Frequency and association between senior centre and programme delivery characteristics and offering multi-component falls prevention education (n=500), USA, 2006
| Senior centre and programme delivery characteristics | N (%) | Falls prevention education | p Value* | |
| Offers 3 components N (%) | Offers <3 components N (%) | |||
| Organisational structure | ||||
| Government† | 355 (71.0) | 125 (76.2) | 230 (68.5) | 0.18§ |
| Non-profit | 141 (28.2) | 38 (23.2) | 103 (30.6) | |
| For-profit, private | 4 (0.8) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (0.9) | |
| Senior centre location | ||||
| Urban | 302 (60.4) | 111 (67.7) | 191 (56.9) | 0.02 |
| Rural | 198 (39.6) | 53 (32.3) | 145 (43.1) | |
| Partner with Area Agency on Ageing | ||||
| Yes | 403 (80.6) | 136 (82.9) | 267 (79.5) | 0.46 |
| No | 94 (18.8) | 28 (17.1) | 66 (19.6) | |
| Unknown | 3 (0.6) | 0 | 3 (0.9) | |
| Partner with healthcare organisations | ||||
| Yes | 438 (87.6) | 151 (92.1) | 287 (85.4) | 0.05 |
| No | 60 (12.0) | 13 (7.9) | 47 (14.0) | |
| Unknown | 2 (0.4) | 0 | 2 (0.6) | |
| Partner with religious organisations | ||||
| Yes | 196 (39.2) | 78 (47.6) | 118 (35.1) | 0.01 |
| No | 301 (60.2) | 86 (52.4) | 215 (64.0) | |
| Unknown | 3 (0.6) | 0 | 3 (0.9) | |
| Employment status of person responsible for programme delivery‡ | ||||
| Full-time | 353 (72.3) | 130 (80.3) | 223 (68.4) | 0.01 |
| Part-time | 132 (27.1) | 32 (19.7) | 100 (30.7) | |
| Unknown | 3 (0.6) | 0 | 3 (0.9) | |
| Pay of person responsible for programme delivery‡ | ||||
| Paid | 456 (93.4) | 154 (95.1) | 302 (92.6) | 0.13 |
| Volunteer | 26 (5.3) | 5 (3.1) | 21 (6.4) | |
| Unknown | 6 (1.2) | 3 (1.8) | 3 (0.9) | |
| Education level of person responsible for programme delivery‡ | ||||
| College graduate/postgraduate education | 188 (38.5) | 79 (48.8) | 109 (33.4) | <0.01 |
| High school graduate/some college | 289 (59.2) | 82 (50.6) | 207 (63.5) | |
| Unknown | 11 (2.3) | 1 (0.6) | 10 (3.1) | |
| Support for programme delivery | ||||
| Volunteers only | 156 (31.2) | 44 (26.8) | 112 (33.3) | 0.01§ |
| Paid staff only | 102 (20.4) | 46 (28.1) | 56 (16.7) | |
| Combination of volunteers and paid staff | 216 (43.2) | 69 (42.1) | 147 (43.7) | |
| None | 22 (4.4) | 3 (1.8) | 19 (5.6) | |
| Unknown | 4 (0.8) | 2 (1.2) | 2 (0.6) | |