5. PROGRAM EVALUATION (continued)

Three questions on the survey form provided descriptive information on the respondents. One question asked how long they had lived in the neighborhood, another asked their age, and a third inquired about their gender.

The length of time respondents lived in their current neighborhoods is given in Table 28. The table shows that approximately 72 percent of both the pre-program and follow-on Phoenix respondents have lived in their neighborhoods for over five years. For Peoria , more than 50 percent have lived in their neighborhoods more than five years. Very few in both cities have lived in their neighborhoods one year or less. There are no meaningful differences between pre- and follow-on respondents as would be expected since the survey waves were only months apart.

Table 28. How Long Respondents Have Lived in Their Current Neighborhoods ( Phoenix and Peoria )

The length of time respondents of each Peoria neighborhood reported living in their neighborhoods is given in Table 29. The table shows that respondents from 95 th Avenue (where approximately one-third have lived in their neighborhoods more than five years) have not lived in their neighborhoods as long as have those from Desert Harbor and Bell Park (where close to two-thirds have lived in their neighborhoods more than five years). Fewer than 10 percent of the respondents from all neighborhoods have lived in their neighborhoods less than one year. There are essentially no differences between pre-program and follow-on respondents.

Similar data for Phoenix neighborhoods are given in Table 30 which shows a more uniform pattern. Almost three-quarters of respondents, regardless of neighborhood, have lived in their neighborhoods more than five years. Again, fewer than 10 percent of the respondents from all neighborhoods have lived in their neighborhoods less than one year. There are no notable differences between pre- and follow-on respondents.

The age range of respondents from the two cities is shown in Table 31. The table shows that nearly three-fifths (ranging from 54.8% to 59.5%) of the respondents in each city were in the age range of 40 to 64. In fact, approximately four-fifths (ranging from 78.5% to 86.1%) of the respondents in each group were over age 39. Very few respondents were under 25 years old. The ages of pre-program and follow-on respondents are essentially the same. These data are not inconsistent with the descriptions of the areas in which the test was conducted as provided by the participating Peoria and Phoenix personnel and described earlier.

Table 29. How Long Respondents Have Lived in Their Current Neighborhoods ( Peoria )

Table 30. How Long Respondents Have Lived in Their Current Neighborhoods ( Phoenix )

 
The age ranges of respondents from each Peoria neighborhood are shown in Table 32. The table shows that the 95 th Avenue neighborhood had the highest proportion of respondents 65 and over. Desert Harbor and Bell Park had less than half the representation of respondents 65+ as did 95 th Avenue, which had the highest mean ages of the Peoria respondents (56 and 55 years for the pre-program and follow-on surveys, respectively). The pre-program and follow-on means for Desert Harbor respondents were 52 years and 51 years, and the average Bell Park respondent was 48 years old in both survey waves.

Table 31. Age of Respondents ( Phoenix and Peoria )

The age ranges of respondents from each Phoenix neighborhood are shown in Table 33. Approximately 30 percent of the respondents from Moon Valley were 65 or older as were approximately 18 percent of those from Sweetwater. For Clarendon, pre-program 65+ respondents represented 34.4 percent of the pre-program respondents in contrast to 27.8 percent of the follow-on respondents. Clarendon showed a significant difference in pre-program and follow-on ages of the respondents. Since the measures were close together, this is likely just chance and should have no meaningful bearing on the results. Mean pre-program and follow-on ages for Sweetwater respondents were 52 and 51 years, respectively. For Moon Valley respondents, mean pre-program and follow-on ages were both 57 years. The mean age for Clarendon pre-program respondents was 58 years and that for follow-on respondents was 53 years.

Table 32. Age of Respondents by Neighborhood ( Peoria )

Table 33. Age of Respondents by Neighborhood ( Phoenix )

The gender of respondents from the two cities is shown in Table 34. The table shows that there were slightly more females than males in the survey samples with the largest difference being the follow-on measurement in Phoenix .

The gender of respondents from each Peoria neighborhood is given in Table 35. Similar data for Phoenix neighborhoods are provided in Table 36. Although there is variability across neighborhoods and between the two cities, the magnitude of the differences is not particularly noteworthy. When viewing the gender and age data, it is important to remember that the surveys were addressed to “Respondent.” Therefore, anyone within a household could therefore complete the questionnaire.

Table 34. Gender of Respondents ( Phoenix and Peoria )

Table 35. Gender of Respondents by Neighborhood ( Peoria )

Table 36. Gender of Respondents by Neighborhood ( Phoenix )