Section 15.4.3

15.4.3 - Urban/Metropolitan Status and Elderly Clients

Metropolitan Status and the Presence of Elderly Members in the Household. Relative to metropolitan sites, there is a higher percentage of elderly people among clients served at nonmetropolitan program sites. This is true both for clients actually at the sites and for their broader households (Table 15.4.3).

Notes 
Item nonresponses to all variables involved were excluded in calculating percentages and sample sizes.

Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 2) at the 1% level.

 
 
Findings presented in Table 15.4.3 include:

• 18.0% of the clients at the programs located at center cities are seniors age 65 or older; 19.6% of the clients at the programs located at suburban areas (i.e., metropolitan areas outside center cities) are seniors; and 25.0% at the programs located at nonmetropolitan areas are seniors.
• As for the client households with at least one senior member (including household members not present at the A2H sites), 21.6% of the client households served at the programs located at center cities have one or more senior members; 22.9% of the client households served at the programs located at suburban areas have one or more senior members; and 27.6% of the client households served at the programs located at nonmetropolitan areas have at least one senior member.