was/were child/children	111	0	4.59
Q9 Registration/Sign up process	109	2	4.34
Q10 Transportation procedure	101	10	4.33
Q11 Communications between you and the staff	100	11	3.57
Q12 Mail and the forwarding of packages or messages	97	14	4.31
Q13 Cost to attend Camp Olson	110	1	3.92

 

 

****** County Community Assessment Survey - Detailed Findings - continued

Q6B through Q43B (Response) by Q53 to Q65 (Demographics)

43B Respondents in the 65 and Over age group ranked the county's response to community awareness of programs and services higher than respondents in the other age groups (Q57).

 

	Q57 Age
	18-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and +	Total	Sig.
Q43B Response To Community Awareness Of Programs And Services	4.25	4.18	3.81	3.67	4.56	4.08	.008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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