Response Rates (3.5)
As Chart 3.5.1 shows, of the A2H National Network of 210 members, 163 individual members covering all or part of 45 states and the District of Columbia participated in the agency survey. Of those members, 156 participated in the client survey.
Client Survey. A total of 156 individual members contacted 10,076 agencies to gain access for on-site client data collection. Of those agencies, 9,874 provided detailed information about their programs and 4,593 were sampled for and participated in client data collection.
A2H Network members’ staff and volunteers sampled 72,399 clients at the eligible agencies; of those 1,439 were determined to be ineligible for age or other reasons. Client interviews were completed with 52,878, or 74.5%, of the eligible respondents.
Agency Survey. A total of 163 participating A2H Network members sent out questionnaires to 43,141 eligible agencies. MPR received completed questionnaires from 31,342 (72.7%) agencies.
A2H Research Involvement. Chart 3.5.2 shows the organizations and individuals involved in the national study. It also identifies the completed numbers of responses from the client interviews and the agency survey, by program type. For the service area of the A2H National Network, see Service Area Map.
The national report represents client data collected from 155 members and agency data from 162 members due to delayed data collection from one member.
Interviews were conducted only with respondents age 18 or older.
Some additional questionnaires were mailed out to agencies who were later found to be no longer operating or to be otherwise ineligible.
CHART 3.5.2
