Snapshot Comparisons
The analysis in this report is largely descriptive,
presenting tabulations of key client and agency characteristics for the three
types of programs included in the study.
In addition to supporting this
descriptive work, the data assembled for this study provide extensive
opportunities to gain additional insight into the relationships between key
variables through cross-tabular analysis of the survey results.
Such analysis can be conducted internally within each of two basic data sets (the client data and the agency data), and it can also be performed across the two types of data, using a merged client/agency file.
Time considerations precluded our undertaking extensive
cross-tabular work in the initial round of analysis, since the basic descriptive
tabulations had to be made available as quickly as possible.
However, to
illustrate some of the types of cross-tabular work that can be undertaken, this
section presents the results of a limited number of lines of cross-tabular
analysis. The specific cross-tabulations that have been conducted in this
work were chosen by A2H staff, with input from the Technical
Advisory Group for the project.
Except where otherwise noted, the tabulations in this section are aggregated across the three types of agencies that were studied—pantries, emergency kitchens, and shelters. Percentage figures in the tables are based on weighted data, while the sample sizes indicated are the number of usable responses for related variables. 1