Section 10.9.1
10.9.1 - Seasonality of Client Mix
Agencies were
asked whether their programs experience significant change in client mix by
season and, if so, what kinds of change. Results are shown in Table 10.9.1.
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Source
This includes less elderly people in winter
and more families in winter.
Notes
All
usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical
Appendix volume to represent all emergency food programs of the A2H network. The
sample sizes (N) also include missing data.
For programs experiencing changes in client mix by season, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 5.0% for pantry programs, 13.7% for kitchen programs, and 11.5% for shelter programs.
For nature of changes in client mix during the year, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 0.3% for pantry programs, 0.1% for kitchen programs, and 0.1% for shelter programs.
1. This includes less elderly people in winter and more families in winter.
20.8% of the pantries, 26.1% of the kitchens, and 18.4%
of the shelters indicated that they experience seasonal changes in the mix of
clients during the year. As to the nature of changes in client mix during the
year:
- 26.5% of the pantries, 38.0% of the kitchens, and 33.5% of the shelters said they experience changes in the ratio of men to women.
- 46.2% of the pantries, 68.2% of the kitchens, and 28.8% of the shelters said they serve more children in summer.
- 71.2% of the pantries, 54.2% of the kitchens, and 39.5% of the shelters
said they serve a different group of people at the holidays.
